“ It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy. ”
- Sir Philip Sidney- Copy
- 415
“ Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal. ”
- Earl Nightingale- Copy
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“ You must work; we must all work to make the world worthy of its children. ”
- Pablo Casals- Copy
- 314
“ The most praiseworthy form of painting is one that most resembles what it imitates. ”
- Leonardo da Vinci- Copy
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“ How every fool can play upon a word! I think the best grace of wit will shortly turn into silence; and discourse grow commendable in none only but parrots. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving. ”
- Maxwell Maltz- Copy
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“ Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity. ”
- Thomas Hardy- Copy
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“ The most effective way to silence our guilty conscience is to convince ourselves and others that those we have sinned against are indeed depraved creatures, deserving every punishment, even extermination. We cannot pity those we have wronged, nor can we be indifferent toward them… ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
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“ In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly. ”
- Hugo Black- Copy
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“ Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known. ”
- Confucius- Copy
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“ Some have paid me an undeserved compliment by supposing that my Letters were the ripe fruit of many years' study in moral and ascetic theology. They forgot that there is an equally reliable, though less creditable, way of learning how temptation works… ”
- C.S. Lewis- Copy
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“ A winning wave, (deserving note.) In the tempestuous petticote, A careless shoe-string, in whose tye I see a wilde civility, — Doe more bewitch me than when art Is too precise in every part. ”
- Robert Herrick- Copy
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“ Relaxation from business seems to be a necessity to our existence; to take an occasional holiday, therefore, is not only justifiable but highly commendable. ”
- William Wordsworth- Copy
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“ Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life. ”
- Joseph Addison- Copy
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“ Modesty in woman is a virtue most deserving, since we do all we can to cure her of it. ”
- Joseph Addison- Copy
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“ Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them. ”
- Aristotle- Copy
- 1.9K
“ A vain man is a nauseous creature: he is so full of himself that he has no room for anything else, be it never so good or deserving. ”
- William Penn- Copy
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“ What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party. ”
- Ida B. Wells- Copy
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“ Christina is truly deserving of this award. She always keeps her cool on the field and leads by example. Her approach to playing exemplifies the meaning of this recognition. ”
- Adam Smith- Copy
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“ The easy way out is to approve an early retirement plan one year but not pay out sick and vacation time to deserving employees until three years later. Unfortunately, later is now. ”
- Jodi Rell- Copy
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“ Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary. ”
- Martin Luther King Jr.- Copy
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“ Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary. ”
- Martin Luther King Jr.- Copy
- 3.8K
“ We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of. ”
- George Chapman- Copy
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“ We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of. ”
- John Chapman- Copy
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