Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate in empty phrases.

The French believe that kids feel confident when they're able to do things for themselves, and do those things well. After children have learned to ta...

And if I please you so, my lover,
Remember praise is comely.

God lives in the place of praise. If we want to be where He is, we need to go to His address.

Most of us forget to take time for wonder, praise and gratitude until it is almost too late. Gratitude is a many-colored quality, reaching in all dire...

Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.

So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but on someone else's.

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

She will outstrip all praise and make it halt behind her.

The Earth must have done some noble work; that is why you were born here and not in the ocean among the fishes and not in the sky among the birds.

Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

Don't lose hope. If your hope gets lost, the other side called "failure" begins to win! The quickest medicine to heal a depressed soul is to command; ...

Outbreaks of unvarnished truths in the backyard of our true self can be very precious and inspiring, even though we might inconsistently be tempted to...

Be silent and safe — silence never betrays you;
Be true to your word and your work and your friend;
Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise y...

I have a question for you. "If your shadow is the second most beautiful thing in the world, which is the first?".

Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making.