Praiseworthy Quotes

• Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

  Marco Tulio Cicerón

  Forgiveness, Believe, Thinking

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• Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.

  Joseph Conrad

  Hands, Promise, Enemy

  Joseph Conrad (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Joseph Conrad (Illustrated)”, p.5375, Delphi Classics

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• Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

  Walter Benjamin

  Libro, Lectura, Escritura

  Walter Benjamin (1996). “Selected Writings: 1927-1934”, p.488, Harvard University Press

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• There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Humorístico, Profundo, Loco

  Ambrose Bierce (1997). “The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce”, p.139, Рипол Классик

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• It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.

  Philip Sidney

  Happiness, Great Happiness

  "Aforismos de Sir Philip Sidney: Con Observaciones".

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• The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspiring Love, Rewards, Lord Of The Ring

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.465, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.

  Bertrand Russell

  Love, Fall, People

  Bertrand Russell (2013). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.66, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Generalmente se hace uso del ridículo para reírse de la virtud y el buen sentido, atacando todo lo loable de la vida humana.

  Joseph Addison

  Vida, Risa, Humor

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• You are unique, and there may be incidents in your experience that are more noble and praiseworthy in their way than those recorded in any other life. There may be a flash of illumination here and a story of faithfulness there; you should truthfully record your real self and not what other people may see in you.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Real, Único, Ser

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• La valentía a pesar de la derrota es digna de elogio. La victoria a pesar de la cobardía es digna de elogio.

  Mason Cooley

  Courage, Bravery, Victory

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• God grades on the Cross not on the curve.

  Adrian Rogers

  Curves, Crosses, Grades

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• Sin is not just breaking God's laws; it is breaking His heart.

  Adrian Rogers

  Heart, Law, Religion

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• No hay placer como el de recibir elogios de los dignos de alabanza.

  Richard Steele

  Receiving, Praise, Pleasure

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Alexander Chalmers (1822). “The Tatler”, p.94

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• Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.

  Walter Benjamin

  Libro, Escritura, Personas

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• Un niño debe aprender pronto a creer que es alguien que vale la pena y que puede hacer muchas cosas loables.

  Benjamin E. Mays

  Inspirational, Children, Believe

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• Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.

  Marco Tulio Cicerón

  Men, Disposition, Merciful

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• Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

  Joseph Joubert

  May, Praise, Innocent

  Joseph Joubert (1896). "Pensées de Joubert"

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• It is praiseworthy when you give not only to your power but beyond your power.

  T. B. Joshua

  Dar

  "Widow Gets N200 000 From TB Joshua". The PM News, August 28, 2009.

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• The Word of the Lord endures forever. The Bible is to judge us; we're not to judge the Bible.

  Adrian Rogers

  Judging, Forever, Lord

  Adrian Rogers, Steve Rogers (2012). “What Every Christian Ought to Know”, p.22, B&H Publishing Group

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• To a man of liberal education, the study of history is not only useful, and important, but altogether indispensable, and with regard to the history contained in the Bible ...it is not so much praiseworthy to be acquainted with as it is shameful to be ignorant of it.

  John Quincy Adams

  Education, Men, Ignorant

  John Quincy Adams (1848). “Letters of John Quincy Adams, to His Son, on the Bible and Its Teachings”, p.34

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• Todo lo que se hace sin ostentación, y sin que el pueblo sea testigo de ello, es, en mi opinión, muy loable: no es que deba evitarse por completo la mirada pública, pues las buenas acciones desean ser puestas a la luz; pero a pesar de ello, el mayor teatro para la virtud es la conciencia.

  Marco Tulio Cicerón

  Inspirational, Eye, Light

  Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier Olivet, Alexander WISHART (1750). “Thoughts of Cicero, on the following subjects, viz. I. Religion, II. Man ... XII. Miscellaneous thoughts. Published in Latin and French by the Abbé d'Olivet; to which is now added, an English translation, with notes. [By Alexander Wishart.]”, p.73

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• Deberíamos vivir como si Jesús hubiera muerto ayer, resucitado esta mañana y volviera esta tarde.

  Adrian Rogers

  Jesus, Morning, Yesterday

  Adrian Rogers, Steve Rogers (2013). "Unveiling the End Times in Our Time: The Triumph of the Lamb in Revelation", p.27, B&H Publishing Group.

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• Love is a little haven of refuge from the world.

  Bertrand Russell

  Love, Romance, Engagement

  Bertrand Russell (2013). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.66, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Do angels take the Lord's name in vain? The idea is so ridiculous that we scarcely like to ask the question. ... How dare we do that which angels dare not do? Is it possible for us to argue that that which is forbidden in heaven is praiseworthy on earth?

  George Q. Cannon

  Angel, Names, Ideas

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• El patriota, como el cristiano, debe aprender a soportar injurias y persecuciones como parte de su deber; y en la medida en que la prueba es severa, la firmeza bajo ella se hace más necesaria y loable. Requiere, en efecto, autocontrol. Pero éste se fortalecerá en la medida en que se repitan las llamadas a ejercitarlo.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Christian, Exercise, Self

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson”, p.37

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