The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.

Trusting in Christ, we may boldly join in the combat, and enlist ourselves among that disinterested band, who fight not for human ambition, or human praise, but for the honour of our Saviour, and the salvation of men.

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.

What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.

For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!

I will praise any man that will praise me.

Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.

I praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling. I think movies of the week have fallen into a niche and that isn't my niche.

Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.

I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so.

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.