Praise Quotes

...all this time I've been worshiping you - when other men wanted to kiss you, I've been offering the praise of my lips...

~ John Geddes

Your depression is connected to your insolenceand refusal to praise. Whoever feels himself walking on the path, and refuses to praise--that man or womansteals from others every day--is a shoplifter!The sun became full of light when it got hold of itself.Angels only began shining when they achieved discipline.The sun goes out whenever the cloud of not-praising comes.The moment the foolish angel felt insolent, he heard the door close.

~ Jalaluddin Rumi

Listening to Don Moen's songs always reminds me of my darkest momentsThen I was always listening to them and crying, locking myself alone in the room, shedding tears, questioning God, singing along with Don MoenBut today, whenever I listen to the songs, I always smile.Indeed, God never sleeps, He never slumbers

~ Omosohwofa Casey

If the praise of man elates me and his blame depresses me, if I cannot rest under misunderstanding without defending myself if I love to be loved more than to love...then I know nothing of Calvary love.

~ Amy Carmichael

Praise begins a prayer.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Praise is pushing back my daily worries and impending tasks to acknowledge my always present, never changing God.

~ Kathi Lambrides Westlund

GOD will never disregard or turn away sincere prayers from those who diligently seek Him and humbly call upon His Name.

~ Errol Anthony Smythe

Those who recite prayers do not pray from their heart but are heard to say the words of the prayers that someone wrote down some time ago.

~ Errol Anthony Smythe

Your perspective changes when you put God first by praising Him.

~ Andrew Wommack

Prayer usually means praise, or surrender, acknowledging that you have run out of bullets.

~ Anne Lamott

I regret all the prayers that do not shed tears.

~ Davi Oliveira

There’s so much to be grateful for, and praising God for giving you His Spirit is a great place to begin.Even if you don’t think you have much to be grateful for right now, know that you can always praise God for the Holy Spirit’s presence in your life!

~ Stormie Omartian

Know that when you praise and worship God and appreciate fully all that He is, you open up a channel through which more of His love pours into your heart.

~ Stormie Omartian

Wealth earned may disappear, beauty will fade, honor may recede and fame diminish; all that shall remain, is a soul that is humane within that would leave a trail in the thoughts of your loved ones;And even if that fails,your God in heaven above will never fail you or fail to rejoice in a life you've managed to live worthy of His praise.

~ Henrietta Newton Martin

It’s fairly simple. When can we pray? All the time. When should we praise God? Whenever we pray.

~ David Jeremiah

FAIL UP. If something doesn’t go how you planned it, learn from it, do something differently next time. And, by the way, effort deserves credit. Pat yourself on the back!

~ Beth Ramsay

O Light Invisible, we praise Thee! Too bright for mortal vision. O Greater Light, we praise Thee for the less; The eastern light our spires touch at morning, The light that slants upon our western doors at evening, The twilight over stagnant pools at batflight, Moon light and star light, owl and moth light, Glow-worm glowlight on a grassblade. O Light Invisible, we worship Thee! We thank Thee for the light that we have kindled, The light of altar and of sanctuary; Small lights of those who meditate at midnight And lights directed through the coloured panes of windows And light reflected from the polished stone, The gilded carven wood, the coloured fresco. Our gaze is submarine, our eyes look upward And see the light that fractures through unquiet water. We see the light but see not whence it comes. O Light Invisible, we glorify Thee!

~ T.s. Eliot

We are like the moon. The moon shines anyway, but it does not produce its own light. It reflects the light illuminated onto its surface by the Sun and is never proud to say I am the source of light. God shines through us, hence He deserves the glory; not us.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

There is, however, a far more common ailment among us—and that is pride from the bottom looking up. It is manifest in so many ways, such as faultfinding, gossiping, backbiting, and murmuring, living beyond our means, envying, coveting, withholding gratitude and praise that might lift another, and being unforgiving and jealous.

~ Ezra Taft Benson

Unless death is made a lesson for the living, the life lived is wasted.Why should life come into existence only to be destroyed? One dies and another is born—for what? A few miserable hours of life—then oblivion!With this recognition of the finality of death, no one should willingly withhold acts that would bring benefits, joy or happiness to others. In death, the hesitant act can no longer be performed—the word of praise is as impossible as yesterday's return.What perversity justified inflicting pain, suffering and death upon others who have done no wrong? If death ends all, why fight while we are living? Why shorten life with unnecessary pain and suffering? How futile are the petty problems of individuals, with their hates and jealousies, when all vanish with death? All the prayers in the world cannot wipe out one injustice.Every wrong is irreparable.The dead cannot forgive.All the tears and sighs are of no avail.Forgiveness cannot be granted when lips cannot move.Praise cannot be heard when ears cannot hear; joy cannot be experienced when the heart no longer beats; and the happiness of an affectionate embrace can no longer be felt when arms are limp and the eyes are forever closed.

~ Joseph Lewis

Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it. Praise in due order; of Him as the giver, of her as the gift. Don’t we in praise somehow enjoy what we praise, however far we are from it? I must do more of this.

~ C.s. Lewis

O Lord, I thank you for the gift of life.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is always beautiful when we focus on the greatness of our God.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Ostwald was a great protagonist and an inspiring teacher. He had the gift of saying the right thing in the right way. When we consider the development of chemistry as a whole, Ostwald's name like Abou ben Adhem's leads all the rest ... Ostwald was absolutely the right man in the right place. He was loved and followed by more people than any chemist of our time.

~ Wilder Dwight Bancroft

Worship is basically adoration, and we adore only what delights us. There is no such thing as sad adoration or unhappy praise.

~ John Crowder

Don't harness a child's imagination, encourage it so it knows no bounds!

~ K. Lamb

When you choose your life, ignore people, when you make it in life, remember some friends, when you sing a song, praise your source, when predicaments arises, stand your ground.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

A celebrity starts being a cele-crazy when he's seen often, he's just like the ordinary man in the streets. Without much ado to shout his name, i go my way.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

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.

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Don't be too full of yourself because of how people hail you. When your head is swelling, it means there is more empty space to fill in there!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Yea... It's impossible to lead with true virtues if you surround yourself with praise singers... people who do not cheer you up, instead of cheering up your dreams!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

You've to close down your umbrella when you are under a canopy. Drop your pride, give praise to God!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

They may hail you like an Angel. They may claim you are the world's prince of princes. They may lift you with praise many kilometers above sea level. They may say you are the best of the bests. ....But always remember you are a human being with flesh and blood.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

There is an easy way to silence your critics; just try to do what they say you can't do. If they are still not content, do more of it! Keep doing it until you become a master. Then look around, and you will see fewer critics and many compliments!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

We stand in the awe of God’s greatness.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Unassuming in manner, genial and kindly in his intercourse with his fellow-men, never showing impatience or irritation, devoid of personal ambition of the baser sort or of the slightest desire to exalt himself... In the minds of those who knew him, the greatness of his intellectual achievements will never overshadow the beauty and dignity of his life.[H.A. Burnstead's comments on the life of esteemed scientist J. Willard Gibbs]

~ Henry Andrews Bumstead

The spectacular thing about Johnny [von Neumann] was not his power as a mathematician, which was great, or his insight and his clarity, but his rapidity; he was very, very fast. And like the modern computer, which no longer bothers to retrieve the logarithm of 11 from its memory (but, instead, computes the logarithm of 11 each time it is needed), Johnny didn't bother to remember things. He computed them. You asked him a question, and if he didn't know the answer, he thought for three seconds and would produce and answer.

~ Paul R. Halmos

If I worship the fact that I don’t worship anything, amongst other things what I’m worshipping is denial.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

A mature heart for Christ would much rather spend its time praising him than condemning his fanatics.

~ Criss Jami

Put it this way: if your idea of God, if your idea of the salvation offered in Christ, is vague or remote, your idea of worship will be fuzzy and ill-formed. The closer you get to the truth, the clearer becomes the beauty, and the more you will find worship welling up within you. That's why theology and worship belong together. The one isn't just a headtrip; the other isn't just emotion.

~ N.t. Wright