- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Praise Quotes
Recognition, given honestly.
This collection draws a line between flattery and genuine praise, noting how rare it is to offer credit that is both kind and true. More on giving encouragement is in Believe.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their bedtime stories read at a gentle, meandering pace. But I used to be too fast to slow down with the Brothers Grimm. I would zoom through the classic fairy tales, skipping lines, paragraphs, whole pages.
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- Nov 07, 2020
'In Praise of Slowness' chronicles the global trend towards deceleration that has come to be known as the Slow Movement. Don't worry, though: it is not a Luddite rant. I love speed. Going fast can be fun, liberating and productive. The problem is that our hunger for speed, for cramming more and more into less and less time, has gone too far.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated into more than 30 languages. It appears on reading lists from business schools to yoga retreats. Rabbis, priests and imams have quoted from it in their sermons.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chick flick is not a term used to praise a movie. Nobody says 'it's a great chick flick.' It's a way of being derisive. I'm not clear why it's ok to do it.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many of Bush's defenders have praised him for keeping the country safe since Sept. 11, 2001. He deserves that praise, and I'm perfectly happy to defend most of his surveillance, interrogation and counterterrorism policies against his critics.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If they want to criticize me, I don't care; I don't mind. But they must criticize me fairly. Usually, the criticism is not fair. Or the praise, even the praise sometimes is not fair.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a co-writer of the Mumford's songs, I'm always quite insecure about the music - I find it hard to accept any praise or feedback.
- Nov 07, 2020
I can't think of much higher praise to give a player than to say, 'This point guard reminds me of Jason Kidd.'
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
While I acknowledge that it's not my whiteness that has given me my platform entirely... it's part of the reason I've garnered so much acceptance and praise for being out and nonbinary.
- Sail
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I review Xerxes' achievements, I praise him, not for having yoked the Hellespont, but for having crossed it. But I can see that Nero will neither sail through the Isthmus nor complete his digging.
- Disapprove
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- Nov 07, 2020