It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise

Quote by Jean Paul Richter

Topics: Praise Quotes

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break...

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break...

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven

The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a...

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a...

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and...

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and...

As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who...

As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who...

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are...

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are...

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant...

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant...

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it...

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it...

A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother...

A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest

The gaurdian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight,...

The gaurdian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight,...

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and...

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and...

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

Joy is not in things; it is in us

Joy is not in things; it is in us

There is no hope of joy except in human relations.

There is no hope of joy except in human relations.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind...

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind...