“At the heart of our public morality is the idea that he who gives generously is most virtuous and morally praiseworthy; that there is no greater citizen than she who sacrifices; and that there is no greater measure of worth than contribution. These are values we can be proud of. After all, there is no moral system or religion on earth where the guiding ethic is grab more for yourself.” GivingHeartIdeasEarthValuesMoralGreaterSacrificeProudCitizensMoralityEthicsContributionVirtuousCitizenshipBe ProudPraiseworthy Book:The True Patriot Source: The True Patriot
“A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.” InspirationalBelieveChildrenCan DoWorthwhilePraiseworthy Author:Benjamin E. Mays
“There are people in need of help. Charity is one of the nobler human motivations. The act of reaching into one's own pockets to help a fellow man in need is praiseworthy and laudable. Reaching into someone else's pocket is despicable and worthy of condemnation.” PeopleMenNeedsHumansHelpingMotivationFellowsCharityWorthyReachingPocketsFellow ManCondemnationDespicablePraiseworthy Author:Walter E. Williams
“It fits to glorify God - it not only fits reality, because God is infinitely and supremely praiseworthy, but it fits us as nothing else does. All the beauty we have looked for in art or faces or places - and all the love we have looked for in the arms of other people - is only fully present in God himself. And so in every action by which we treat him as glorious as he is, whether through prayer, singing, trusting, obeying, or hoping, we are at once giving God his due and fulfilling our own design.” PeopleGivingDoeArtGodRealityActionPainFacesPrayerDesignArmsFitSingingTreatsDuesGloriousFulfillingGlorifyObeyingPraiseworthy Author:Timothy Keller
“Nothing is more detestable to the physical anthropologist than... the wretched habit of cremating the dead. It involves not only a prodigal waste of costly fuel and excellent fertilizer, but also the complete destruction of physical historical data. On the other hand, the custom of embalming and mummification is most praiseworthy and highly to be recommended.” HandsHabitWasteDestructionHistoricalDataExcellentFuelCustomsWretchedPraiseworthyAnthropologistsProdigalsFertilizerEmbalming Author:Earnest Hooton
“I propose to put forward an apology for mathematics; and I may be told that it needs none, since there are now few studies more generally recognized, for good reasons or bad, as profitable and praiseworthy.” NeedsMayReasonScienceStudyMathematicsApologyProfitableProposePraiseworthy Author:G. H. Hardy
“There is a tendency among many shallow thinkers of our day to teach that every human act is a reflex, over which we do not exercise human control. They would rate a generous deed as no more praiseworthy than a wink, a crime as no more voluntary than a sneeze. . . Such a philosophy undercuts all human dignity. . . All of us have the power of choice in action at every moment of our lives.” HumansPhilosophyMomentsActionChoicesTeachOur LivesCrimeExerciseDignityRateDeedsTendenciesGenerousThinkerShallowHuman DignityReflexesPower Of ChoicePraiseworthy Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“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?” IdeasEarthAsksNamesHeavenLordAngelDareArguingRidiculousVainForbiddenProfanityPraiseworthy Author:George Q. Cannon
“One of the great tragedies we witness almost daily is the tragedy of men of high aim and low achievement. Their motives are noble. Their proclaimed ambition is praiseworthy. Their capacity to achieve is great. But their discipline is weak. They succumb to indolence. Appetite robs them of will.” MenAchieveDisciplineAchievementAmbitionLowsCapacityWeakTragedyAimNobleWitnessMotiveAppetiteSelf DisciplineIndolencePraiseworthyGreat Tragedy Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“Marital intercourse is certainly holy, lawful and praiseworthy in itself and profitable to society, yet in certain circumstances it can prove dangerous, as when through excess the soul is made sick with venial sin, or through the violation and perversion of its primary end, killed by mortal sin; such perversion, detestable in proportion to its departure from the true order, being always mortal sin, for it is never lawful to exclude the primary end of marriage which is the procreation of children.” ChildrenMadeSoulEndsCertainOrderSexSinDangerousCircumstancesHolyProveSickMortalsPrimariesProportionExcessProfitableViolationIntercourseDeparturePerversionPraiseworthyProcreationMortal Sin Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied that we have some good intentions and praiseworthy qualities at bottom.” UseQualityIntentionBottomProfessionDeniedDisguiseGood IntentionsPretensionArtificePraiseworthy Book:Sketches and Essays Source: Sketches and Essays
“Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always so composed, so full of wisdom, that we are able to take in at once the whole scope of a work according to its merits. Do we not mark in a book passages which seem to have a direct reference to ourselves? Young people especially, who have failed in acquiring a complete cultivation of mind, are roused in a praiseworthy way by brilliant passages.” PeopleWayMindMayBookWholeSeemsAbleFormYoungResultsDirectMarkBrilliantExcellentMeritCollectionsPassagesNeverthelessQuotationsScopeCultivationPraiseworthy Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.” WayWritingBookReadingMethodOneselfDissatisfiedBook WritingBooks And ReadingPraiseworthy Book:Selected Writings: 1927-1934 Source: Selected Writings: 1927-1934