Teachers started recognizing me and praising me for being smart in science and that made me want to be even smarter in science!

In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach.

Never judge someone by who he's in love with; judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling people. Take a cool, appraising glance at his pals.

"They may take down the buildings, close the church doors. We may have stopped gathering in churches, But no matter the circumstances. Never ever close your heart for the Lord. Never stop praying and praising the Lord. Never stop believing. Have faith.

Life is at its best when everything has fallen out of place, and you decide that you're going to fight to get them right, not when everything is going your way and everyone is praising you.

In praising science it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach.

Teachers started recognizing me and praising me for being smart in science and that made me want to be even smarter in science!

I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves. But parents are never going to teach their children true positive self esteem by praising everything they do.

A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior sensitive soul.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say and always a clever thing to say.

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it consequently the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.

Unfortunately the real achievements of children on the ground became debased and devalued because Labor education secretaries sounded like Soviet commissars praising the tractor production figures when we know that those exams were not the rock-solid measures of achievement that children deserve.

Never judge someone by who he's in love with judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling people. Take a cool appraising glance at his pals.

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.