Quotes for Topic: Flattery
When the wolf licks the lamb, he is preparing to wet his teeth in its blood.
Reference: Treasury of David, Commentary for Psalm 5:9
It is a dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips.
Gossip is saying behind a person’s back what you would never say to his or her face; flattery is saying to a person’s face what you would never say behind his or her back.
Reference: Kent Hughes Taken from James by Kent Hughes, copyright 1991, Crossway Books, a division of Good News Publishers, Wheaton Illinois 60187, p. 140, www.crosswaybooks.org.
Be as much troubled by unjust praises, as by unjust slanders.
Reference: A Puritan Golden Treasury, compiled by I.D.E. Thomas, by permission of Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA. 2000, p. 110.
Flattery is sinful because it strongly appeals to our prideful tendency to be affirmed by man.
Backslappers help us feel better about ourselves, but we don’t actually profit by them. Real change and emotional growth come by facing our weaknesses and personality defects as others see us.
Reference: The Making of a Christian Leader, Zondervan, 1976, p. 96. www.zondervan.com.