Jack loved to hunt. Every winter he went out with his friends on the weekends looking for
bear. One weekend, he couldn’t find a friend to go with, so he went out into the
woods himself.
In the middle of a forest, he was taking a break when suddenly he was confronted
by the largest, meanest looking bear he had ever seen. In his fear, all attempts
to shoot the bear were unsuccessful.
Finally, he turned and ran as fast as he could in a vain attempt to outrun the bear. Jack ran and ran and ran, until he ended up at the edge of a very steep cliff. His hopes were dim.
Seeing no way out of his predicament, and with the bear closing in rather
quickly, Jack got down on his knees, opened his arms, and exclaimed, “Dear Lord!
Please give this bear some *religion*!”
The skies darkened and there was lightning in the air. Just a few feet short of
Jack, the bear came to an abrupt stop, and glanced around, somewhat confused. He
seemed to have become very calm and friendly...
Suddenly, the bear looked up into the sky, put his paws together, bent his head and said, “Thank you, Lord, for the food I am about to receive.”
Praise the ripe field, not the green corn. - Unknown
My parents put a live teddy bear in my crib. - Woody Allen
Free men do not ask permission to bear arms. - Thomas Jefferson
Praise, like sunlight, helps all things grow. - Croft M Pentz
My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life. - Edith Sitwell
He who cannot bear misfortune is truly unfortunate. - Greek Proverb
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. - Francois de la Rochefoucauld
It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame. - Thomas Fuller
We are too apt to love praise, but not to deserve it. - William Penn
I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing. - Bette Midler
Whatever you don't turn into Praise turns into Pride. - Mark Batterson
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune. - Plutarch
Praise is a rebuke to the man whose conscience alloweth it not. - Eliza Cook
Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise. - Mary Kay Ash
It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value. - Stephen Hawking
The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul. - Victor Hugo
Fools may our scorn, not envy raise,
For envy is a kind of praise. - John Gay
What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant? - Jane Austen
The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe. - Charlotte Lennox
Praise is a powerful people-builder. Catch individuals doing something right. - Brian Tracy
The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. - Josh Billins
To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable. - John Milton
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except for bears. Bears will kill you. - Unknown
You know you're a mom when you understand why mama bear's porridge was cold. - Jody Defries
A bear can juggle and stand on a ball and he's talented, but he's not famous. - Kim Kardashian
Sometimes I question my sanity, but the unicorn and gummy bears told me I'm fine! - Muppets
Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. - Phillips Brooks
I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings. - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Praise is but virtue's shadow; who courts her,
Doth more the handmaid than the dame admire - Robert Heath
Your majesty, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, and Madame Houde thanks you from her bottom too. - Camillein Houde
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those that will never happen. - James Russell Lowell
Hymn: A song of praise, usually sung in a key three octaves higher than that of the congregation's range - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Drunk Man: "I can't bear fools."
Dorothy Parker: "Apparently your mother could." - Dorothy Parker
Even if my strength should fail, my daring will win me praise: in might enterprises even the will to succeed is enough. - Propertius
Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works. - John Keats
In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning. - Leo Tolstoy
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. - C S Lewis
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. - Albert Schweitzer
If you think that nobility consists of having sixteen ancestors rather than merit, great Prince, then you may - and you may also praise or condemn me. - Franz Grillparzer
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Canadian Food Chain
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I Found A Bear Cub!
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