Bear Praise

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.”

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Support the right to arm bears. - Unknown

Survival is a major contributor to longevity. - Unknown

I'd rather write about polar bears than people. - Mary Oliver

Every survival kit should include a sense of humor. - Unknown

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

I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing. - Bette Midler

A classic is a book which people praise and don't read. - Mark Twain

We come not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them. - Francis A Walker

And if I please you so, my lover, remember praise is comely. - Countee Cullen

Praise increases where the excellence is attained but by few. - Edward Counsel

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise. - Noel Coward

Praise adds nothing to beauty - makes it neither better nor worse. - Marcus Aurelius

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise. - Mary Kay Ash

Praise follows truth afar off, and only overtakes her at the grave. - James R Lowell

Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear. - Marcus Aurelius

Most people would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. - Norman Vincent Peale

Thanks to this man I've gone from over-the-counter to over-the-barrel. - Unknown

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. - Josh Billins

Philosophy may teach us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of our neighbors. - Oscar Wilde

To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable. - John Milton

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

Praise is the weapon God gives you to leverage the negative circumstances of your life. - David Evans

Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue. - Plato

Thanks you for being a part of my life, whether you were a Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime. - Unknown

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe,
Are lost on hearers that our merits know. - Homer

The praise of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be. - Julius C Hare

Most of us forget to take time for wonder, praise and gratitude until it is almost too late. - Faith Baldwin

Five main components of worship: the Lord's Supper, teaching, prayer, praise, and giving. - Ravi Zacharias

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

The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men. - Norman MacDonald

Drunk Man: "I can't bear fools."
Dorothy Parker: "Apparently your mother could." - Dorothy Parker

So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but on someone else's. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Hell's foundations quiver
At the shout of praise;
Brothers, lift your voices,
Loud your anthems raise. - Sabine Baring-Gould

Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. - I Thessalonians 5:16-18

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding. - Joseph Addison

I adore art. When I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear. - Guiseppe Verdi

see also Bear & Safety Sections
Bear Pinata
Bear Print
Bear Protection
Canadian Food Chain
Canadian High Five
Golf Gimme
Grizzly Bear Chair
I Found A Bear Cub!
Russian Car Pool
Salmon Fight

Bear Praise

Survival kit for bears

20-Sep-2021