Sentences with phrase «put on a pedestal»

But «winning» usually has the opposite effect: When an individual is publicly recognized for an achievement, he or she is put on a pedestal — and this tends to foster feelings of pride and self - importance.

You risk making them feel put on a pedestal, communicating to them your value and status as lower.

Google images of Balpreet Kaur... he definitely has more wrong than an overabundance of facial hair... and people need to quit putting her on a pedestal for being the escaped beared lady from the circus vargus!

One of the things I fear about our modern Christian «leaders» so many put on a pedestal, is their political pandering on these sorts of topics.

Put him on a pedestal that he'll inevitably fall from?

They're either held to a higher standard or put on a pedestal.

their belief and propaganda to have Peter put on a pedestal.

People assume that Jesus was a passive, lovey dovey hippie type that didn't think of harming anyone, especially the highly worshiped children that we put on a pedestal today.

Billy Graham is a fraud... why he has been put on a pedestal for years is beyond me... he collected huge amounts of money from those big crowds... HIs son Franklin is worse... he pays himself more than ONE MILLION A YEAR... as head of the Samaritan Purse and other things!!

Isaiah's irony is well known: «You can take it and put it on a pedestal, but you can also throw it on the ground....

We sometimes elevate them and put them on pedestals, but they were human just like us.

I am tired of religious leaders who put themselves on a pedestal and deem what is proper or good or holy and what isn't as if they are God.

You don't want people to put you on a pedestal and attach themselves to you.

And though there are obvious dangerous to the public shame machine, there are also important implications: We can no longer choose to be ignorant or oblivious to crimes and sins of the artists and cultural figures that we've also put on a pedestal.

And, through the occasional reminder of the pain and the prodding of the Holy Spirit, I quit participating in the «Let's put them on the pedestal and see how hard they fall!»

He is compared to Hitler who put himself on a pedestal and condemned because others did not meet his criteria for a «perfect world.»

We have the Bible to guide us, but it seems we, including me, put it on a pedestal, and forget to listen to Christ deep within our soul.

The very problem with marriage is how religion has put it on a pedestal.

hmm I am surprised at Becky's experience of Spong but hey Spong is a man and we can put him on a pedestal if we are not careful.

In our culture, the combination of MMA and church happens because the warrior is valued and put on a pedestal.

Prominent, my gills, she was a nobody with no information for Atheism, so she figured a bunch of Christian radicals would put her on a pedestal, as their token Reformed - Atheist, and somebody would finally pay attention to her, so she went to the losing side.

Itâ $ ™ s comfortable and easy to let others do the thinking for you, to put them on a pedestal.

Deeply embedded within the Pentecostal movement's ethos is a cult of personality; charismatic leaders are put on pedestals above accountability and are often virtually worshiped by many of their followers.

It's comfortable and easy to let others do the thinking for you, to put them on a pedestal.

But it is not enough to use it, as it is used in our day, as a rallying cry in battles which, strictly speaking, have nothing much to do with religion, or to put it on a pedestal to be admired, or in a spirit of haphazard eclecticism to pick and choose from the shari`a only the material which pleases us most.

I wonder why so many christians find it acceptable to put themselves on a pedestal for understanding something that unbelievers do not.

I'm impressed with many people but I think it becomes a problem when we put them on a pedestal, they will always fail us in some way.

I love doing the layer cakes, but by the time you put them on a pedestal plate they are nearly impossible to travel with unless you have a willing husband to hold it!

And that should be celebrated and loved and put on a pedestal.

Where Modesty Rules September 30, 2015: The leaders of the $ 650 million company, the nation's largest independent bacon processor, don't put themselves on a pedestal.

Something that would truly make it the star of the dish, put it on a pedestal, make it shine like a true star, elevate it to great summits, you know...

It is of course a blessing to have Mesut in the form he was in this weekend against Everton, but he is tough to handle, and those few rare outings where he is on fire are not consistent enough for me to put him on the pedestal.

those two are undeniably having a great patch at the moment but it's far too quick to put them on a pedestal.

This isn't 1962, Presidents are no longer put on a pedestal and worshipped.

But taking into consideration all the results thus far this season makes me hesitate; we were firing on all cylinders for one game, so let's not put ourselves on the pedestal.

Now he puts him on a pedestal.

It's not surprising that Roger Federer's fans put him on a pedestal.

Birth is such a private and intimate thing, it's not a time in your life that you want to be put on a pedestal.

We don't need to be put on a pedestal as BFers, but it should be culturally acceptable and encouraged, no matter where baby needs it.

According to de Lench, «The over arching issue is a tendency in American culture to worship athletes and put them on a pedestal.»

Mr Cameron told the Lib Dem leader not to «put himself on a pedestal» over MPs» expenses, after Mr Clegg repeated his claim that politicians from «both of the old parties» had not been held to account for flipping their second home designations to maximise their income from allowances.

Unlike self - confident people, those with narcissistic tendencies expect to be treated as superior or put on a pedestal.

Protein is put on the pedestal in all diets and praised by nutritionists and health circles, while carbs and fat are demonized and scorned.

Marc: And the temporary loss of weight that people put on a pedestal and worship ends up driving us crazy.

One way to make a tiny treat special: Put it on a pedestal.

This especially holds true for people we put on pedestals.

His love for me was the validation I so needed and I put him on a pedestal.

I passed on some potentially great guys because I put him on a pedestal that nobody could live up to.

Even the most independent and most successful women want their men to worship them and put them on a pedestal.

After my brief heart attack (because I always had a funny feeling about him and her, he always seemed to give her a little extra attention and put her on a pedestal) I calmed down and sent him a message that the reason I reacted that way was that I felt a disconnect between us lately and that I valued both our friendship and what we had and I would like to talk about it.