Quotes about praise

"The pain we feel When someone leaves our life is in direct proportion to the joy they bring while a part of our life for a few moments. In my life you made me feel as if I truly meant something to someone"

Javan on praise
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"He who praises everybody, praises nobody."

Johnson, Samuel on praise   

"The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain."

Johnson, Samuel on praise   

"A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them."

Johnson, Samuel on praise   

"Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, Make me feel important. Never forget this message when working with people."

Kay, Mary on praise
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"Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching he proper ears."

Kipling, Rudyard on praise   

"A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on praise   

"When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on praise   

"A man is never more serious than when he praise himself."

Lichtenberg, Georg C. on praise   

"The surest plan to make a man is, think him so."

Lowell, James Russell on praise
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"There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us."

Marden, Orison Swett on praise   

"There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment."

Marden, Orison Swett on praise   

"There is no praise to beat the sort you can put in your pocket."

Moliere on praise   

"Has a woman who knew she was well-dressed ever caught a cold?"

Nietzsche, Friedrich on praise   

"So long as you are praised think only that you are not yet on your own path but on that of another."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on praise
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"Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on praise
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"I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps."

Noonan, Peggy on praise   

"You can handle people more successfully by enlisting their feelings than by convincing their reason."

Parker, Paul P. on praise
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"The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism."

Peale, Norman Vincent on praise   

"We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that."

Penn, William on praise
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"The simple act of playing positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity."

Peters, Thomas J. on praise   

"Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise."

Phillips, Wendell on praise
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"Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life."

Plutarch on praise   

"Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men."

Pope, Alexander on praise   

"Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise."

Pope, Alexander on praise   

"People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised."

Proverb on praise   

"Praise makes good people better and bad people worse."

Proverb on praise   

"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition."

Proverb, American on praise   

"The best way to get praise is to die."

Proverb, Italian on praise   

"I like to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything, but good."

Rogers, Will on praise   

"Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far."

Rogers, Will on praise   

"I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism."

Schwab, Charles M. on praise   

"There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself."

Shakespeare, William on praise   

"It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy."

Sidney, Sir Philip on praise   

"I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised."

Smith, Dean on praise   

"Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due."

Smith, Sydney on praise   

"Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations."

Steele, Sir Richard on praise   

"I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception."

Steele, Sir Richard on praise   

"Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly."

Syrus, Publilius on praise   

"Their silence is praise enough."

Terence on praise