Quotes about praise
praise made modest
Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent. Friedrich Nietzsche
praise natural
I'm not a natural criticizer - I prefer to like and praise and so on. George Saunders
praise surely victim weapon
There's no weapon that slays Its victim so surely (if well aimed) as praise
praise process criticize
You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process. Lucinda Williams
praise accounts
Praise is always pleasing, let it come from whom, or upon what account it will. Michel de Montaigne
praise belittle ifs
Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.
praise contempt
He that searches for praise will often find contempt. Norm MacDonald
praise scoundrels given
There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel. Theodore Roosevelt
praise
I see and praise what is better, but follow what is worse. Ovid
praise rather somebody
He's very modest, and he doesn't like to take praise. He would rather do it and have somebody else get the credit.
praise substitutes right-thing
Commending a right thing is a cheap substitute for doing it, with which we are too apt to satisfy ourselves. Hannah More
praised remark silence
Some things are better praised by silence than by remark
praise
True praise rootes and spreedes. George Herbert
praise dies
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it. [Old praise dies unless you feed it.]
praise
I will only praise someone who can't take anything away from me. Joan Rivers
praise barack
Let us now praise Barack Obama. John Podhoretz
praise-god praise pleasure
In demanding our praise God is demanding the completion of our pleasure (in him). John Piper
praise prize
You can't praise what you don't prize.
praise satyagraha carrie
In satyagraha, a courted imprisonment carries its own praise. Mahatma Gandhi
praise
The envier praises me unknowingly. Khalil Gibran
praise equal
When you praise someone you call yourself his equal. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
praise should what-you-love
Your work should be in praise of what you love. Ralph Waldo Emerson
praise spoiled
Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.
praise certain accused
It is requisite to defend those who are unjustly accused of having acted injuriously, but to praise those who excel in a certain good. Pythagoras
praise
Praising all alike, is praising none. John Gay
praise criticize
Listen more to the one who criticizes you and less to the one who praises you. Learn from them and do something about it. Paul Kagame
praise humans critical
The nature of how we are as human beings is that we're much more interested in being critical rather than praising something. Ellie Goulding
praise expenses customs
It is the custom when praising a Russian writer to do so at the expense of all other Russian writers. Robert Wilson Lynd
praise criticize
Praise in public; criticize in private. Vince Lombardi
praise praise-god adore
The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and praise GOD. Thomas Merton
praise criticize
Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise. Pierre Beaumarchais
praise duty ought
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. Saint Augustine
praise diligence applause
Applause abates diligence. Samuel Johnson