Motivational Quotes

Praise

Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord. [Ecclesiasticus 15:9]

- Bible

Best Quotes about Praise

When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

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

Sidney, Sir Philip

Admiration; is our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Bierce, Ambrose

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

Proverb, American

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

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

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching he proper ears.

Kipling, Rudyard

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Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.

Vauvenargues, Marquis De

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I'm a bit of a P. T. Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.

Trump, Donald

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

Rogers, Will

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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

Felltham, Owen

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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

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We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise -- although the philosophers generally call it recognition!

James, William

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We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.

Fillmore, Charles

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The simple act of playing positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.

Peters, Thomas J.

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Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Buck, Pearl S.

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The best way to get praise is to die.

Proverb, Italian

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I've always been a sucker for attention.

Gooding Jr., Cuba

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Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A you can do it when things are tough.

DeVos, Richard M.

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To say, well done to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

Brooks, Phillips

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Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.

Proverb

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Appreciative words are the most powerful force for good on earth!

Crane, George W.

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

Phillips, Wendell

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Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you.

Boileau, Nicholas

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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.

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

Parker, Paul P.

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

Rogers, Will

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

Steele, Sir Richard

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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

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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

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Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord. [Ecclesiasticus 15:9]

Bible

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

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.

Aristotle

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People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.

Proverb

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

Smith, Dean

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Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.

Best of Bits and Pieces

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working.

Einstein, Albert

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

Moliere

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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

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If you treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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When life seems just a dreary grind; and things seem fated to annoy; say something nice to someone else and watch the world light up with joy.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

Syrus, Publilius

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Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, Make me feel important. Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.

Ash, Mary Kay

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If you must strike a man from behind, slap hi on the back.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De