Motivational Quotes

Praise

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

Best Quotes about Praise

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

Smith, Dean

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a But.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them.

Boileau, Nicholas

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

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

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Fillmore, Charles

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

10.

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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I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.

Yeats, William Butler

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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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Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

Syrus, Publilius

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

Crane, George W.

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

Kipling, Rudyard

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

Sidney, Sir Philip

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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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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

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The best way to get praise is to die.

Proverb, Italian

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Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.

Best of Bits and Pieces

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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

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

Bierce, Ambrose

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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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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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If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games.

Bryant, Bear

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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

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How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot of which he has chosen or which chance has thrown his way, but praises those who follow a different course?

Horace

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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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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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Let another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.

Bible

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

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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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

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

Phillips, Wendell

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

Kay, Mary

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Their silence is praise enough.

Terence

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By recognizing a favorable opinion of yourself, and taking pleasure in it, you in a measure give yourself and your peace of mind into the keeping of another, of whose attitude you can never be certain. You have a new source of doubt and apprehension.

Cooley, Charles Horton

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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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Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.

Aristotle

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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

Bierce, Ambrose

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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