Motivational Quotes

Praise

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.

Best Quotes about Praise

How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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

Buck, Pearl S.

Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.

Best of Bits and Pieces

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

Canetti, Elias

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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

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

Bierce, Ambrose

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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People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.

Proverb

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Cicero, Marcus T.

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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 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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I've always been a sucker for attention.

Gooding Jr., Cuba

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

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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

Trump, Donald

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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

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

Rogers, Will

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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The best way to get praise is to die.

Proverb, Italian

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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

Kipling, Rudyard

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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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Praise God even when you don't understand what He is doing.

Jacobsen, Henry

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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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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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No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.

Ash, Mary Kay

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Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.

Proverb

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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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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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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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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

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

Crane, George W.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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

Moliere

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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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Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

Syrus, Publilius

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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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Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.

Aristotle

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I know, indeed, of nothing more subtle satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does not come with money, nor does it flow from a fine physical state. It cannot be bought. But it is the keenest joy, after all; and the toiler's truest and best reward.

Howells, William Dean

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

Smith, Dean

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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