Motivational Quotes

Praise

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

Best Quotes about Praise

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

Canetti, Elias

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

Crane, George W.

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

Boileau, Nicholas

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

Moliere

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.

Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.

Best of Bits and Pieces

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.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them.

Bruyere, Jean De La

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

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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Their silence is praise enough.

Terence

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People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.

Proverb

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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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Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

Proverb, American

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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

Smith, Dean

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

Phillips, Wendell

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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

Fillmore, Charles

30.

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

Kipling, Rudyard

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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

Sidney, Sir Philip

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

Steele, Sir Richard

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Jacobsen, Henry

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The best way to get praise is to die.

Proverb, Italian

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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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Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.

Aristotle

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

Boileau, Nicholas

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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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I've always been a sucker for attention.