Motivational Quotes

Praise

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

- La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Best Quotes about Praise

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

Sidney, Sir Philip

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.

Aristotle

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

Proverb, American

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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

Kay, Mary

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

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

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

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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

James, William

10.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Peale, Norman Vincent

11.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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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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There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.

Shakespeare, William

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

Bible

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

Felltham, Owen

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People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.

Proverb

18.

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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Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

Syrus, Publilius

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

21.

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

Crane, George W.

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

Kipling, Rudyard

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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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Their silence is praise enough.

Terence

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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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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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Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.

Best of Bits and Pieces

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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 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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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

33.

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

Einstein, Albert

34.

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.

35.

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

36.

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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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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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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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

40.

The best way to get praise is to die.

Proverb, Italian

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Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.

Proverb

42.

I've always been a sucker for attention.

Gooding Jr., Cuba

43.

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

Rogers, Will

44.

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

Fillmore, Charles

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

Smith, Dean

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

Jacobsen, Henry

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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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One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

Canetti, Elias