Motivational Quotes

Praise

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

- Trump, Donald

Best Quotes about Praise

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

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

Boileau, Nicholas

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

Sidney, Sir Philip

Their silence is praise enough.

Terence

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

Trump, Donald

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

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

Syrus, Publilius

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.

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

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Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.

Best of Bits and Pieces

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

Parker, Paul P.

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

Buck, Pearl S.

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

Jacobsen, Henry

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

Boileau, Nicholas

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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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Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

Proverb, American

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

Smith, Dean

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Phillips, Wendell

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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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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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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 best way to get praise is to die.

Proverb, Italian

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

Steele, Sir Richard

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

Rogers, Will

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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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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

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

Ash, Mary Kay

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People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.

Proverb

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

Fillmore, Charles

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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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I've always been a sucker for attention.

Gooding Jr., Cuba

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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