Motivational Quotes

Praise

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

- Boileau, Nicholas

Best Quotes about Praise

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

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

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.

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

Canetti, Elias

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

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.

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.

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

James, William

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

Einstein, Albert

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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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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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People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.

Proverb

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Fillmore, Charles

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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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Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.

Best of Bits and Pieces

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

Phillips, Wendell

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

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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 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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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've always been a sucker for attention.

Gooding Jr., Cuba

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

Crane, George W.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

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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 from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.

Steele, Sir Richard

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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

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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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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 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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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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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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Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

Proverb, American

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

Jacobsen, Henry

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

Felltham, Owen

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

Boileau, Nicholas

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Their silence is praise enough.

Terence