Motivational Quotes

Praise

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

Best Quotes about Praise

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

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

Sidney, Sir Philip

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

James, William

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.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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

Rogers, Will

The best way to get praise is to die.

Proverb, Italian

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

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

Buck, Pearl S.

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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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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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Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.

Best of Bits and Pieces

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

Kipling, Rudyard

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

Crane, George W.

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

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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

Smith, Dean

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

Peters, Thomas J.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

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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'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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People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.

Proverb

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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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Howells, William Dean

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.

Proverb

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

Boileau, Nicholas

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

Phillips, Wendell

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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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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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I've always been a sucker for attention.

Gooding Jr., Cuba

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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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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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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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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 from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.

Steele, Sir Richard

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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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.