Motivational Quotes

Praise

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

- La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Best Quotes about Praise

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.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

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

Trump, Donald

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Ash, Mary Kay

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

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

Parker, Paul P.

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

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

Einstein, Albert

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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

11.

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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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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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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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 best way to get praise is to die.

Proverb, Italian

17.

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

Fillmore, Charles

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

Shakespeare, William

24.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

25.

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

Rogers, Will

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

Bible

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Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

Syrus, Publilius

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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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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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People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.

Proverb

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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.

35.

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

Proverb, American

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Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.

Aristotle

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

Boileau, Nicholas

39.

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

Sidney, Sir Philip

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

Boileau, Nicholas

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Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.

Best of Bits and Pieces

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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.

43.

I've always been a sucker for attention.

Gooding Jr., Cuba

44.

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

Felltham, Owen

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