Motivational Quotes

Praise

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

- Lichtenberg, Georg C.

Best Quotes about Praise

1.

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

Rogers, Will

2.

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

3.

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

Boileau, Nicholas

4.

I've always been a sucker for attention.

Gooding Jr., Cuba

5.

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

Kay, Mary

6.

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

Phillips, Wendell

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

11.

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

Felltham, Owen

12.

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

James, William

13.

There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.

Marden, Orison Swett

14.

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

15.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

16.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

17.

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.

18.

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

Ash, Mary Kay

19.

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

20.

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.

Steele, Sir Richard

21.

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

Peale, Norman Vincent

22.

People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.

Proverb

23.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

24.

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

25.

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

26.

There is no praise to beat the sort you can put in your pocket.

Moliere

27.

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

Bierce, Ambrose

28.

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

Smith, Dean

29.

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

Peters, Thomas J.

30.

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

Steele, Sir Richard

31.

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.

Aristotle

32.

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.

33.

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

Trump, Donald

34.

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

35.

It takes so little to make people happy. Just a touch, If we know how to give it, just a word fitly spoken, a slight readjustment of some bolt or pin or bearing in the delicate machinery of a soul.

Crane, Frank

36.

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

Sidney, Sir Philip

37.

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

Jacobsen, Henry

38.

The best way to get praise is to die.

Proverb, Italian

39.

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

Buck, Pearl S.

40.

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

41.

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

Bible

42.

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

Syrus, Publilius

43.

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

Bierce, Ambrose

44.

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