No man has ever praised to persons equally-and pleased…

I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum Laudari me abs…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If the egalitarian wishes to realise his ideal, given the unpromising nature of his material, he might consider rendering all persons equally dead, for…

— D. Michael Quinn

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

— J. B. Priestley

I may be wrong, but it seems rare in our age to find a widely praised person whose own mouth is not the source…

— Giacomo Leopardi

What is praised is your future - if you can become someone respectable, powerful, rich, intellectual, in some way famous, not just a nobody.

— Anonymous

Usually we praise only to be praised.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If anything I was probably loved and praised too much as a child. I think that's why I can't accept any compliments.

— Max Winkler

God is the one to be praised, not our transformation.

— Tullian Tchividjian

“Marker be praised,” said Harmon. And then he added, “Altman be praised.”

— B.K. Evenson

It's very flattering to be praised for each of your efforts.

— Radhika Pandit

We are praised or blamed, as the one or the other may be expedient, for displaying to advantage our power of discernment.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

People flourish if they’re praised.

— Richard Branson

What we do is never understood, but always merely praised or blamed.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say:…

— Emile M. Cioran

“Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and forevermore. From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,…

— God