When one looks truly at the good side of everyone, others come to love him very naturally, and he does not need… — Abraham Isaac Kook Copy Share Image
When we are not engaged in thinking about some definite problem, we usually spend about 95 percent of our time thinking about… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
History does seem to repeat itself hence it's mindboggling to still hear the 'avoid all negative people' speeches from, of all people,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Women who are either indisputably beautiful, or indisputably ugly, are best flattered upon the score of their understandings; but those who are… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Whenever somebody folds, say, 'Good laydown.' It encourages them to fold on a later hand because it makes them feel like you… — Cheryl Hines Copy Share Image
The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out;… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A little flattery makes people feel good about themselves. When you notice someone looking great, give them a compliment. — Ken Blanchard Copy Share Image
Of all sorts of flattery, that which comes from a solemn character and stands before a sermon is the worst-complexioned. Such commendation… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery. — John Churton Collins Copy Share Image
And this is woman's fate: all her affections are called into life by winning flatteries, and then thrown back upon themselves to… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Katherine Kenton remains among the generation of women who feel that the most sincere form of flattery is the male erection. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The Marquis believed himself to be hardened against flattery. He thought that he had experienced every variety, but he discovered that he… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
Alas! the praise given to the ear Ne'er was nor ne'er can be sincere. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
People generally despise where they flatter, and cringe to those they would gladly overtop; so that truth and ceremony are two things. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
