For the good, when praised, feel something of disgust, if to excess commended. — Euripides Copy Share Image
It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Praise, of all things, is the most powerful excitement to commendable actions, and animates us in our enterprises. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Yet a real artist, I've noticed, will survive anything. (Even praise, I happily suspect.) — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't care if it's rude to stare. You're cute. Therefore, I shall stare — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I take praise as not just a reward and a result but also as the beginning of a new process. — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
“We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behaviour.” — Stephen M.R. Covey Copy Share Image
I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I never put a lot of praise on myself because of my relationship with Ike. I was just happy when I started… — Tina Turner Copy Share Image
There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art. To give praise where it is not due, might be well… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Once we decide to condemn others,we have automatically placed ourselves on the judgement seat and our imperfections as human beings will hardly… — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
In the past, I've been lucky enough to receive some high praise, but when the experts have a go, I'm usually not… — Joe Hart Copy Share Image
I don't need validation, recognition or praise. What I need are facts and the facts are that one of my books gets… — Lee Child Copy Share Image
Conscience, the sense of right, the power of perceiving moral distinctions, the power of discerning between justice and injustice, excellence and baseness,… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Combinations have always been the most intriguing aspect of Chess. The masters look for them, the public applauds them, the critics praise… — Reuben Fine Copy Share Image
What we see at the cross is the white-hot revelation of the character of God, of his love providing the price that… — David F. Wells Copy Share Image
“I do not think there is a person in this world who has been a more ardent admirer of him than I… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended; and I think The nightingale, if she should sing… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness;… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
Everyone praises Sachin Tendulkar. He may be a genius in his own right but in my book, Rahul Dravid is the artist.… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
“I have nothing now but praise for my life. I am not unhappy. I cry a lot because I miss people. They… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
