Praise Quotes · Page 23

Desert being the essential condition of praise, there can be no reality in the one without the other.

— Washington Allston

It is the greatest possible praise to be praised by a man who is himself deserving of praise

— Latin Proverb

Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.

— Samuel Johnson

I think every player enjoys praise and I have to work extremely hard on the training ground to bring my game together.

— Frank Lampard

Nobody wants constructive criticism. It's all we can do to put up with constructive praise.

— Roland de Vaux

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men but from doing something worthwhile.

— Anonymous

Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Praise is always pleasing, let it come from whom, or upon what account it will.

— Michel de Montaigne

Sometimes we are much better at judging people based on how they treat everyone other than ourselves. We make a million excuses…

— Emily V. Gordon

Most writers in the course of their careers become thick-skinned and learn to accept vituperation, which in any other profession would be…

— Evelyn Waugh

For praise too dearly lov'd, or warmly sought, Enfeebles all internal strength of thought; And the weak soul within itself unblest, Leans…

— Oliver Goldsmith

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such…

— Billy Joel

God needs no worship, no praise, no thanksgiving. It is man himself who needs the benefit to be derived from these activities.

— Paul Brunton

All who have their reward on Earth, the fruits Of painful superstition and blind zeal, Naught seeking but the praise of men,…

— Don DeLillo

“In any miracle, chase the causation back far enough and eventually you'll find yourself irrepressibly singing in praise of the marvelous goodness…

— Matthew Lee Anderson

Ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow. Tyrion smiled. Lord Varys, I am growing strangely fond of you.…

— George R. R. Martin

We hold reunions, not for the dead, for there is nothing in all the earth that you and I can do for…

— James A. Garfield

Sport, properly directed, develops character, makes a man courageous, a generous loser, and a gracious victor; it refines the senses, gives intellectual…

— Pope Pius XII

“Praise be to God I’m not good, And have the natural egotism of flowers And rivers following their bed Preoccupied without knowing…

— Alberto Caeiro

To glorify God is not just to do so in religious worship, singing praise and enacting the traditional rites of the church.…

— James W. Sire

Sometimes when you hear so much and everybody is praising you, you can get lost in that. You can start thinking that…

— Kevin Hart

[M]y work, which I've done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now enjoy, but…

— Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

A company is simply a group of people. And as a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, you…

— Richard Branson

It is not only possible to say a great deal in praise of play; it is really possible to say the highest…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

One of my pet hates is people re-Tweeting praise, I loathe it more than anything else in the world.

— Douglas Henshall

“Praise, Praise, Praise a child for the good they commit and the wrongs they rectify.”

— Asa Don Brown

There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.

— Selma Lagerlöf

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

— Pearl S. Buck

Too much praise cannot be bestowed on those who managed my artillery.

— Andrew Jackson

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.

— Psalm 63:3

“Praise be to Him who brings our loved ones home from el ghurba (exile)”

— Susan Abulhawa

It is always positive when you get a lot of praise, but you should handle it the right way.

— Mario Gotze

We tend to judge others by their behavior, and ourselves by our intentions.

— Anonymous

We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Lord # God , I praise Your Holy Name. Let every beat of my heart be a note of love in the…

— Mother Angelica

Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit, we cannot flower and grow without it.

— Jess Lair

It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.

— Matthew Hale

As we begin to praise ourselves and our world, we begin to blossom in ways that are beautiful to behold.

— John Templeton

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

— Ovid