Praise Quotes · Page 50

When someone abuses me I can defend myself, but against praise I am defenceless.

— Sigmund Freud

Philosophers are as jealous as woman; each wants a monopoly of praise.

— George Santayana

Angels contented with their face in heaven, Seek not the praise of men.

— John Milton

Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.

— Dale Carnegie

For 28 years, I'd never accept praise. If you said something negative I'd latch on to that for a week.

— Joey Barton

“Don't say it's the beautiful I praise. I praise the human, gutted and rising.”

— Katie Ford

I make music to process - because I have to, not for praise or accolades or reactions.

— Mark Kozelek

Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but…

— Fitz-Greene Halleck

Religion stalks across the face of human history, knee-deep in the blood of innocents, clasping its red hands in hymns of praise…

— Philip Appleman

I lift my voice of warning against praising or flattering your ministers. I have seen the evil, the dreadful evil, of praising…

— Ellen G. White

“As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some of the most flowery praise you hear on the subject of teams is only hypocrisy. Managers learn to talk a good…

— Tom DeMarco

“Hope is born in the dark. Like a lighthouse calling out to a lost ship at sea, hope will bring you through…

— Cheryl Zelenka

The Council of the Royal Society is a collection of men who elect each other to office and then dine together at…

— Charles Babbage

“The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the…

— Henry David Thoreau

There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone...If I like…

— Charles R. Schwab

One name holds weight above them all his fame outlast the earth he formed his praise resounds beyond the stars and echoes…

— Brian Houston

Now rejoice, all ye powers of my soul, that you are so united with God that no one may separate you from…

— Meister Eckhart

We know that Donald Trump has shown a very troubling willingness to back up [Vladimir] Putin, to support Putin, whether it's saying…

— Hillary Clinton

Significantly, God in Genesis 1 pronounces the rest of creation "good" before humanity is created. The psalmist and the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah,…

— Rodney Clapp

“Dads. Do you not realize that your child needs to feel your skin on his? Do you not realize the incredible and…

— Dan Pearce

Do not any longer contend for mastery, for power, money, or praise. Be content to be a private, insignificant person, known and…

— John Wesley

Jesus has many lovers of His kingdom of heaven, but he has few bearers of His Cross. Many desire His consolation, but…

— Thomas a Kempis

Do not be despondent when fighting against the incorporeal enemy, but even in the midst of your afflictions and oppression praise the…

— John of Kronstadt

“The darkest hour of my day is the one in which I don't get to see you.”

— Amit Kalantri

Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.

— Henry David Thoreau

I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.

— Elia Kazan

The best way to give assistance to those who are deeply embarrassed and to calm them down is to praise them decisively.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

— Sir Philip Sidney

I don't see many people as heroes and, though I love sport, I believe athletes rarely deserve that praise.

— Giles Duley

A great classic means a man whom one can praise without having read.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I like to praise and reward in a loud voice and to scold in a whisper.

— Catherine the Great

Praise with elation Praise every morning Spring's re-creation Of the First Day!

— Eleanor Farjeon

I have never made a film to praise or to criticize something. That kind of filmmaking is nothing but propaganda.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

A man's praise limits its object to the confines of his own understanding.

— Vikrant Parsai

Every day people judge all other people. The question is whether they judge wisely.

— Orson Scott Card

Songs of praise the angels sang, Heav'n with alleluias rang, when creation was begun, when God spoke and it was done.

— James Montgomery

I think in our society we too often choose the people we associate with based on our own hasty judgments.

— Tim Cope

The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Praise to our Father-God, High praise in solemn lay, Alike for what His hand hath given, And what it takes away.

— Lydia Sigourney