Genius and great abilities are often wanting; sometimes, only opportunities. Some deserve praise for what they have done; others for what they… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
If a man just stops to think what he has to praise God for, he will find there is enough to keep… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
Friendship is but a name, faith is an empty name. Alas, it is not safe to praise to a friend the object… — Ovid Copy Share Image
“ Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
“ He is a type of our best — our rarest. Electrical, I was going to say, beyond anyone, perhaps, ever was:… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
To ensure that no one gained an advantage over anyone else, commercial law [in the 14th century] prohibited innovation in tools or… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Employees who report receiving recognition and praise within the last seven days show increased productivity, get higher scores from customers, and have… — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
Education...is a painful, continual and difficult work to be done in kindness, by watching, by warning,... by praise, but above all --… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
So what should we say when children complete a task—say, math problems—quickly and perfectly? Should we deny them the praise they have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
2015 was simultaneously the year in which I consumed the most popcorn of my life and the year in which I received… — J. Kenji Lopez-Alt Copy Share Image
Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
If politicians lived on praise and thanks they'd be forced into some other line of business. — Edward Heath Copy Share Image
Mankind are tolerant of the praises of others as long as each hearer thinks that he can do as well or nearly… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Oh, and she told me that men want only one thing. And on that note, I must give praise and thanks to… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
A Halloween-haired, Sachsgate-enacting, estuary-whining, glitter-lacquered, priapic berk How dare I, from my velvet chaise longue, in my Hollywood home like Kubla Khan,… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
They gave me star treatment when I was making a lot of money. But I was just as good when I was… — Bob Marley Copy Share Image
The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
