--- title: "11 Praise Like Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Praise Like quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Praise Like sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/sevendust-27434_quote_praise-like-the-devil-2194290_2194290.jpg" --- > [Praise, like the devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sevendust/praise-like-the-devil/) [Sevendust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sevendust/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/sevendust-27434_quote_praise-like-the-devil-2194290_2194290.jpg) > [Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit, we cannot flower and grow without it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-lair/praise-is-like-sunlight-to-the-human-spirit-we-cannot-flower-and-grow/) [Jess Lair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-lair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f76/jess-lair-52949_human-spirit_praise-is-like-sunlight-to-the-human-spi_1418952.jpg) > [Sweet praise is like perfume. It is fine if you don't swallow it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-d-eisenhower/sweet-praise-is-like-perfume-it-is-fine-if-you-don-t-swallow-it/) [Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-d-eisenhower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/dwight-d-eisenhower-499_fine_sweet-praise-is-like-perfume-it-is-fine_1852572.jpg) > [We blossom under praise like flowers in sun and dew; we open, we reach, we grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-e-frost/we-blossom-under-praise-like-flowers-in-sun-and-dew-we-open-we-reach/) [Gerhard E Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-e-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/gerhard-e-frost-87781_dew_we-blossom-under-praise-like-flowers-in_3166696.jpg) > [Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-wallach/having-the-critics-praise-you-is-like-having-the-hangman-say-you-ve/) [Eli Wallach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-wallach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/eli-wallach-15151_criticism_having-the-critics-praise-you-is-like-ha_84726.png) > [Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/praise-like-gold-and-diamonds-owes-its-value-only-to-its-scarcity/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c5/samuel-johnson-50_gold_praise-like-gold-and-diamonds-owes-its-v_2724894.png) > [Praise is like ambergrease: a little whiff of it, and by snatches, is very agreeable; but when a man holds a whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/praise-is-like-ambergrease-a-little-whiff-of-it-and-by-snatches-is/) [Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/alexander-pope-235_littles_praise-is-like-ambergrease-a-little-whif_3182142.png) > [Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. It becomes cheap as it becomes vulgar, and will no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/praise-like-gold-and-diamonds-owes-its-value-only-to-its-scarcity-it/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/samuel-johnson-50_business_praise-like-gold-and-diamonds-owes-its-v_2244422.png) > [The only praise I would like and treasure is the promotion of the activities to which my life is dedicated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-only-praise-i-would-like-and-treasure-is-the-promotion-of-the/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/mahatma-gandhi-23_activity_the-only-praise-i-would-like-and-treasur_3049295.jpg) > [We praise like frogs, Swear like frogs, Turn midgets into heroes, and heroes into scum: We never stop and think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nizar-qabbani/we-praise-like-frogs-swear-like-frogs-turn-midgets-into-heroes-and/) [Nizar Qabbani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nizar-qabbani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/224/nizar-qabbani-13012_frogs_we-praise-like-frogs-swear-like-frogs-tu_3188366.jpg) > [Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-carnegie/praise-is-like-sunlight-to-the-warm-human-spirit-we-cannot-flower-and/) [Dale Carnegie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-carnegie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/dale-carnegie-382_cold_praise-is-like-sunlight-to-the-warm-huma_2961825.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/praise-like/#itemlist", "name": "Praise Like Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Praise, like the devil.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sevendust" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sevendust/praise-like-the-devil/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/sevendust-27434_quote_praise-like-the-devil-2194290_2194290.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/sevendust-27434_quote_praise-like-the-devil-2194290_2194290.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/sevendust-27434_quote_praise-like-the-devil-2194290_2194290.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Praise, like the devil.” — Sevendust", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit, we cannot flower and grow without it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jess Lair" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-lair/praise-is-like-sunlight-to-the-human-spirit-we-cannot-flower-and-grow/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f76/jess-lair-52949_human-spirit_praise-is-like-sunlight-to-the-human-spi_1418952.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f76/jess-lair-52949_human-spirit_praise-is-like-sunlight-to-the-human-spi_1418952.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f76/jess-lair-52949_human-spirit_praise-is-like-sunlight-to-the-human-spi_1418952.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit, we cannot flower and grow without it.” — Jess Lair", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sweet praise is like perfume. 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