Absent Quote by Alfie Kohn

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.

— Phyllis McGinley

Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it.

— Anonymous

Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only…

— Dale Carnegie

Praise never gives us much pleasure unless it concur with our own opinion, and extol us for those qualities in which we chiefly excel.

— David Hume

The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Praise is good. Some people over-praise, though. Genuine appreciation is rare to come by.

— Raashi Khanna

I don't know that praise is always a good thing.

— Paul Dano

Praise is great, but it's also an incentive.

— Joshua Kimmich

It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which comes from…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

We are not fond of praising, and never praise any one except from interested motives. Praise is a clever, concealed, and delicate flattery, which…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Praise is a powerful people-builder. Catch individuals doing something right.

— Brian Tracy