Comfortable Quote by Arthur Balfour

If you're sincere, praise is effective. If you're insincere, it's manipulative.

— Zig Ziglar

If youre sincere, praise is effective. If youre insincere, its manipulative.

— Anonymous

Being praised constantly weakens you.

— Luis Enrique

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

— Billy Joel

Anyone's happier when they're not being verbally abused all day long.

— Iggy Azalea

I try not to let praise or criticism affect me.

— Lucas Vazquez

It is splendid to be supportive when you see those around you doing well, but blind praise is easier than harsh facts.

— Robert Rinder

Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.

— Tacitus

Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars.

— Gyles Brandreth

When an audience does not complain, it is a compliment, and when it does, it is a compliment, too, if unaccompanied by violence.

— Mark Twain

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.

— Thomas Jefferson

Across the board, it's infinitely more effective to praise actions that you want to encourage than to punish those you disapprove of.

— Jude Bijou