Amount Quote by Carl Friedrich Gauss

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

— Samuel Butler

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places

— Samuel Butler

Praise is something when a person tells you about yourself that you have suspected all along.

— Vikrant Parsai

Praise is the reflection of virtue.

— Francis Bacon

I take praise as not just a reward and a result but also as the beginning of a new process.

— Christoph Waltz

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

If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.

— Norm MacDonald

Praise lies upon a higher plane than thanksgiving. When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle about myself to some extent. But in praise…

— Ole Hallesby

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.

— Robert Martin

Praise lies upon a higher plain than thanksgiving. When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle around myself to some extent. But in praise…

— Ole Hallesby

Praise can be your most valuable asset as long as you don't aim it at yourself.

— Anonymous

Praise is so pleasing to the mind of man that it is the original of almost all of our actions

— Samuel Johnson