Praise Quotes

1794 Praise quotes by 1092 unique authors

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land. — Herman Melville
That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to… — Ben Jonson
I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation… — Niccolo Machiavelli
You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules. — Bobby Jones
Hearing improves with PRAISE! — Mark Gottfried
Praise your kids. Inspire and motivate your players with praise. Ten years from now it won't matter what your record was. Will your kids love… — Jim Harrick
When you are speaking to your team after a game, never talk about the kid who was the star of the game. Talk about what… — Mike Krzyzewski
Shout praise and whisper criticism. — Don Meyer
As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either. — John Wooden
It only take a few minutes of meditation to directly realize we are a river of sensations, feelings, thoughts, perceptions. How can we navigate this… — Jack Kornfield
A garden really lives only insofar as it is an expression of faith, the embodiment of a hope and a song of praise. — Russell Page
As long as you represent me as praising alcohol I shall not complain. It is, I believe, the greatest of human inventions, and by far… — H. L. Mencken
Let everything in creation draw you to God. Refresh your mind with some innocent recreation and needful rest, if it were only to saunter through… — Paul of the Cross
It would be more honourable to our distinguished ancestors to praise them in words less, but in deeds to imitate them more. — Horace Mann
The world is a nest of crows; some caw in praise; some caw in derision. But men should be above the reach of praise and… — Sathya Sai Baba
So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts — Akkineni Nagarjuna
I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise. — Thomas Jefferson
The safest kind of praise is to foretell that another will become great in some particular way. It has the greatest show of magnanimity and… — William Hazlitt
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs… — Charles Simmons
A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the praise he gives, by his dress, by his tastes,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I will smile at friend and foe alike and make every effort to find, in him or her, a quality to praise, now that I… — Og Mandino
Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole, to Mary Queen the praise be given! She sent the gentle sleep from… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Public charities and benevolent associations for the gratuitous relief of every species of distress, are peculiar to Christianity; no other system of civil or religious… — Charles Caleb Colton
We are here to witness the creation and to abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed. Together we… — Annie Dillard

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