Praise Quotes

1794 Praise quotes by 1092 unique authors

How I feel about and behave toward myself is the basic determinant of most of my behavior. If I improve my self-regard, I will find… — William Schutz
A little criticism makes me angry, and a little rejection makes me depressed. A little praise raises my spirits, and a little success excites me.… — Henri Nouwen
Anything that is beautiful is beautiful just as it is. Praise forms no part of its beauty, since praise makes things neither better nor worse.… — Marcus Aurelius
My sweet rose, my delicate flower, my lily of lilies, it is perhaps in prison that I am going to test the power of love.… — Oscar Wilde
When you have done a good deed that another has had the benefit of, why do you need a third reward-as fools do-praise for having… — Marcus Aurelius
You can't eat compliments. — Charles M. Schulz
That man is great, and he alone, Who serves a greatness not his own, For neither praise nor self: Content to know and be unknown:… — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
A great classic means a man whom one can praise without having read. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I do not speak of what I cannot praise. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Has a woman who knew she was well-dressed ever caught a cold? — Friedrich Nietzsche
The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his praise. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers. — Christian Nestell Bovee
There's nothing people can't contrive to praise or condemn and find justification for doing so, according to their age and their inclinations. — Moliere
It is a great sign of mediocrity to praise always moderately. — Luc de Clapiers
The house praises the carpenter. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them. — Jean de la Bruyere
The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero? — Cato the Elder
The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn. — Carol S. Dweck
We often praise the evening clouds, And tints so gay and bold, But seldom think upon our God, Who tinged these clouds with gold. — Walter Scott
Giving appreciations, praise, and gratitudes feels good and puts good vibes in the environment. — Jude Bijou
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
There are reproaches which praise, and praises which defame. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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