Praise Quotes

1794 Praise quotes by 1092 unique authors

Praise is always pleasing, let it come from whom, or upon what account it will. — Michel de Montaigne
How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection! — William Shakespeare
Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise. — Eric Hoffer
Unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal. — Thomas Jefferson
If thy debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy money again, if not with increase, with praise; if he prove insolvent, don't ruin him… — William Penn
We praise Him, we bless Him, we adore Him, we glorify Him, and we wonder who is that baritone across the aisle and that pretty… — John Cheever
The words of the double-tongued are as if they were harmless, but they reach even to the inner part of the bowels. Praise be to… — Muriel Spark
Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot. — Edmund Waller
We bestow on others praise in which we do not believe, on condition that in return they bestow upon us praise in which we do. — Jean Rostand
A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul. — Russell Baker
Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of… — Plutarch
Today's Parenting Tip: Treat a difficult child the way you would your boss at work. Praise his achievements, ignore his tantrums and resist the urge… — Robert Breault
...I will praise the English climate till I die—even if I die of the English climate. There is no weather so good as English weather.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is great to get praise from the lips of taciturnity. — John Addington Symonds
The one who knows himself isn't deceived by either praise or criticism. — Yasmin Mogahed
He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another. — Seneca the Younger
It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit. — Seneca the Younger
No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win… — Martial
It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues. — Jonathan Swift
All panegyrics are mingled with an infusion of poppy. — Jonathan Swift
In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much… — William Ralph Inge
How strange it is that we of the present day are constantly praising that past age which our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing that… — Charles Caleb Colton
All poets pretend to write for immortality, but the whole tribe have no objection to present pay and present praise. — Charles Caleb Colton
Every potter praises his own pot. — Henry George Bohn
A man is never more serious than when he praise himself. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

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