Praise Quotes

1794 Praise quotes by 1092 unique authors

Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must… — Samuel Johnson
I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty… — Samuel Johnson
A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels,… — Samuel Johnson
The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have… — Samuel Johnson
The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants. — Samuel Johnson
All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare. — Samuel Johnson
Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. — Alexander Pope
I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may… — Joseph Conrad
He who first praises a book becomingly is next in merit to the author. — Walter Savage Landor
The deafest man can hear praise, and is slow to think any an excess. — Walter Savage Landor
We cannot at once catch the applauses of the vulgar and expect the approbation of the wise. — Walter Savage Landor
There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly… — Sophocles
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What does the divine sufferer (Jesus) demand from us? Only our faith, our love, our grateful praise, our consecrated hearts and lives. Is that too… — Billy Graham
Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise. — Max Beerbohm
I'm told we movie critics praise movies that are long and boring. — Roger Ebert
Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose. — Cullen Hightower
To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with… — George Crabbe
I know that there is an eye that watches all of us. There is a judgment that weighs everything we do. And before this great… — Leonard Cohen
Every man praises his own wares. — John Ray
The human animal needs a freedom seldom mentioned, freedom from intrusion. He needs a little privacy as much as he wants understanding or vitamins or… — Phyllis McGinley
It is a wonderful thing to see a first-rate philosopher at prayer. Tough-minded thinking and tenderhearted reverence are friends, not enemies. We have for too… — Soren Kierkegaard
The monster of advertisement...is a sort of octopus with innumerable tentacles. It throws out to right and left, in front and behind, its clammy arms,… — Sarah Bernhardt
Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

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