Praise Quotes

1794 Praise quotes by 1092 unique authors

Most children are given far too much praise for their early drawings, so much so that they rarely learn the ability to refine their first… — Charles de Lint
The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended; and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day When… — William Shakespeare
Whatever praises itself but in the deed, devours the deed in the praise. — William Shakespeare
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful. — Winston Churchill
People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for literature. - Ralph Waldo Emerson — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I have composed for King Mahmud, they would have showered a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Praise follows truth afar off, and only overtakes her at the grave; plausibility clings to her skirts and holds her back till then — James Russell Lowell
The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it. — Eric Hoffer
No, I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience, torpid through virtuous inaction, are more to me than corner lots and praise. — Mark Twain
Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled, and, if you do not… — Thomas Jefferson
In the twentieth century our highest praise is to call the Bible 'The World's Best Seller.' And it has come to be more and more… — Daniel J. Boorstin
The yearning for an afterlife is the opposite of selfish: it is love and praise for the world that we are privileged, in this complex… — John Updike
There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I have been so great a lover: filled my days So proudly with the splendour of Love's praise, The pain, the calm, and the astonishment,… — Rupert Brooke
Nothing is more common than to find men, whose works are now totally neglected, mentioned with praises by their contemporaries as the oracles of their… — Samuel Johnson
None can be pleased without praise, and few can be praised without falsehood. — Samuel Johnson
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise. — Robert Burns
The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one. — Juvenal
Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him in church once a week, and disobeying Him… — Charles Kingsley
Praise the Sea, but keepe on land. — George Herbert
Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone,… — William Cowper
No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n, Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n; But such plain roofs as Piety could raise, And only vocal… — Alexander Pope
To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise! — Alexander Pope
I sometimes think, with a sad delight, that if one day, in a future I no longer belong to, these sentences, that I write, last… — Fernando Pessoa

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