Praise Quotes

1794 Praise quotes by 1092 unique authors

Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the… — Frederick Salomon Perls
O marvelous Sacrament! How can I find words to praise you! You are the life of the soul, the medicament healing our wounds, our comforter… — Louis of Granada
There is much satisfaction in work well done; praise is sweet; but there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart… — Victor Robinson
A child is fed with milk and praise. — Unknown Author
Every man who praises himself brushes the luster from his best efforts. — Ellen G. White
An undertaking of great magnitude and importance, the successful accomplishment of which, in so comparatively short a period, notwithstanding the unheard of unestimable difficulties and… — John By
It is high time that we realized that it is pointless to praise the light and preach it if nobody can see it. It is… — Carl Jung
The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for… — A. E. van Vogt
To the Greeks, the supreme function of music was to "praise the gods and educate the youth". In Egypt... Initiatory music was heard only in… — Plutarch
And in any preaching you do, admonish the people concerning repentance, and that nobody can be saved except he who receives the most holy Body… — Francis of Assisi
Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country… — George S. Patton
Blame is safer than praise — Ralph Waldo Emerson
People who ask for your criticism want only praise. — W. Somerset Maugham
If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses.… — Abraham Lincoln
Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all… — Tryon Edwards
Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me. — Thomas a Kempis
Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is easier and handier for men to flattery than to praise. — Jean Paul
Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose. — Henry Ward Beecher
Most people are not really conceited, but feel a certain amount of inferiority and tend to get a little discouraged with themselves, therefore encouragement is… — David Berg
Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads. — Benjamin Franklin
Pointed criticism, if accurate, often gives the artist an inner sense of relief. The criticism that damages is that which disparages, dismisses, ridicules, or condemns. — William Ernest Henley
I believe that one becomes stronger emotionally by taking life less personally. If your employer criticizes your report, don't take it personally. Instead, find out… — Marilyn vos Savant
The way we respond to criticism pretty much depends on the way we respond to praise. If praise humbles us, then criticism will build us… — Warren W. Wiersbe
One of the highest of human duties is the duty of encouragement...It is easy to laugh at men's ideals; it is easy to pour cold… — William Barclay

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