Praised Quotes

238 Praised quotes by 187 unique authors

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. — J. B. Priestley
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Usually we praise only to be praised. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples - where I'm pleased to see the Obama… — Mitt Romney
Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired… — Bertrand Russell
Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair. — William Shakespeare
'The Sopranos' gets praised as novelistic, but it follows the most banal of life patterns, showing the sheer tedium of being a mobster. It has… — Rob Sheffield
In America, we have always taken it as an article of faith that we 'battle' cancer; we attack it with knives, we poison it with… — Abraham Verghese
Shakespeare has been praised in English more than anything mortal except poetry itself. Fame exhausts thought in his eulogy. — George Edward Woodberry
But was there ever dog that praised his fleas? — William Butler Yeats
If you're a nobody, if your work has no impact, then it deserves to be praised. If, however, you climb out of that state of… — Paulo Coelho
Alister McGrath has now written two books with my name in the title. The poet W. B. Yeats, when asked to say something about bad… — Richard Dawkins
Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised. — Marcus Aurelius
And truly it is a very natural and ordinary thing to desire to acquire, and always, when men do it who can, they will be… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Nobody gets praised for the right reasons. — Diana Wynne Jones

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