Beginning Quote by Christoph Waltz

Praise is great, but it's also an incentive.

— Joshua Kimmich

Praise never gives us much pleasure unless it concur with our own opinion, and extol us for those qualities in which we chiefly excel.

— David Hume

Praise is good. Some people over-praise, though. Genuine appreciation is rare to come by.

— Raashi Khanna

Most people like praise . . . When it is really deserved, most people expand under it into richer and better selves.

— Joseph P. Farrell

Praise is a powerful people-builder. Catch individuals doing something right.

— Brian Tracy

I don't know that praise is always a good thing.

— Paul Dano

What you praise you increase.

— Catherine Ponder

We are not fond of praising, and never praise any one except from interested motives. Praise is a clever, concealed, and delicate flattery, which…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

praise is a great tonic, and helps most people to do their best.

— Mary Augusta Ward

Praise is something when a person tells you about yourself that you have suspected all along.

— Vikrant Parsai

If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.

— Norm MacDonald

Praise is so pleasing to the mind of man that it is the original of almost all of our actions

— Samuel Johnson