Ifs Quote by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel.

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is praiseworthy even to attempt a great action.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.

— Richard Steele

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

— Paul Dano

Praise is so powerful that it opens the eyes of people who don't want to see.

— Carl Lentz

Blame is safer than praise

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Praise from an enemy smells of craft.

— John Milton

Weapons are ominous tools. They are abhorred by all creatures. Anyone who follows the Way shuns them.

— Laozi

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.

— Phyllis McGinley

The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

My praise is perhaps an unforgivable poison.

— Liu Xiaobo

Remember praise is more valuable than blame.

— George S. Patton