"Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause." — John Dryden

More Applause Quotes

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• There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone… — George Matthew Adams
• To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms… — Ezra Taft Benson
• Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. — Edmund Burke
• The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping . — Dale Carnegie
• Applause is a receipt, not a bill. — Dale Carnegie
• Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both… — Ted Allen
• To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. — Franz Grillparzer
• As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst… — Edward Gibbon
• The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. — Samuel Johnson
• To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
• Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause. — Sydney J. Harris
• My advice to you concerning applause is this: enjoy it but never quite believe it — Robert Montgomery

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