Applause Quote by Joseph P. Farrell

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Raashi Khanna

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

— Joshua Kimmich

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

— Paul Dano

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

— Brian Tracy

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

— Phyllis McGinley

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

— Mary Augusta Ward

To praise is an investment in happiness.

— David Dunn

Enjoying praise is in some people merely a civility of the heart--and just the opposite of a vanity of the spirit.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

— Carl Lentz

Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon