Applause Quote by Samuel Johnson

He is a fool that praises himself and a madman that speaks ill of himself

— Proverb

A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

He who indulges his sense in any excesses renders himself obnoxious to his own reason; and, to gratify the brute in him, displeases the…

— Walter Scott

He does not praise himself - yet he is respectable.

— Laozi

Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall.

— Laozi

He does not live in vain; who employs his wealth, his thought, and his speech to advance the good of others

— Hindu Proverb

The one who knows himself isn't deceived by either praise or criticism.

— Yasmin Mogahed

No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the…

— Samuel Johnson

He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.

— Thomas a Kempis

He who harbors hatred and bitterness injures himself far more than the one towards whom he manifests these evil propensities.

— David O. McKay

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his…

— Theodor Adorno