Mind Quote by Samuel Johnson

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 the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it.

— Anonymous

It is the greatest possible praise to be praised by a man who is himself deserving of praise

— Latin Proverb

We all are imbued with the love of praise.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Praise, of all things, is the most powerful excitement to commendable actions, and animates us in our enterprises.

— Jean de la Bruyere

Praise is always pleasing, let it come from whom, or upon what account it will.

— Michel de Montaigne

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 is the rehearsal for our eternal song.

— Charles Spurgeon

Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only…

— Dale Carnegie

“Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it. Praise in due order; of Him as the giver,…

— C.S. Lewis

We wish to attract praise to ourselves even as we seem to be praising others

— François De La Rochefoucauld

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

— William Penn