Action Quote by Socrates

Those who know how to praise also know how to lie.

— Vikrant Parsai

Speak no evil, that thou mayest not hear it spoken unto thee, and magnify not the faults of others that thine own faults may…

— Bahá'u'lláh

“1. To account nothing of one’s self, and to think always kindly and highly of others, this is great and perfect wisdom. Even shouldest…

— Thomas à Kempis

That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.

— Plato

Praise is a debt we owe unto the virtue of others, and due unto our own from all whom malice hath not made mutes,…

— Thomas Browne

When people begin to praise us, let us hurry to remember the multitude of ours transgressions, and we will see that we are truly…

— John Climacus

We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.

— Jean Rostand

Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to…

— Thomas a Kempis

But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also…

— Bible

Let thy discontents be thy secrets; if the world knows them 'twill despise thee and increase them.

— Benjamin Franklin

False praise can please, and calumny affright None but the vicious, and the hypocrite.

— Horace

Never mind whom you praise, but be very careful who you blame.

— Edmund Gosse