Attentiveness Quote by Stephen Grosz

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise.

— Robert Martin

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

— Phyllis McGinley

It is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit, and when…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves.…

— Rosalind Wiseman

But the most obvious fact about praise — whether of God or anything — strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of…

— C. S. Lewis

When we are polite to children, we show in the most simple and direct way possible that we value them as people and care…

— David Elkind

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

— François De La Rochefoucauld

If unconditional love and genuine enthusiasm are present, praise isn't necessary. If they're absent, praise won't help.

— Alfie Kohn

Praise and reward create a system of extrinsic motivations for behavior. Children (and adults) end up taking action in order to receive the praise…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

We think of ourselves as our titles or our jobs or our position in a family. We depend on being praised by others. But…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Children are accustomed to a continual stream of criticisms and praise, but adults can go weeks without a compliment while enduring criticism both at…

— Scott Adams

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

— Friedrich Nietzsche