Given Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.

— Richard Steele

“Our receptivity to praise stands in no relationship to our vulnerability to mean disdain and spiteful abuse. No matter how stupid such abuse is,…

— Thomas Mann

There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely (if well aimed) as praise.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

It is praiseworthy even to attempt a great action.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Latin Proverb

The safest kind of praise is to foretell that another will become great in some particular way. It has the greatest show of magnanimity…

— William Hazlitt

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

— Anonymous

Praise and disgrace cause fear.

— Laozi

We are not fond of praising, and never praise any one except from interested motives. Praise is a clever, concealed, and delicate flattery, which…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why…

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

When something is heartwarming and triumphant, and not corny or preachy, it's such a powerful thing.

— Perfume Genius

Praise, like the devil.

— Sevendust