Character Quote by William Penn

We are too apt to love praise, but not to deserve it.

— William Penn

Praise is the reflection of virtue.

— Francis Bacon

The desire which urges us to deserve praise strengthens our good qualities, and praise given to wit, valour, and beauty, tends to increase them.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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 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 so pleasing to the mind of man that it is the original of almost all of our actions

— Samuel Johnson

“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

It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which comes from…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Praise in the beginning is agreeable enough; and we receive it as a favor; but when it comes in great quantities, we regard it…

— James Goldsmith

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

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