Admiration Quote by Woodrow Wilson

Our continual desire for praise ought to convince us of our mortality, if nothing else will.

— Josh Billings

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

— Alfie Kohn

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

— François De La Rochefoucauld

The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

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

— Jean Rostand

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 like sunlight to the human spirit, we cannot flower and grow without it.

— Jess Lair

Praise is good. Some people over-praise, though. Genuine appreciation is rare to come by.

— Raashi Khanna

I don't know that praise is always a good thing.

— Paul Dano