Praise Quotations | Page 6

Mankind are tolerant of the praises of others as long as each hearer thinks that he can do as well or nearly as well himself, but, when the speaker rises above him, jealousy is aroused and he begins to be incredulous.

Spend more time smiling than frowning and more time praising than criticizing.

Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.

I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.

Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise.

Always praise 'em before you hit 'em.

Reviews for someone like me come in three packages. One is justifiable praise, the second is justifiable criticism, and the third is, "This is only published because he's a celebrity."

But they're already singing our praises!" "They are Americans. They toot their horns for anything.

Praise is deeper than the lips

Both criticism and praise is part of putting yourself out there.

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

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.

There can hardly, I believe, be imagined a more desirable pleasure than that of praise unmixed with any possibility of flattery.

Some blame themselves to extort the praise of contradiction from others.

Praise the Lord, but do me a favor, don't ever say 'Stephen Baldwin' and 'ministry' in the same sentence.

The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for me.

The sweeter sound of woman's praise.

Desire of praise disposeth to laudable actions.

Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead.

Give praise to others while they are here; they won't need it in the hereafter.

How shall we celebrate the day,When God appeared in mortal clay,The mark of worldly scorn;When the Archangel's heavenly Lays,Attempted the Redeemer's Praise,And hail'd Salvation's Morn!

He, who loves praise, loves temptation.

It is always esteemed the greatest mischief a man can do to those whom he loves, to raise men's expectations of them too high by undue and impertinent commendations.

When I'm talking to a large audience, I imagine that I'm talking to a single person.

A critic is a man created to praise greater men than himself, but he is never able to find them.

It is the custom when praising a Russian writer to do so at the expense of all other Russian writers.

When you are praising or blessing you are on the highest frequency of love.

We don't praise God to feel good, but to do good.

The Candor sing the praises of the truth, but they never tell you how much it costs.

I'd live in Glasgow if I could. I can't praise it enough; it's the nicest place I have ever worked and I've worked in a lot of nice places.

Praise without merit is more harmful than unearned criticism.

It is an inwariable rule with the dealers to praise the bad points and let the good 'uns speak for themselves.

Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us.

Why, if it was an illusion, not praise the catastrophe, whatever it was, that destroyed illusion and put truth in it's place?

The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate.

We cannot at once catch the applauses of the vulgar and expect the approbation of the wise.

An ingenious mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. If you reject it you are unhappy, if you accept it you are undone.

For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.

With faint praises one another damn.

Theirs is the present who can praise the past.

I had much more fun criticizing than praising.

Creatures inveterately wrong in their inductions have a pathetic but praise-worthy tendency to die before reproducing their kind.

Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed.

Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous.

The English certainly and fiercely pride themselves in never praising themselves.

If you're sincere, praise is effective. If you're insincere, it's manipulative.

Your praises will become your wages.

The present eye praises the present object.

Good things should be praised.

Oh, flatter me; for love delights in praises.

Our praises are our wages.

Expect not praise without envy until you are dead.

The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses them they censure.

You should know," said Estella. "I am what you have made me. Take all the praise, take all the blame; take all the success, take all the failure; in short, take me.

We must teach plainly that the faith which saves the soul is not a dead faith, but a faith which operates with purifying effect upon our entire nature, and produces in us fruits of righteousness to the praise and glory of God.

They gave me star treatment when I was making a lot of money. But I was just as good when I was poor.

Praise to the undeserving is severe satire.

Praise little, dispraise less.

An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due.

If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds.

The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working.

The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us . . .

The human mind is generally far more eager to praise or dispraise than it is to describe and define.

The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible

If we regulate our conduct according to our own convictions, we may safely disregard the praise or censure of others.

I condemn equally those who choose to praise man, those who choose to condemn him and those who choose to divert themselves, and I can only approve of those who seek with groans.

Never be afraid of the world's censure; it's praise is much more to be dreaded.

There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise.

Praise is the rehearsal for our eternal song.

A rejoicing heart soon makes a praising tongue.

The ungodly are not half so restrained in their blasphemy as we are in our praise.

Strength comes from choosing to fully trust, pray, and praise. Our circumstances may not change, but in the process we change.

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.

Philosophers are as jealous as women; each wants a monopoly of praise

Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised.

To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girl friends.

People blush at praise--not only praise of their bodies, but praise of anything that is theirs.

Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it.

We have almost reached the point where praise of rationality is held to mark a man as an old fogey regrettably surviving from a bygone age.

How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection!

You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand

Mere praise of peace is easy and ineffective. What is needed is acitve participation in the fight against war and everything which leads to it.

Work is the only thing I do to escape the corruption of praise.

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.

The villain's censure is extorted praise.

Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Begin with praise and honest appreciation.

Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.

Let us praise even the slightest improvement. That inspires the other person to keep on improving.

Sweet praise is like perfume. It is fine if you don't swallow it.

Too much praise cannot be bestowed on those who managed my artillery.

Which can say more than this rich praise, that you alone are you?

Why, i' faith, methinks she's too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair praise and too little for a great praise: only this commendation I can afford her, that were she other than she is, she were unhandsome; and being no other but as she is, I do not like her. (Benedick, from Much Ado About Nothing)

You are pretty - we know it; and young - it's true; and rich - who can deny it? But when you praise yourself extravagantly, Fabula, you appear neither rich, nor pretty, nor young

There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.

Rapt into still communion that transcends/ The imperfect offices of prayer and praise.

Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next they revile. When they do not command the people's faith, some will lose faith in them, and then they resort to oaths! But of the best when their task is accomplished, their work done, the people all remark, ''We have done it ourselves.''

A classic is a book which people praise and don't read.