Praise Quotes
When we have sold our identity to the judges of this world, we are bound to become restless, because of a growing need for affirmation and praise.
The life without men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?
Seldom do we talk of ourselves with success. If I condemn myself, more is believed than is expressed; if I praise myself, much less.
Flowers rejoice when night is done, Lift their heads to greet the sun; Sweetest looks and odours raise, In a silent hymn of praise.
All those words of praise they use for novels - spare, economical. Why should I shell out £17 for economical?
Yet a real artist, I've noticed, will survive anything. (Even praise, I happily suspect.)
Praise is the symbol which represents sympathy, and which the mind insensibly substitutes for its recollection and language.
It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which comes from good men who praise in sincerity things that are really praiseworthy.
Genius and great abilities are often wanting; sometimes, only opportunities. Some deserve praise for what they have done; others for what they would have done.
We bestow on others praise in which we do not believe, on condition that in return they bestow upon us praise in which we do.
Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.
Five qualities there are wine's praise advancing; Strong, beautiful, fragrant, cool and dancing.
The readers and the hearers like my books, And yet some writers cannot them digest; But what care I? for when I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.
As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.
Seneca devoted much of his time to writing essays in praise of poverty, and in lending money at usurious rates.
Better to be despised, then, than to be ignored; or damned with condescending praise.
Your saying 'I do not understand you' is praise beyond my worth, and an insult you do not deserve.
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.
Jo's eyes sparkled, for it's always pleasant to be believed in; and a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs.
Sometimes we praise the way things used to be in order to blame the present, and we esteem what is no longer in order to scorn what is.
When you have done a good deed that another has had the benefit of, why do you need a third reward-as fools do-praise for having done well or looking for a favor in return.
Consider how many do not even know your name, and how many will soon forget it, and how those who now praise you will presently blame you.
It is curious how believable I can be when I criticize myself, how unconvincing when I give myself praise.
The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.
It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.
Listen to the praises about you in silence; listen to the critics about you even in more silence!
I enjoy making people laugh. The trick is to tell them jokes against yourself. If you praise yourself, your stories aren't funny.
PRACTICE OF THE Art of Peace enables you to rise above praise or blame, and it frees you from attachment to this and that.
Fill your life with people who applaud your positive thoughts, feelings, and actions; who encourage you toward more and better; who know how to praise the good and beautiful.
Failure is hard, but success is far more dangerous. If you're successful at the wrong thing, the mix of praise and money and opportunity can lock you in forever.
