Praise Quotes - page 3

The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart. (Edward Young)
There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise. View quote
Mary Kay Ash
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. View quote
Norman Vincent Peale
Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it. View quote
Rabindranath Tagore
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. View quote
Walter Scott
The hardest thing any man can do is to fall down on the ice when it's slippery, and get up and praise the Lord. View quote
Josh Billings
Venerate the martyrs, praise, love, proclaim, honor them. But worship the God of the martyrs. View quote
Augustine of Hippo
Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it's really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on. View quote
Ann Patchett
It would not be possible to praise nurses too highly. View quote
Stephen Ambrose
Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are, and the less you complain, the more likely you are to be taken for granted. View quote
Gretchen Rubin
Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck. (Eli Wallach)
Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you. View quote
Charley Pride
The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care. View quote
Sue Kelly
It is requisite to defend those who are unjustly accused of having acted injuriously, but to praise those who excel in a certain good. View quote
Pythagoras
Terrible times in which priests no longer merit the praise of poets and in which poets have not yet begun to be priests. View quote
José Martí
The yearning for an afterlife is the opposite of selfish: it is love and praise for the world that we are privileged, in this complex interval of light, to witness and experience. View quote
John Updike
The greatest mystery about a human being is not his reaction to sex or praise, but the manner in which he contrives to put in twenty-four hours a day. It is this which puzzles the longshoreman about the clerk, the Londoner about the bushman. View quote
Sinclair Lewis
So, of course, Gish's presentation was well received, which it would have been the case had he only gotten up and said "praise the Lord" and sat back down. View quote
Michael Shermer
Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard. View quote
Dag Hammarskjöld
As for King Hussein of Jordan, I cannot praise him enough. He is not only a friend, but a brother. His qualities as a man and his goodness of heart are enhanced by great courage and a true love of his country. View quote
Muhammad Reza Pahlavi
I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself. (Max Lucado)
I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation is lacking. View quote
Niccolò Machiavelli
Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
In the case of all things which have a certain constitution, whatever harm may happen to any of them, that which is affected becomes consequently worse; but in like case, a man becomes both better... and more worthy of praise, by making the right use of these accidents. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
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. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
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