Praise Quotes
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In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
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I am happy because I want nothing from anyone. I do not care for money. Decorations, titles or distinctions mean nothing to me. I do not crave praise. The only thing that gives me pleasure, apart from my work, my violin and my sailboat, is the appreciation of my fellow workers.
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The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.
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The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.
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I listened for the echo, and I heard only praise.
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Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.
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Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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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.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.
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The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.
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The sweetest of all sounds is praise.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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A man who does not love praise is not a full man.
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Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune.
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An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
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The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.
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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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False praise is worse than no praise.
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Some praise me because I am a colored girl, and I don't want that kind of praise. I had rather you would point out my defects, for that will teach me something.
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That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
