Praise Quotes
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Competition of praise inclineth to a reverence of antiquity. For men contend with the living, not with the dead.
Thomas Hobbes
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Compliment people wherever you go. Praise every single thing you see. Be a ray of sunshine to everyone you meet.
Rhonda Byrne
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A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul.
Russell Baker
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I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that. They're after that validation their whole life.
Judge Reinhold
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To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.
Isaac Watts
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Incidentally, common sense is not so common and is the highest praise we give to a chain of logical conclusions.
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
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Praise thyself never.
Seneca the Younger
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Which can say more than this rich praise, that you alone are you?
William Shakespeare
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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.
Sue Kelly
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Desire of praise disposeth to laudable actions.
Thomas Hobbes
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Praise your children openly, reprove them secretly.
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
Seneca the Younger
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Edify a person in advance for the positive traits you want him or her to have, and you'll find them making a concerted effort to live up to your praise.
Bob Burg
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But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies.
Sharon Gless
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I've learnt that you shouldn't take people seriously, whether they praise you or trash you.
Ranveer Singh
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I have always hated biography, and more especially, autobiography. If biography, the writer invariably finds it necessary to plaster the subject with praises, flattery and adulation and to invest him with all the Christian graces. If autobiography, the same plan is followed, but the writer apologizes for it.
Carolyn Wells
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Accept praise for its worth — politeness. Be brutally frank with yourself. It's safer.
Nellie Bly
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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."
Steve Martin
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There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely if well aimed as praise.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.
Carol S. Dweck
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Any day, any minute we bless God for our being or for anything, for food, for sunlight, we do and are what we were meant for, madefor--things that give and mean to give God glory.
Gerard Manley Hopkins