Praise Quotes
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What you praise you increase.
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But stories that live longest Are sung above the glass, And Parnell loved his country And Parnell loved his lass.
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It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
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When you win, everything is everything. But when you lose, it's all about Allen Iverson and Larry Brown. When we win, I know that I get the praise and Larry Brown gets the praise, but when we lose, it's on me and Larry Brown. That's something that I have to learn to accept and deal with.
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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.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
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The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
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We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgement.
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I do not speak of what I cannot praise.
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Praise and disgrace cause fear.
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When people praise you, don't let it go to your head. When they criticize you, don't let it go to your heart.
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It is usually in better taste to praise an isolated action or a production of genius, than a man's character as a whole.
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There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.
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I praise loudly. I blame softly.
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Praise is the reflection of virtue.
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With faint praises one another damn.
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You tend to feel very hurt when people attack you and feel indifferent when you get praise. You think, 'Of course they like it. They should like it.'
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Politics deserves much praise. Politics is a preoccupation of free men, and its existence is a test of freedom. The praise of free men is worth having, for it is the only praise which is free from either servility or condescension.
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The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible
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Alas, we are the victims of advertisement. Those who taste the joys and sorrows of fame when they have passed forty, know how to look after themselves. They know what is concealed beneath the flowers, and what the gossip, the calumnies, and the praise are worth. But as for those who win fame when they are twenty, they know nothing, and are caught up in the whirlpool.
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Praise God we don't have to hide scars
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Do not praise an undeserving man because of his riches.
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I always try to remember that praise and a slap on your back is only 6 inches away from a kick up the arse!
