Praise Quotes

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.

Therefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the fathers which agree with the Scripture.

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.

Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

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.

Many of Bush's defenders have praised him for keeping the country safe since Sept. 11, 2001. He deserves that praise, and I'm perfectly happy to defend most of his surveillance, interrogation and counterterrorism policies against his critics.

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

I will praise any man that will praise me.

To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.

All praise to the masters indeed, but we too could produce a Kant or a Hugo.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.

The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.

Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.

The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.

So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's own efforts.