Praise Quotes

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.

You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

Trusting in Christ, we may boldly join in the combat, and enlist ourselves among that disinterested band, who fight not for human ambition, or human praise, but for the honour of our Saviour, and the salvation of men.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Praise the Lord, O England's Jerusalem: and Netherland's Zion, praise ye the Lord! He hath secured your gates, and blessed your possessions with peace, even here, where the threatened torch of war was lighted.

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

Let the master praise him, and say, "Here ye do well." For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

Praise the sea, on shore remain.

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.