Quotes About Praise

Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.

Among the smaller duties in life, I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising when praise is not due.

It's pleasant to hear these nice words while I'm still alive. I'd rather have the taffy than the epitaphy.

Commendation, n: the tribute that we pay to achievements that resemble, but do not equal, our own.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

He who gladly does without the praise of the crowd will not miss the opportunity of becoming his own fan.

Flattery is all right - if you don't inhale.

Some praise at morning what they blame at night.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattery.

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once a minute something generous dies for want of it.

Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

It is simpler and easier to flatter men than to praise them.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

I would have praised you more had you praised me less.

Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.

Praise the wise man behind his back, but a woman to her face.

As the Greek said, "Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise."

With faint praises one another damn.

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

Rejoice always, pray constantly, and in all circumstances give thanks.

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray.

Be not hot in prayer and cold in praise.

God deserves far more praise than any of us could ever give Him.