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Quotes About Praise

Value people. Praise effort. Reward performance.
~ John C. Maxwell
Reward only finished work: It's good to praise effort, but you should never reward it. Give
~ John C. Maxwell
The atmosphere is affirming: Industrialist Charles Schwab said, "I have yet to find the man . . . who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.
~ John C. Maxwell
Los cerebros son como los corazones, van donde se les aprecia».
~ John C. Maxwell
People must have affirmation and praise in order to maintain a high level of performance. Withholding negative or critical comments is not nearly as important as giving positive input through compliments and praise.
~ John C. Maxwell
Tell them how much you appreciate them.
~ John C. Maxwell
1 Build people up by encouragement. #2 Give people credit by acknowledgment. #3 Give people recognition by gratitude.
~ John C. Maxwell
If you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault than you justly be charged with, you will only become the sooner for it, a great captain. Criticizing and censuring almost everyone you have to do with, will diminish friends, increase enemies, and hereby hurt you affairs.
~ John C. Maxwell
Affirmation from others is fickle and fleeting. If you want to make an impact during your lifetime, you have to trade the praise you could receive from others for the things of value that you can accomplish. You can't be "one of the boys" and follow your destiny at the same time.
~ John C. Maxwell
They had come to praise him. It was so beautiful, so comical, so true to life! the doctor said. The little girl gave him the flowers and the Mayor embraced him lightly. Oh, we thought, signore, he said, that you were merely a poet.
~ John Cheever
Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.
~ Thomas Kempis
Being unappreciated is a sign of selfishness.
~ Unknown
When there comes the help of Allah and the victory, And you see men entering the religion of Allah in companies, Then celebrate the praise of your Lord, and ask His forgiveness; surely He is oft-returning (to mercy).
~ Unknown
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. Happy 18th Birthday!
~ Unknown
It is not for minds like ours to give or to receive flatter; yet the praises of sincerity have ever been permitted to the voice of friendship
~ Lord Byron
Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Give thanks to the LORD in all things. Thank You LORD for giving me life and giving me a chance to live with purpose.
~ Unknown
There is nothing that we can give to the Lord to repay His goodness and mercy but we can give offering of praise to show our gratitude.
~ Unknown
When you worship and praise God, you will come into a prepared blessing.
~ Unknown
Dear God... Thank you for waking me up this morning to experience your everlasting love and never ending mercy and for my blessed day ahead!
~ Unknown
Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
~ William Arthur Ward
The widow cries out at the door, The light of my mind has gone out, O my mother, with his death. So cry out, O soul brides of the Husband Lord, and dwell on the Glorious Praises of the True Lord.
~ Guru Nanak
Even if you are threatened with death, look at your situation right in the eye and praise the Lord
~ Sunday Adelaja
The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away blessed be the name of the Lord.
~ Anonymous