Quotes About Praise

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

Because how much weight would be removed from his shoulders if he just stopped expecting their praise?

When Milton said that he could not praise a 'fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary'

I wondered whether to file flattery under useful teaching technique or craven behavior.

Man does not admire anything sincerely except what is undeserved. Talent, lineage, beauty.

Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them.

They appear strangely flattered by the ekename.

Flattery will get you nowhere. (In response to Wally George calling his band vile and evil.)

What is effective for increasing motivation and the willingness to take on challenges is focusing praise on the child's effort, on what the child has done, not on an ability he can't control (such as intelligence) or on the final result (which he may not easily be able to replicate).

Descriptive Praise is about noticing and commenting on exactly what your child has done that is right or just okay, or even what he hasn't done wrong.

KEY CONCEPT Superlative Praise = vague, exaggerated, and ineffective Wow, your homework is fantastic! Descriptive Praise = specific, true, and motivating You answered all the questions on this worksheet, even though you weren't sure about some of the answers. You didn't leave any blanks. You challenged yourself and wrote down something for every single question.

Because Descriptive Praise is so specific, it cannot be argued with; it is a fact. You're not making sweeping, exaggerated statements that can easily be disputed or discounted. Instead, you are describing, very specifically and in detail, what your child is doing that pleased you. Maybe he did the right thing, or maybe it was just barely okay, but it was an improvement on what he might have done. You can even notice and mention when your child is not doing anything wrong.

KEY CONCEPT Descriptive Praise improves behavior The concept of Descriptive Praise is easy to grasp: 1. Notice a little thing that your child is doing that is right—or even the smallest step in the right direction! 2. Tell your child exactly what you notice. Describe the behavior in detail. 3. Leave out the over-the-top superlatives.

A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of the others.

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

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

Babas?, ö?renci olan o?luna, arada bir aferin, diyor. Ocakç?, kendi bilmi? gibi sevinçli: gülümsüyor. Bat dünya bat. Böyle giderse her mahallede bir Dostoyevski ç?kacak Olric. Dünya borsalar?nda Dostoyevski hisseleri dü?ecek. Her hafta bir Karamazov, yeralt?n?z kadar yeralt?.

You're healthy," it said. "Your development is exactly right. I can't find any flaw in you." And

Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of the very best that you can do. It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you. You can never do your best, which should always be your trademark, if you are cutting corners and shirking responsibilities. You are special. Act it. Never neglect the little things.

Oh, Star Maker, even if you destroy me, I must praise you. Even if you torture my dearest. Even if you torment and waste all your lovely worlds, the little figments of your imagination, yet I must praise you. For if you do so, it must be right. In me it would be wrong, but in you it must be right.

Thus and thus is the world. Seeing the depth, we shall see also the height, and praise both.

It is better to be destroyed than to triumph in slaying the spirit. Such as it is, the spirit that we have achieved is fair; and it is indestructibly woven into the tissue of the cosmos. We die praising the universe in which at least such an achievement as ours can be. We die knowing that the promise of further glory outlives us in other galaxies. We die praising the Star Maker, the Star Destroyer.

For suddenly it was clear to me that virtue in the creator is not the same as virtue in the creature. For the creator, if he should love his creature, would be loving only a part of himself; but the creature, praising the creator, praises an infinity beyond himself. I saw that the virtue of the creature was to love and to worship, but the virtue of the creator was to create, and to be the infinite, the unrealizable and incomprehensible goal of worshipping creatures.

Iacchus, Iacchus,