Quotes About Praise

Even if you become a very fine actor, if you are inordinately attached to your act, you will notice that you feel empty much of the time, for you will realize that the critics' acclaim and the loud applause from your audience are offered in response to your act rather than to the natural you.

So, after awhile, you can only get so much happiness from a guy who's drunk come up and tell you you're great.

Writers live for reviews. Praise keeps us motivated. Want to kick an author in the ass? Review our books.

unworthy the Alhambra Varieties in its palmy days. But yet the house was crowded." Even though this critic disliked the play and the cast, he still praised Cody. Prentiss Ingraham, like Ned Buntline, was a colorful character in his own right. Like Buntline, Prentiss was the son of a writer, the Reverend J. H. Ingraham, author of The Prince of the House of David and other books, which his son rather irreverently called "dime novels about the Bible." Again like

The one who praises you is a thief. The one who criticizes you is your true friend.

It is hard to resist a flatterer who gets it right.

I love all beauteous things,I seek and adore them;God hath no better praise,And man in his hasty daysIs honored for them.

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools - that's vanity.

"Weel done, Cutty Sark!"

Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream,Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.

Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness.

If you want to make people with low self esteem feel better about themselves, praise has a superficial effect. Instead prod them into accomplishing something tangible, giving them a real experience. That will translate into a much deeper feeling of confidence.

If, like Galileo, you can make your master shine even more in the eyes of others, then you are a godsend and you will be instantly promoted.

For that much power, I would praise the Great Lord of the Dark under the Dome of Truth.

yet not a quarter so well as you display yourself, for night-blooming dara lilies would weep with envy to see you stroll beside the moonlit water, as I would do, and make myself a bard to sing your praises by this very moon.

One day Nagle paid him the highest compliment by saying, "When you die no one will ever find your body.

Being blessed has tremendous psychological consequences for us. There are even studies that show that our bodies actually change chemically when we feel valued, praised, and blessed.

Leaders can—and, when necessary, must—level tough criticism at individuals, but due regard for their dignity requires doing it in private, not adding embarrassment and humiliation to the equation. Criticism, done privately, is far more likely to bring about constructive change. "Praise in public, criticize in private," as the saying goes.

You, sir, what are the three kinds of particular rhetoric according to subject matter discussed?" But Phaedrus is prepared. "Forensic, deliberative and epideictic," he answers calmly. "What are the epideictic techniques?" "The technique of identifying likenesses, the technique of praise, that of encomium and that of amplification.

The trap the enemy wants us to fall into is worshiping the blessings rather than the Blessor.

Satan will do everything he can to discourage you from expressing gratitude and praise. Frankly, he wants you to be a grumbler. Why? Because grumbling is an expression of unbelief and ingratitude (two big ways to short-circuit God's power in your life). Praise, on the other hand, is an expression of faith and gratitude. Yes

Cynics criticize, and winners analyze" was

Cynics criticize, and winners analyze.

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