Quotes About Praise

A little flattery goes a long way.

We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.

From the bottom of my heart, I've always found compliments hard to take. It makes me feel awkward.

I am both so beaten up and bolstered up - I've gotten so many criticisms and accolades - that the fulfillment happens on the floor in front of the camera, not when the project comes out.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below, Praise Him above ye Heavenly Host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.             Amen.

You have the nicest eyes I ever saw

We will praise God first thing every morning.

Malign? I praise him. Death and deceit are our only hopes now. I just do not fool myself about Thufir's methods.

Imitation is always insult--not flattery.

You have to give yourself credit, not too much because that would be bragging.

It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.

We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.

I happen to think Ruth Wilson is jaw-droppingly brilliant.

O God, we praise Thee for keeping us till this day, and for the full assurance that Thou wilt never let us go.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

Like Koeman, Klopp knows exactly how to get the best out of me - by being critical. When the media are hyping me and being very positive, he will downplay the praise and all that - often with a wink.

Very gifted people, they win and they win, and they are told that they win because they are a winner. That seems like a positive thing to tell children, but ultimately, what that means is when they lose, it must make them a loser.

I've appreciated every winner. I love them all.

I think some parents fall into a trap, teaching their kids that everything is always perfect and everyone is always a winner.

You score the winner against a tough opponent and you still get heaped on.

I did not like prizes at school. I didn't like tests or exams, or the 11+, or O-levels. Later I hated B.A.s and M.A.s. The reason I hated them is that I don't like being tested, failed or falsely praised by anyone.

I guess, first and foremost, I'd like to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.