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Quotes About Praise

I have long known that splendour of reputation is not to be counted among the necessaries of life, and therefore shall not much repine if praise be withheld till it is better deserved.
~ Samuel Johnson
Some praise at morning what they blame at night,But always think the last opinion right.A muse by these is like a mistress us'd,This hour she's idoliz'd, the next abus'd.Pope'sEss. on Crit.
~ Samuel Johnson
Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing, Beloved from pole to pole! To Mary Queen the praise be given! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven, That slid into my soul.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Praises of the unworthy are felt by ardent minds as robberies of the deserving.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Ah,temos um mas. Você devia ter sido critica literaria. Eles atiram-nos flores e depois dão-nos um pontapé nos tomates. pag.130
~ Sandra Brown
Well, don't build me up so, and you won't have to tear me down.
~ Saul Bellow
Adults are starved for a kind word. When you understand the power of honest praise (as opposed to bullshitting, flattery, and sucking up), you realize that withholding it borders on immoral. If you see something that impresses you, a decent respect to humanity insists you voice your praise.
~ Scott Adams
If you see something that impresses you, a decent respect to humanity insists you voice your praise.
~ Scott Adams
Children are accustomed to a continual stream of criticisms and praise, but adults can go weeks without a compliment while enduring criticism both at work and at home. Adults are starved for a kind word. When you understand the power of honest praise (as opposed to bullshitting, flattery, and sucking up), you realize that withholding it borders on immoral. If you see something that impresses you, a decent respect to humanity insists you voice your praise. "Wow.
~ Scott Adams
When you understand the power of honest praise (as opposed to bullshitting, flattery, and sucking up), you realize that withholding it borders on immoral.
~ Scott Adams
But they're already singing our praises! They are Americans. They toot their horns for anything.
~ Scott Westerfeld
Being fathomed was even better than being flattered, it turned out.
~ Scott Westerfeld
GOD is of the East possess'd, God is ruler of the West; North and South alike, each land Rests within His gentle hand. He, the only righteous one, Wills that right to each be done. 'Mongst His hundred titles, then, Highest praise be this!—Amen. Error seeketh to deceive me, Thou art able to retrieve me; Both in action and in song Keep my course from going wrong. THE
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Stupid that everyone in his case Is praising his particular opinion! If Islam means submission to God, We all live and die in Islam.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
praise and recognition based upon performance are the oxygen of the human spirit
~ John Adair
It is great to get praise from the lips of taciturnity.
~ John Addington Symonds
When a sermon at length comes to an end, people rise and praise God, and they feel the same way after many other speeches.
~ John Andrew Holmes
The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'Well done'.
~ John Ashcroft
Praise is the great act of rebellion against sin, the great repudiation of our wicked refusal to acknowledge God to be the Lord.
~ John B. Webster
He who challenges me, praises me!
~ john barry weber
True worship is revealed by who we obey, not who we sing to.
~ John Bevere
Be silent and safe — silence never betrays you; Be true to your word and your work and your friend; Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you, Nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.
~ John Boyle O'Reilly
Good worship will strive for height.
~ John Buehrens
Being told that he was immune to flattery was the nicest thing he had heard someone say about him in a long time.
~ John C. Wright