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Quotes About Praise

There is a solitude within him that is inaccessible to praise or blame, his own justice that is beyond appeal.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
The latter stage is apt to end in cynicism as we wonder what the one who praises really wants.
~ Fulton J. Sheen
Voulez-vous qu'on pense et qu'on dise du bien de vous, n'en dites point vous-même
~ G. Bruno
I love Mike Winters. He's such a great actor.
~ Sean Gunn
I love Wisconsin. It's a great place.
~ Donald Trump
You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.
~ Denis Waitley
Film wise, I invariably look at my work and reckon I could have done it better. I'm also conscious that I'm in a profession where we get more praise than we should compared to the usefulness of what we do.
~ Jeremy Irons
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.
~ William Gilmore Simms
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.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
You need to give to get. Give support to get it. Give praise to receive it. Give your best to get your wishes. Give more love to be beloved. Give to get.
~ Robin S. Sharma
Let the master praise him, and say, 'Here ye do well.' For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.
~ Roger Ascham
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
~ Henry Fielding
Employees who report receiving recognition and praise within the last seven days show increased productivity, get higher scores from customers, and have better safety records. They're just more engaged at work.
~ Tom Rath
It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
My time at Wolves was fantastic, I haven't got a bad word to say about the whole club at all.
~ Matt Doherty
Our women's union members and other women are really excellent and praiseworthy.
~ Kim Jong-un
Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge.
~ Fritz Perls
You're never as good as they say you are, you're never as bad as they say you are. That's a quote I live by.
~ Israel Adesanya
We don't take credit for our accomplishments. I can't tell you how many times you'll say to a woman, 'Oh God, what you did was so great', and they say, 'Really? I didn't think it was that good.'
~ Dee Dee Myers
People want to say something negative before they say something good.
~ Estelle
They say Chicago is for haters. No one will just sweat each other and say, 'Oh, you're so good,' if you're not. Which is another reason I'm inspired to stay.
~ Jamila Woods
Everything I do is criticized, scrutinized, sometimes praised. Everything is always looked at like hey what's next. It's made me grow a much thicker skin.
~ Kyle Lowry
It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
~ Miguel de Cervantes