Quotes About Commendation

A modern Greek, who could write the life of a saint without adding fables and miracles, is entitled to some commendation.

Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.

A practitioner in panegyric, or, to speak more plainly, a professor of the art of puffing.

This, he knew, was courage, the truest, ultimate courage, because there was no one here to sympathize or praise him for it. What he felt was felt without the hope of commendation.

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The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

If there is a problem somewhere," he said with his dry chuckle, "this is what happens. Three people will try to do something concrete to settle the issue. Ten people will give a lecture analyzing what the three are doing. One hundred people will commend or condemn the ten for their lecture. One thousand people will argue about the problem. And one person—only one—will involve himself so deeply in the true solution that he is too busy to listen to any of it.

My intention still is to write a play to commemorate, possibly rather skeptically, the 50th anniversary of the Russian revolution. I started it at the beginning of 1966, but confronted with the enormous importance and reality of that revolution, I absolutely boggle. I don't know what to do about it.

One of the most talented writers out there is Brian Haig.

Whenever you commend, add a compelling reason for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and the admiration of fools.

If you give someone glowing praise for every little achievement, you've devalued the currency.

If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novel, find a book you do like. Life is too short to be miserable. If you do like my novels, I commend your good taste.

More overblown, effusive praise for Daniel's efforts. "Thank

Bravo, Amir. You're a good son.

He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

When the Queen says 'well done,' it means so much.

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

I don't have enough words to praise Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Ali and Shadab Khan.

It's very flattering to be praised for each of your efforts.

We all want to be praised, right?

It's always embarrassing when somebody does something praiseworthy of you.

It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy.

I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.

Her awards included not only honors from the US Navy – a Presidential Unit Citation, a Navy Unit Commendation and 20 battle stars for her flag – but also a rare honor from the Royal Navy. She became, when she stopped at Southampton in November 1945, the only non-Royal Navy warship ever awarded an Admiralty Pennant.