Praise Quotes

50 quotations about Praise
Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.
Aristotle · Praise
No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
Mary Kay Ash · Praise
The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.
Sir James M. Barrie · Praise
Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.
Best of Bits and Pieces · Praise
Let another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.
Bible · Praise
Admiration; is our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
Ambrose Bierce · Praise
Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you.
Nicholas Boileau · Praise
Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them.
Nicholas Boileau · Praise
A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them.
Jean De La Bruyere · Praise
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
Pearl S. Buck · Praise
Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.
Edmund Burke · Praise
One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
Elias Canetti · Praise
Appreciative words are the most powerful force for good on earth!
George W. Crane · Praise
The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working.
Albert Einstein · Praise
Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · Praise
There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
Owen Felltham · Praise
We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.
Charles Fillmore · Praise
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
Samuel Goldwyn · Praise
I've always been a sucker for attention.
Cuba Gooding Jr. · Praise
Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.
Oliver Wendell Holmes · Praise
Praise God even when you don't understand what He is doing.
Henry Jacobsen · Praise
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
Samuel Johnson · Praise
Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching he proper ears.
Rudyard Kipling · Praise
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld · Praise
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld · Praise

Authors on Praise

American Proverb Aristotle Mary Kay Ash Sir James M. Barrie Best of Bits and Pieces Bible Ambrose Bierce Nicholas Boileau Jean De La Bruyere Pearl S. Buck Edmund Burke Elias Canetti George W. Crane Albert Einstein Ralph Waldo Emerson Owen Felltham Charles Fillmore Samuel Goldwyn Cuba Gooding Jr. Oliver Wendell Holmes