Praise Quotes
122 Praise quotes:
"The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism."
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"The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working."
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"She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love."
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"Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise."
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"To their right praise and true perfection!"
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"There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself."
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"I like to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything, but good."
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"I praise the Frenchman, his remark was shrewd - How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper Solitude is sweet"
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"Rapt into still communion that transcends/ The imperfect offices of prayer and praise."
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"Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover."
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"They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserving of blame."
Praise Quotes
Mediocrity Quotes
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"You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand"
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"What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise -- although the philosophers generally call it ''recognition''!"
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"A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them."
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"He who praises everybody, praises nobody."
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"The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain."
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"Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching he proper ears."
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"I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher."
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"Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ''Make me feel important.'' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life."
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Caring Quotes
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"Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.''"
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