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Praise Quotes - Page 22

Praise them for what they do well, both privately and publicly.

John C. Maxwell, Jim Dornan (2013). “How to Influence People: Make a Difference in Your World”, p.39, Thomas Nelson Inc

What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant?

Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice (Fourth Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)”, p.122, W. W. Norton & Company

I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.

Jack Vance (2000). “Cugel the Clever: (previously titled The Eyes of the Overworld)”, p.141, Macmillan

False praise is always confined to the great.

Henry HOME (Lord Kames.) (1775). “Introduction to the art of thinking. Third edition. Enlarged with additional maxims and illustrations. [By Henry Home, Lord Kames.]”, p.31

Every potter praises his own pot.

Henry George Bohn (1867). “A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs: Comprising French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and Danish, with English Translations and a General Index”, p.443, London : Bell & Daldy York street covent garden

True praise rootes and spreedes.

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.347

Praise day at night, and life at the end.

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.295