Praise Quotes - Page 23

Praise a hill, but keepe below.

Praise none too much, for all are fickle.

I believe that nothing completely satisfies an imaginative writer but copious and continuous draughts of unmitigated praise, always provided it is accompanied by a large and increasing sale of his works.

The desire which urges us to deserve praise strengthens our good qualities, and praise given to wit, valour, and beauty, tends to increase them.

Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous.

We often select envenomed praise which, by a reaction upon those we praise, shows faults we could not have shown by other means.

Everyone praises his heart, none dare praise their understanding.

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

There are reproaches which praise, and praises which defame.

We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest.

Generally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no ill.

To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences.

Praise is the reflection of virtue.

False praise is worse than no praise.

Bid a singer in a chorus, Know Thyself; and will he not turn for the knowledge to the others, his fellows in the chorus, and to his harmony with them?

We ought to make the moments notes Of happy glad Thanksgiving; The hours and days, a silent praise Of music we are living.

Wonder is involuntary praise.

Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry.

Even if God never did another good thing in our lives, we could spend the rest of this life praising Him for what He has already done.

To praise is an investment in happiness.

I still am mystified about why Donald Trump is out there tweeting praise of Vladimir Putin, and still kind of denying and dismissing whether the hacking happened or the seriousness of it.

Folks build a reputation by attacking you while you’re alive - or praising you after you ain’t.

If you accept all the praise, you have to accept all the critics.

I don't praise my people. I am their greatest critic.