Praise Quotes - Page 3
Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). “The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi”, p.122, Shambhala Publications
Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.184, David C Cook
Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.
A Dictionary of the English Language preface (1755)
Aristotle (1996). “The Nicomachean Ethics”, p.99, Wordsworth Editions
Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Win Friends and Influence People”, p.236, Simon and Schuster
Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
Anton Chekhov (2015). “The Collected Works of Anton Chekhov: Novellas, Short Stories, Plays, Letters & Diary: Three Sisters, Seagull , The Shooting Party, Uncle Vanya, Cherry Orchard, Chameleon, Tripping Tongue, On The Road, Vanka, Ward No. Six, Swedish Match, Nightmare, Bear, Reluctant Hero, Joy…”, p.3741, e-artnow
Praise works best at the start, before the miracle, before the breakthrough, before the restoration.
John Gay, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: In Three Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:”, p.76