|

|

Advertisements

Praise Quotes

The highest praise we can attribute to any writer, painter, sculptor, builder, is, that he actually possessed the thought or feeling with which he has inspired us Picture Quote #1

There are people who are so presumptuous that they know no other way to praise a greatness that they publicly admire than by representing it as a preliminary stage and bridge leading to themselves Picture Quote #1

I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honeyed words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies Picture Quote #1

Don’t discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved Picture Quote #1

Consider how many do not even know your name, and how many will soon forget it, and how those who now praise you will presently blame you Picture Quote #1

The man who acts humble in order to win praise is guilty of the lowest form of pride Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

If you don’t concentrate on counting the money, people soon realize that money is not the focus of your consciousness, so they give you everything other than money: kudos, acclaim, praise, etc., etc. And sooner or later you’ll be in trouble Picture Quote #1

Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend Picture Quote #1

That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise Picture Quote #1

Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation Picture Quote #1

Those who endlessly praise the rank of martyrdom must first attain that rank! No invented rank is superior to the life! You stick to the life and let the fools stick to the death! Picture Quote #1

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that Picture Quote #1

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a God has given excellence Picture Quote #1

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names Picture Quote #1

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due Picture Quote #1

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick Picture Quote #1

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

We like to praise birds for flying. But how much of it is actually flying, and how much of it is just sort of coasting from the previous flap? Picture Quote #1

Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on Picture Quote #1

You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one Picture Quote #1

Only a humorless tyrant could want a perpetual chanting of praises that, one has no choice but to assume, would be the innate virtues and splendors furnished him by his creator, infinite regression, drowned in praise! Picture Quote #1

Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike Picture Quote #1

A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat Picture Quote #1

Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things Picture Quote #1

Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense? The commonest sense is the sense of men asleep, which they express by snoring Picture Quote #1

If thy debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy money again, if not with increase, with praise; if he prove insolvent, don’t ruin him to get that which it will not ruin thee to lose, for thou art but a steward Picture Quote #1

How strange it is that we of the present day are constantly praising that past age which our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing that present age, which our children will praise Picture Quote #1

The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his praise Picture Quote #1

1 - 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 - 37

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

The highest praise we can attribute to any writer, painter, sculptor, builder, is, that he actually possessed the thought or feeling with which he has inspired us (Praise Quotes) There are people who are so presumptuous that they know no other way to praise a greatness that they publicly admire than by representing it as a preliminary stage and bridge leading to themselves (Praise Quotes) I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honeyed words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies (Praise Quotes) Don’t discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved (Praise Quotes) Consider how many do not even know your name, and how many will soon forget it, and how those who now praise you will presently blame you (Praise Quotes) The man who acts humble in order to win praise is guilty of the lowest form of pride (Praise Quotes) If you don’t concentrate on counting the money, people soon realize that money is not the focus of your consciousness, so they give you everything other than money: kudos, acclaim, praise, etc., etc. And sooner or later you’ll be in trouble (Praise Quotes) Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend (Praise Quotes) That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise (Praise Quotes) Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation (Praise Quotes) Those who endlessly praise the rank of martyrdom must first attain that rank! No invented rank is superior to the life! You stick to the life and let the fools stick to the death! (Praise Quotes) There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise (Praise Quotes) We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that (Praise Quotes) Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a God has given excellence (Praise Quotes) We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names (Praise Quotes) Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due (Praise Quotes) There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick (Praise Quotes) Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults (Praise Quotes) We like to praise birds for flying. But how much of it is actually flying, and how much of it is just sort of coasting from the previous flap? (Praise Quotes) Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on (Praise Quotes) You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one (Praise Quotes) Only a humorless tyrant could want a perpetual chanting of praises that, one has no choice but to assume, would be the innate virtues and splendors furnished him by his creator, infinite regression, drowned in praise! (Praise Quotes) Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike (Praise Quotes) A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them (Praise Quotes) I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat (Praise Quotes) Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things (Praise Quotes) Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense? The commonest sense is the sense of men asleep, which they express by snoring (Praise Quotes) If thy debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy money again, if not with increase, with praise; if he prove insolvent, don’t ruin him to get that which it will not ruin thee to lose, for thou art but a steward (Praise Quotes) How strange it is that we of the present day are constantly praising that past age which our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing that present age, which our children will praise (Praise Quotes) The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his praise (Praise Quotes)

1 - 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 - 37