Praise Quotes

Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit. (Plutarch)
You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise. View quote
Seneca
I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings. View quote
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Usually we only praise to be praised. View quote
François de La Rochefoucauld
I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise. View quote
Noël Coward
Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due. View quote
Sydney Smith
"Classic." A book which people praise and don't read. View quote
Mark Twain
People who ask for your criticism want only praise. View quote
W. Somerset Maugham
In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning. View quote
Leo Tolstoy
Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.' View quote
Immanuel Kant
The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself. (Gerald Ford)
Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot. View quote
Edmund Waller
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public. View quote
Solon
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise. View quote
W. Somerset Maugham
Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example. View quote
Alexander Pope
We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship. View quote
E. M. Forster
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! View quote
Thomas Ken
Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God. View quote
Maria Mitchell
My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life. View quote
Edith Sitwell
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. View quote
François de La Rochefoucauld
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence. (Bertrand Russell)
The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others. View quote
Henry Fielding
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living. View quote
Thomas Hobbes
Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. View quote
John Steinbeck
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. View quote
Oprah Winfrey