In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar.

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

I do not doubt that we would become more useful if we praised God more, and others would join us, for they would see that God has blessed us.

These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I’d be a damn‘ fool if they weren’t.

I prefer to praise people and the world rather than criticize them and it.

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.

You tend to feel very hurt when people attack you and feel indifferent when you get praise. You think, ‚Of course they like it. They should like it.‘

Especially when you’re at a high level in an organization, criticism can be devastating to an employee. I prefer to praise employees for what they’re doing right, and it tends to lead to them doing more of the same. Not always, but it’s the way I choose to bet.

You gotta understand: I believe a woman should praise the man, the king. If you holding it down for your woman, I feel like the woman should praise. And the man should praise the queen.

People are always coming up to me and saying, ‚I heard your dad’s speech, and it’s really great.‘ And they’ll mention some place I didn’t even know my dad was going to.

O God, we praise Thee for keeping us till this day, and for the full assurance that Thou wilt never let us go.

‚Classic.‘ A book which people praise and don’t read.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.

I think everybody deserves an equal amount of appreciation whether how old they are, but I mean, I’m cool with the praise. I’m good.

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.

Whether we’re happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.

Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

I tell you the groans of the damned in hell are the deep bass of the universal anthem of praise that shall ascend to the throne of my God for ever and ever.

I don’t want flowers or candy or anything like that. I just want somebody to say, ‚Wow, you’ve done a great job.‘

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

When you focus on how wonderful God is and all the great things He’s done… is doing… and even will do in your life, your natural response will be praise, adoration and awe. Don’t let yourself ever get used to it… stay amazed!

All our actions, as well as our thoughts and words, should praise Him who always blesses us.

It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.

Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

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.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?

I will praise any man that will praise me.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

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.‘

I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.