Praise

The best way to get praise is to die. – Italian Proverb

People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised. – Proverb

Praise makes good people better and bad people worse. – Proverb

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. – Proverb

To praise is an investment in happiness. – George M. Adams

Please all, and you will please none. – Aesop

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard. – Aristotle

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise. – Mary Kay Ash

The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration. – Hosea Ballou

When Im talking to a large audience, I imagine that Im talking to a single person. – Red Barber

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. – James Barrie

I never let them cough. They wouldnt dare. – Ethel Barrymore

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a But. – Henry Ward Beecher

Evaluate what you want — because what gets measured, gets produced. – James A. Belasco

Let another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips. – Bible

Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord. Ecclesiasticus 15:9 – Bible

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. – Bible

Admiration; is our polite recognition of anothers resemblance to ourselves. – Ambrose Bierce

Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you. – Nicholas Boileau