All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little
Oliver GoldsmithSandwich every bit of criticism between two thick layers of praise.
Mary Kay AshAn ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
Walter LandorA desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
John AdamsAlways remember, everyone is hungry for praise and starving for honest appreciation.
David BergPraise the Lord and pass the ammunition (At Pearl Harbour, 7 December 1941)
Howell ForgyThe Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.
Igor StravinskyBooks that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.
Thomas Bailey AldrichThere are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.
Ambrose BierceNeither blame or praise yourself.
Plutarch'And everybody praised the Duke,
Who this great fight did win.'
'But what good came of it at last?'
Quoth little Peterkin.
'Why that I cannot tell', said he,
'But 'twas a famous victory.'
Robert SoutheyO what is it proud slime will not believe
Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised
Thus with the gods?
Ben JonsonIt's all very well Eminem going on about Detroit. You have to be a bit braver to go around singing the praises of Lowestoft!
Justin HawkinsHe who praises everybody, praises nobody.
Samuel JohnsonModesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
Andre MauroisNecessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy
Joseph JoubertAll people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell,
Come ye before him, and rejoice
William KetheHe that departs with his own honesty
For vulgar praise, doth it too dearly buy
Ben JonsonFor we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise (Sonnet 106)
William ShakespeareYou do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.
Leonardo Da VinciIt will take a long time for women's effect on politics to register so that we may properly appraise it.
Florence E AllenThat is fine, and I would have praised you more had you praised me less
Louis XIV Of FranceMany a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.
J B PriestleyIt is music to my ears. I have always said that if I were a rich man, I would employ a professional praiser.
Osbert SitwellThere are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.
Mary Kay AshPraise follows truth afar off, and only overtakes her at the grave; plausibility clings to her skirts and holds her back till then
James Russell LowellOne should use praise to recognize what one is not.
Elias CanettiHaving the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
Eli WallachReal joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.
Wilfred GrenfellWhen all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed, his praises never
MontaigneBe thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
Alexander PopeThe sweetest of all sounds is praise.
XenophonWhere through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault
The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Thomas Gray'Argentina are the second best side in the world... and there's no better praise than that'
Kevin KeeganThe creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power antagonizes. Under all the superficial praise of the 'creative' is the desire to kill. It is the old war between the mystic and the nonmystic, a war to the death.
Mary SartonBe not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
SenecaPraise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
Pearl BuckTrust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all
Johann Lavater Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.
John GayThink not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
SocratesFriends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him (Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 2)
William ShakespeareI believe the bicentenary offers us a chance not just to say how profoundly shameful the slave trade was - how we condemn its existence utterly and praise those who fought for its abolition - but also to express our deep sorrow that it could ever have happened and rejoice at the better times we live in today
Tony BlairYou praise the firm restraint with which they write -
I'm with you there, of course:
They use the snaffle and the surb all right,
But where's the bloody horse?
Roy CampbellFriends may be admonished privately, but praise them openly
Publilius SyrusNow God be praised, I will die in peace. (Dying words)
James WolfeAmong the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.
Sydney SmithWho cared if there was really any Being to pray to? What mattered was the sense of giving thanks and praise, the feeling of a humble and grateful heart.
Oliver SacksIn praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar.
CleopatraPraise the bridge that carried you over.
George ColmanPeople ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
W Somerset Maugham
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