“We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgment.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”
Oprah Winfrey
“The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.”
Oscar Wilde
“So long as you are praised think only that you are not yet on your own path but on that of another.”
“Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.”
Satchel Paige
“A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.”
Jean Baudrillard