“The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants.”
Samuel Johnson
“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.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“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
“I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may be pride. There can be nothing more humiliating than to see the shaft of one's emotion miss the mark of either laughter or tears. Nothing more humiliating! And this for the reason that should the mark be missed, should the open display of emotion fail to move, then it must perish unavoidably in disgust or contempt.”
Joseph Conrad
“Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.”
Thomas Paine
