“We protest against unjust criticism, but we accept unearned applause.”
Jose Narosky
“The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .”
Dale Carnegie
“In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.”
Judy Garland
“A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Who decides when the applause should die down? It seems like it's a group decision; everyone begins to say to themselves at the same time, "Well, okay, that's enough of that."”
George Carlin
“When you can be your own best audience and when your applause is the best applause you know of, you’re in good shape.”
L. Ron Hubbard
“Evil report carries further than any applause”
Baltasar Gracian