“There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.”
Owen Felltham
“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
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”
Oprah Winfrey
“So long as you are praised think only that you are not yet on your own path but on that of another.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.”
John Keats
“He should be praised for climbing; yetThe other man comes always from a heightAnd lives where praise can never get --Beyond your sight.”
“There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.”
William Shakespeare
