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I feel like you have to use the platform you're given to voice concerns and also to praise things when they need to be praised.
As much as I really love the praise and affection I get when my work is appreciated, it doesn't translate to money in the bank.
There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?
We sometimes condemn the present, by praising the past; and show our contempt of what is now, by our esteem for what is no more.
There can hardly, I believe, be imagined a more desirable pleasure than that of praise unmixed with any possibility of flattery.
Expectations are just leftover praise. They are a blessing. If you didn't have the capability to meet them, they wouldn't exist.
Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.
When you're so consistent, people have to stand up and take notice. I don't think people recognise or praise consistency enough.
We often select envenomed praise which, by a reaction upon those we praise, shows faults we could not have shown by other means.
I would like to praise all of my coaches, from Pep to the first I had as a kid, because all of them have helped make me who I am.
Creatures inveterately wrong in their inductions have a pathetic but praise-worthy tendency to die before reproducing their kind.
Praise follows truth afar off, and only overtakes her at the grave; plausibility clings to her skirts and holds her back till then
Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others.
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.
As a co-writer of the Mumford's songs, I'm always quite insecure about the music - I find it hard to accept any praise or feedback.
I don't like to praise myself - that I am the quickest, that I am the strongest, that I am the most technical guy - I never do that.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can, and would fain have the praise of having intended the result which ensues.
I think everybody deserves an equal amount of appreciation whether how old they are, but I mean, I'm cool with the praise. I'm good.
Seldom do we talk of ourselves with success. If I condemn myself, more is believed than is expressed; if I praise myself, much less.
I make sure I always give Him all the glory and praise, because I know that in one second, one game, one play, it could be all over.
When we complain about our current situation, we remain in it; when we praise God in the midst of difficulty, He raises us out of it.
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. If you reject it you are unhappy, if you accept it you are undone.
I thought acknowledging praise meant you were arrogant, but I've learned that knowing your strengths enables you to make use of them.
It is requisite to defend those who are unjustly accused of having acted injuriously, but to praise those who excel in a certain good.
Even if God never did another good thing in our lives, we could spend the rest of this life praising Him for what He has already done.
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.
I am proud that my collections have received such praise, and I am even more proud to share the stage with so many talented designers.
The mindset ideas were developed as a counter to the self-esteem movement of blanketing everyone with praise, whether deserved or not.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne. [Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn.]
Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.
When we praise children for their intelligence, we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart; don't risk making mistakes.
We have to keep our feet on ground, stay humble, and collect all praise, well-wishes, and prayers because these will help us in future.
In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.
The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?
I have a large number of enthusiastic admirers of my art. And they all sing a hymn in praise from the bottom of their hearts for my art.
Billie-Jean King used to take me out on court and say that she just wanted to watch my forehand. You can't get greater praise than that.
Generally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no ill.
As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.
The Premier League is a competition that suits me, which is perhaps more praise to myself. It's more direct, more rhythmic than Ligue 1.
The greatest efforts of the race have always been traceable to the love of praise, as the greatest catastrophes to the love of pleasure.
My motto is never to hold on to anything. I accept and then let go: not just the negatives, but the praise, too. Or it'll get to my head.
Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.
We are commanded to recognize His glory, honor His glory, declare His glory, praise His glory, reflect His glory, and live for His glory.
A person is bound to lose when he talks about himself; if he belittles himself, he is believed; if he praises himself, he isn't believed.
If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.
...whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. And peace will be with you.
Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.
It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.