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It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
I'll never praise myself, because I think there's always improvement to be made.
When someone abuses me I can defend myself, but against praise I am defenceless.
It's hard to enjoy the acclaim and savor the praise when the team isn't winning.
The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
It always feels good when you hear another guy in your industry give you praise.
Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy
Praise the beautiful for their intelligence and the intelligent for their beauty.
Better to deserve praise without having it, than to have it without deserving it.
He, who praises you for what you have not, wishes to take from you what you have.
How many things by season seasoned are To their right praise and true perfection!
Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd.
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
In demanding our praise God is demanding the completion of our pleasure (in him).
The English certainly and fiercely pride themselves in never praising themselves.
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
The ungodly are not half so restrained in their blasphemy as we are in our praise.
If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds.
There's no praise for scoring a fight right, just criticism for one you get wrong.
It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?
I learned that people like my work because I praise things that others don't like.
An actor remembers his first piece of published praise. It is written on his heart.
There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
The one who praises you is a thief. The one who criticizes you is your true friend.
Praise makes me humble, but when I am abused, I know that I have touched the stars.
What praise is implied in the simple epithet useful! What reproach in the contrary.
We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.
The Candor sing the praises of the truth, but they never tell you how much it costs.
There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
If somebody praises us and if we have any humility we will feel totally like a fool.
What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
When I'm talking to a large audience, I imagine that I'm talking to a single person.
Whether we're happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.
Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs.
I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.
Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.
President Obama deserves our unalloyed praise for hastening Osama bin Laden's demise.
It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow.
When we complain, we remain. When we whine, we stay behind. When we praise, we raise.
Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.
Better to be despised, then, than to be ignored; or damned with condescending praise.
Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
ACCEPT PRAISE FOR ITS WORTH - POLITENESS. BE BRUTALLY FRANK WITH YOURSELF. IT'S SAFER.
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
I make music to process - because I have to, not for praise or accolades or reactions.