A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Some praise at morning what they blame at night.
Alexander Pope
Neither blame or praise yourself.
Plutarch
Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten in the age of perversions of Dewey-style education: everyone gets a ribbon, and praise becomes a meaningless narcotic to soothe egoistic distemper.
Gerald Early
Neither praise nor blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe and honestly to award - these are the true aims and duties of criticism.
William G. Simms
It is impossible that this gnosis resulting in the heart should be achieved by man for any other purpose than to obey God, love Him, and worship Him. This gnosis should be sought for the sake of God, not for any other reason whatsoever, unlike the remaining external acts of devotion, which can be performed for other worldly interests, such as hypocrisy, praise, and commendation.
Ibn Ata'Allah
Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt, Not practise!
Lord Byron
A hypocrite is in himself both the archer and the mark, in all actions shooting at his own praise or profit.
Thomas Fuller
Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt, Not practise!
Lord Byron
in my opinion, i believe greatness is measured in ones qualitative contribution on his/her fellow humane, it is more than "knowing what do do", "being able to do", or "charisma". because your praise can only be sang by the people you have help and affected.If therefore your praise must be heard atop the ladder of greatness, you then must help someone climb there, to sing your praise.
GABRIEL OKPE
Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection.
J. B. Yeats
Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.
John Gay
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
Pearl S. Buck
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
John Wooden