#praise

He’s an indulgent sort of man…… With a quick lip and a fierce tongue, the sort of tongue that draws you in with charm and words of praise, awkward silences and desperate worships. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#charm #fierce-tongue #friendship-and-love #jamie-weise #love

Nobody gets praised for the right reasons. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#praise #right #inspirational

Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#always #become #books #captains #classics

'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read. ↗

— Mark Twain

#classic #people #praise #read #which

Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise. ↗

— Robert Martin

#encouragement #form #interest #more #much

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row. ↗

— Golda Meir

#average man #blame #blames #doubt #his

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#continually #days #example #fact #fools

Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs. ↗

— Saint Francis de Sales

#always #angels #assistance #constantly #friends

It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy. ↗

— Philip Sidney

#happiness #most #praised #praiseworthy #them

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#honored #i #past #praise #them