#praise

The sweetest of all sounds is praise. ↗

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child. ↗

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

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land. ↗

— Herman Melville

#any #before #best #children #even

For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another! ↗

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

#always #another #anything #damned #foolish

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

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked. ↗

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

#lover #modesty #more #praised #quality

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. ↗