Praise proverbs

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◆ But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry99

◆ You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

- John Wooden99

◆ Nobody gets praised for the right reasons.

- Diana Wynne Jones99

◆ The trouble with most of us is that we'd rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

- Norman Vincent Peale99

◆ Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.

- E.M. Forster99

◆ In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.

- Leo Tolstoy99

◆ We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.

- Harry A. Ironside99

◆ Stop giving meaningless praise and start giving meaningful action.

- Steve Maraboli99

◆ Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.

- William Arthur Ward99

◆ What can I say about life? Do I praise it for letting you live, or damn it for allowing the rest?

- Janet Fitch99

◆ So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but on someone else's.

- Friedrich Nietzsche99

◆ Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making.

- Dan Pearce99

◆ I do not know whether anyone has ever succeeded in not enjoying praise. And, if he enjoys it, he naturally wants to receive it. And if he wants to receive it, he cannot help but being distraught at losing it. Those who are in love with applause have their spirits starved not only when they are blamed off-hand, but even when they fail to be constantly praised.

- John Chrysostom99

◆ I want to fill a jar with a lot of clapping, and sell my applause next to the applesauce in a grocery store. You can eat the praise you didn't earn, but did pay for.

- Jarod Kintz99

◆ God lives in the place of praise. If we want to be where He is, we need to go to His address.

- Nancy Leigh DeMoss99