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PRAISE
Sandwich
every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
- Mary Kay Ash
Everyone
has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying,
"Make me feel important. Never forget this message
when working with people.
- Mary Kay Ash
Flattery
is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.
-- Henry
Ward Beecher
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that
which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies
it with a "but."
-- Henry
Ward Beecher
Praise
out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze
the heart as much as blame.
-- Pearl
S. Buck
The
only way to escape the personal corruption of praise
is to go on working.
-- Albert
Einstein
When
I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned
around to look at the work I had thought slightly
of, and that day I made nothing new.
--
Ralph
Waldo Emerson
"Find
the good -- and praise it."
-- Alex Hailey
“I find the pain of a little censure, even when it
is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much
praise.”
~ Thomas
Jefferson
The
higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast;
even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth
it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.
- Lao Tzu
Children
Learn What They Live -
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.
If a child learns to feel shame, he learns to feel
guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
If a child lives with encouragement he learns confidence
If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate.
He a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have
faith.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like
himself.
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he
learns to find love in the world.
-- Dorothy Law Neite
Virtues
are acquired through endeavor,
Which rests wholly upon yourself.
So, to praise others for their virtues
Can but encourage one's own efforts.
-- Thomas
Paine.
The
trouble with most of us is that we would rather be
ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
- Norman Vincent Peale
“Flatter
me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I
may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive
you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love
me and I may be forced to love you.”
- Norman Vincent Peale
We
are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if
we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than
that.
-- William
Penn
Many
know how to flatter, few know how to praise.
-- Wendell
Phillips
Get
someone else to blow your horn and the sound will
carry twice as far.
-- Will
Rogers
“It's
better to light a candle then to curse the darkness.” -- Carl
Sagan
To
withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object
conceited is as dishonest as to withhold payment of
a just debt lest your creditor should spend the money
badly.
-- George
Bernard Shaw
“Think not those faithful who praise all thy words
and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.”
- Socrates
I
want to praise activists through the years. I praise
those of the past as well, to have them honored.
-- Studs
Terkel
We
begin to praise when we begin to see a thing needs
our assistance.
-- Henry
David Thoreau
“We
are always more anxious to be distinguished for a
talent which we do not possess, than to be praised
for the fifteen which we do possess”
-- Mark
Twain
I
can live for two months on a good compliment.
-- Mark
Twain
A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed
from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The
more you praise and celebrate your life,
the more there is in life to celebrate.
--
Oprah
Winfrey
The
more you praise
and celebrate your life,
the more there is in life to celebrate.
--
Oprah
Winfrey
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