Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.

The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise.

I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great blessing.

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.

In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.

It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.

I praise loudly. I blame softly.

The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.