Favored with Praise

“It is fortunate to be favored with praise and popularity. It is dire luck to be dependent on the feelings of a fellow man.”
--Viking Proverb

Praise

“Praise, like sunlight, helps all things to grow.”
--Unknown

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Lavish Praise

“Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise, and people will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime.”
--Dale Carnegie

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Ruined by Praise

“The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”
--Norman Vincent Peale

Praise and Blame

“I praise loudly. I blame softly.”
--Catherine the Great

Attach Yourself

“Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you.”
--Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

Profit from Criticism

“He only profits from praise who values criticism.”
--Heinrich Heine

Humility's Grace

“Don’t praise what is yours; don’t belittle what is another’s.”
--Slovak Proverb