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

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

We refuse praise in a desire to be praised twice.

Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first.

Every man praises his own wares.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

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

Refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host: Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

One thing scientists have discovered is that often-praised children become more intelligent than often-blamed ones. There's a creative element in praise.

Praise the bridge that carried you over.

Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so.

Watch how a man takes praise and there you have the measure of him.

The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

Praises from an enemy imply real merit.

Praise makes good men better and bad men worse.

Praise to the undeserving is severe satire.

Expect not praise without envy until you are dead.

No doubt any connoisseur, any collector, some bored old millionaire when he shows off his treasures, is seeking in your praise the resurrection and the life.