Inspirations

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.

- Aristotle

No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.

- Mary Kay Ash

Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ''Make me feel important.'' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.

- Mary Kay Ash

There are two things people want more than sex and money, recognition and praise.

- Mary Kay Ash

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.

- Sir James M Barrie

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 does wonders for the sense of hearing.

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Let another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.

- Bible

Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them.

- Nicholas Boileau

To say, well done, to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

- Phillips Brooks

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games.

- Bear Bryant

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

- Pearl S Buck

Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.

- Edmund Burke

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

- Samuel Butler

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

- Elias Canetti

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

- Marcus T Cicero

It takes so little to make people happy. Just a touch, If we know how to give it, just a word fitly spoken, a slight readjustment of some bolt or pin or bearing in the delicate machinery of a soul.

- Frank Crane

Appreciative words are the most powerful force for good on earth!

- George W CranePraise

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A, you can do it, when things are tough.

- Richard M DeVos

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

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

- Owen Felltham

We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.

- Charles Fillmore

If you treat an individual as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

- Samuel Goldwyn

I've always been a sucker for attention.

- Cuba Gooding Junior

I know, indeed, of nothing more subtle satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does not come with money, nor does it flow from a fine physical state. It cannot be bought. But it is the keenest joy, after all, and the toiler's truest and best reward.

- William Dean Howells

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

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Praise God even when you don't understand what He is doing.

- Henry Jacobsen

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

- William James

The pain we feel When someone leaves our life is in direct proportion to the joy they bring while a part of our life for a few moments. In my life you made me feel as if I truly meant something to someone

- Javan

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

- Samuel Johnson

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, ''Make me feel important.'' Never forget this message when working with people.

- Mary Kay

Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching he proper ears.

- Rudyard Kipling

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

- James Russell Lowell

There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.

- Orison Swett Marden

There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.

- Orison Swett Marden

Has a woman who knew she was well-dressed ever caught a cold?

- Friedrich Nietzsche

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

- Norman Vincent Peale

The simple act of playing positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.

- Thomas J Peters

Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

- Wendell Phillips

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

- Alexander Pope

People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.

- Proverb

Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.

- Proverb

The best way to get praise is to die.

- Italian Proverb

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

- Will Rogers

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

- Charles M Schwab

I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.

- Dean Smith

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.

- Sydney Smith

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.

- Sir Richard Steele

Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.

- Sir Richard Steele

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

- Publilius Syrus

Their silence is praise enough.

- Terence

If you must strike a man from behind, slap him on the back.

- Source Unknown

When life seems just a dreary grind, and things seem fated to annoy, say something nice to someone else and watch the world light up with joy.

- Source Unknown

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

I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.

- William Butler Yeats

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Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.

No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.

Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ''Make me feel important.'' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.

There are two things people want more than sex and money, recognition and praise.

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a But.

Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.

Let another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.

Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them.

To say, well done, to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games.

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

Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

It takes so little to make people happy. Just a touch, If we know how to give it, just a word fitly spoken, a slight readjustment of some bolt or pin or bearing in the delicate machinery of a soul.

Appreciative words are the most powerful force for good on earth!

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A, you can do it, when things are tough.

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.

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.

If you treat an individual as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

I've always been a sucker for attention.

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

Praise God even when you don't understand what He is doing.

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

The pain we feel When someone leaves our life is in direct proportion to the joy they bring while a part of our life for a few moments. In my life you made me feel as if I truly meant something to someone

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, ''Make me feel important.'' Never forget this message when working with people.

Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching he proper ears.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.

There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.

Has a woman who knew she was well-dressed ever caught a cold?

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

The simple act of playing positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.

Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.

Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.

The best way to get praise is to die.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.

Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

Their silence is praise enough.

If you must strike a man from behind, slap him on the back.

When life seems just a dreary grind, and things seem fated to annoy, say something nice to someone else and watch the world light up with joy.

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.

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