Praising Quotes

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!

Spend more time smiling than frowning and more time praising than criticizing.

We tell only part of a man's qualities in his presence, and all of them when he is not present.

Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure. I am sure, however, that en famille they play Mozart.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.

Everyone always tells you that you're the only one that can do this or that role right, and if you say no, they go to somebody else and tell them that they're the only one that can do it right. But when they're talking to you, you're always the 'Best Actor of Your Generation.'

I like the monastic life... in the prayer and the praising... this has charged me with new energy, spiritual energy. This is very important for my ministry outside the monastery.

When you are praising or blessing you are on the highest frequency of love.

A practitioner in panegyric, or, to speak more plainly, a professor of the art of puffing.

The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another.

I had much more fun criticizing than praising.

Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.

The general nature of the speech act fallacy can be stated as follows, using "good" as our example. Calling something good is characteristically praising or commending or recommending it, etc. But it is a fallacy to infer from this that the meaning of "good" is explained by saying it is used to perform the act of commendation.