Being that frank and being that open, there's more praise than there is negativity. It's just the negativity gets printed because you're straight and f - ing rude. It's not rude, it's just getting straight to the point.
Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.
I praise loudly and I blame softly.
Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.
Calmly take what ill betideth; Patience wins the crown at length: Rich repayment him abideth Who endures in quiet strength. Brave the tamer of the lion; Brave whom conquered kingdoms praise; Bravest he who rules his passions, Who his own impatience sways.
If you're in Australia and you're into technology, Yow! is a no-brainer, but I am going to sing their praises anyway. I've never been so humbled to meet another speaker, or so honored to be in the presence of an conference organizer, as I have been with Yow! It's not just impressive. It's a reason to go to Australia.
Do not allow your heart to take pleasure with the praises of people, nor be saddened by their condemnation.
We learn to praise God not by paying compliments but by paying attention.
There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone. . . If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
I suffer for my art and despise the witless moneyed scoundrels who praise it.
I will only praise someone who can't take anything away from me.
It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow.
We are here to bring to consciousness the beauty and power that are around us and to praise the people who are here with us.
Praise with elation Praise every morning Spring's re-creation Of the First Day!
Though strength be wanting, the will to action Merits praise.
Seldom do we talk of ourselves with success. If I condemn myself, more is believed than is expressed; if I praise myself, much less.
Even great men are only truly recognized and honored once they are dead. Why? Because those who praise them need to feel themselves somehow superior to the person praised, they need to feel they are making some concession.
it is usually in better taste to praise an isolated action or a production of genius, than a man's character as a whole.
When we shout at the oak tree, the oak tree is not offended. When we praise the oak tree, it doesn't raise its nose. We can learn the Dharma from the oak tree; therefore, the oak tree is part of our Dharmakaya. We can learn from everything that is around, that is in us.