No breeder is above catering to intelligent praise of his dog.
You should never praise anyone until you see how he turns out in the end!
The human mind is generally far more eager to praise or dispraise than it is to describe and define.
Perhaps you went to bed last night thinking about the overdue bills, the lack of finances, the problematic people and situations you have to face. This morning you woke up. Did you give thanks? If you didn't, it is probably because you forgot that when praise goes up, the blessings come down. That should be enough to inspire you to be thankful.
Be upright in thy whole life; be content in all its changes;so shalt thou make thy profit out of all occurrences; so shall everything that happeneth unto thee be the source of praise
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
Life just keeps unfolding, ignoring our praise or blame.
Stupid criticism and still more stupid praise.
It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.
Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood.
I praise loudly and I blame softly.
There is a middlebrow snobbery in America that praises everything on public television and disdains everything on the commercial networks as a blight.
The humble person receives praise the way a clean window takes the light of the sun. The truer and more intense the light is, the less you see of the glass.
He that loses his conscience has nothing left that is worth keeping. Therefore be sure you look to that, and in the next place look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience.
The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one.
Some praise me, some blame me. I go the other way.
We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.
It is the custom when praising a Russian writer to do so at the expense of all other Russian writers.