It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.
Thomas Fuller
Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.
John Gay
In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.
Alex Haley
Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
Dag Hammarskjold
He only profits from praise who values criticism.
Heinrich Heine
Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.
Cullen Hightower
People are very sincere in their praise, and you can't take it lightly.
Joan Jett
I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors... →
Billy Joel
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
Samuel Johnson
You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.
Bobby Jones