You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.
Leonardo da Vinci
I prefer to praise people and the world rather than criticize them and it.
Alice Walker
Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
Eli Wallach
Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.
Bill Walsh
Praise is nothing that accumulates. Praise is a sequence, especially if you've toiled for a long time. Praise does not pile up. So in a way, you... →
Christoph Waltz
Wonder is involuntary praise.
Edward Young
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
Pearl S. Buck
Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.
Phyllis McGinley
No sensible author wants anything but praise.
A. A. Milne
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
Moliere