He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent. – Karl Kraus
The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours. – Lao Tzu
Actors are greedy. They can never be satisfied. I want praise as well as box office returns. – Kareena Kapoor Khan
Take me away with you – let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. How right they are to adore you! – The Bible Song of Solomon 1:4
Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child. – Phyllis McGinley
These are the kinds of names that Zimbabweans like: names that have positive qualities. Like, Praise is a very popular name; Loveness is a very popular name. – Petina Gappah
I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so. – Romain Rolland
There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. – Roger Ascham
I think I’m somebody who takes praise with a very big – probably too big – pinch of salt. – Rachel Joyce
Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the government of France, and few have a worse record of supporting tyrants and killers. – Richard Perle
Ronald Reagan never did much to make abortion illegal. He did, however, deliver videotaped greetings, fulsome in praise for his hosts, to antiabortion rallies on the Mall. – Rick Perlstein