- Nov 07, 2020
Praise Quotes
Recognition, given honestly.
This collection draws a line between flattery and genuine praise, noting how rare it is to offer credit that is both kind and true. More on giving encouragement is in Believe.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Modesty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
I only ever give praise to elite fighters.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Europe, more than in the United States, worldly people, faced with my Indian skin, reflexively laud my 'ancient,' 'beautiful' origins, which is heartier praise than Cleveland usually gets from Europeans.
- Coffee
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- Nov 07, 2020
I found 'The Twin' sitting on a coffee table at a writers' colony in 2009. It carried praise from J.M. Coetzee. That seemed ample justification for using it to avoid my own writing. I finished it - weeping - a day later, and I've been puzzling over its powerful hold on me ever since.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
There will be, and should be, reams and reams of analysis, even praise, for our friend but also even larger measures of non-analysis and, certainly, condemnation for James Baldwin, the Negro writer.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Obama deserves our unalloyed praise for hastening Osama bin Laden's demise.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to poke holes in the erroneous beliefs about what fame provides. It won't raise your self-esteem, it won't create profound connection, it's not going to heal your childhood traumas, it's only going to amplify them. You're going to be subject to a lot of criticism and praise, both of which are violent in their own ways.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
Praise now is one of the great duties of the redeemed. It will be their employment for ever.
- Nov 07, 2020
The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020