quotations about praise
Praise is what I do
When I want to be close to You,
I lift my hands in praise.
Praise is who I am,
I will praise Him while I can.
I'll bless Him at all times.
WILLIAM MURPHY
"Praise Is What I Do"
A man's praises have very musical and charming accents in another's mouth; but very flat and untuneable in his own.
XENOPHON
attributed, Day's Collacon
Every man likes his own praise best.
DANISH PROVERB
The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.
NORMAN MACDONALD
Maxims and Moral Reflections
The love of praise is the beginning of forfeiture.
ARAB PROVERB
PRAISE is the reflection of virtue; but it is as the glass or body, which giveth the reflection. If it be from the common people, it is commonly false and naught; and rather followeth vain persons, than virtuous. For the common people understand not many excellent virtues. The lowest virtues draw praise from them; the middle virtues work in them astonishment or admiration; but of the highest virtues, they have no sense of perceiving at all. But shows, and species virtutibus similes, serve best with them. Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid. But if persons of quality and judgment concur, then it is (as the Scripture saith) nomen bonum instar unguenti fragrantis. It fireth all round about, and will not easily away. For the odors of ointments are more durable, than those of flowers.
FRANCIS BACON
"Of Praise", Essays, or Counsels Civil and Moral
A puff of wind and popular praise weigh alike.
HUNGARIAN PROVERB