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If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

Socrates

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I didn't read anything in there that didn't say that he didn't do a good job, that he was praised by a lot of people he worked with.

John Kasich

To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat.

George Crabbe

[One top AOL rival praised the open-access pledge.] Let's make it real -- and have it apply to everybody, ... Digital Jam .

Charles Brewer

There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.

Charles Caleb Colton

When her guests were awash with champagne and with gin,She was recklessly sober, as sharp as a pin.An abstemious man would reel at her look,As she rolled a bright eye and praised his last book.

William Plomer

My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others. That is nice but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.

Helen Hayes

Experimental innovators are most often praised for their wisdom and judgment. Their major contributions typically involve superb craftsmanship, the result of painstaking effort and experience acquired over the course of long careers.

David Galenson

[After the race, Maier praised the skier he had passed on the career list, Alberto Tomba of Italy.] He was a great skier, ... He was a perfect skier.

Hermann Maier

[Olivo praised Padres hitting coach Dave Magadan, who, as a minor league instructor, had given Olivo good grades when the 6-foot, 220-pounder was hitting line drives up the middle for Chicago's Double-A club.] Here, the hitting coach said see the ball and hit it, and swing how you want to, ... That's what I'm doing now.

Miguel Olivo

I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.

Dean Smith

If you live long enough, the venerability factor creeps in; you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.

I. F. Stone

To be narrowed into that top four was considered to be a pretty strenuous series of eliminations. (The members of the executive board) all praised the finalists for their qualifications.

Anne Barton

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.

Fiona Shaw

I believe she would be jealous of a fine day, if her husband praised it.

Hannah Moore

I praised him for writing the memo with the phrase 'may,' because certified teachers ... do not have to clean.

Diane Wildfong

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.

Mark Twain

It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.

Saint Bernard

My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.'

Helen Hayes

We'll get praised as a team or we'll get ripped as a team.

Shane Vandiver

Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised.

Marcus Aurelius

Everybody just praised the Lord, ... It was a pretty moving experience that evening.

Richard Barber

He walked out the bloody door and was never around. I'd admire him on TV -- listen to his words and opinions. But for someone who was praised for peace and love and wasn't able to keep that at home, that's hypocrisy.

Julian Lennon

The first game was the way I wanted it played. It's what we've been working on, and I praised them for it. We won a mental battle.

Scott Winfrey

Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.

Edmund Waller