Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it's really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on. Ann Patchett badcriticismcrush share on social
Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing. Arnold H. Glasow hearpraisesense Change image and share on social
Praise doesn't mean anything to me. I don't judge myself. Chuck Berry judgepraise Change image and share on social
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! Thomas Ken blessingcreaturefather Change image and share on social
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 can't get too much. I don't consider it to be a quantity that you can measure by volume. Christoph Waltz accumulatehavelong share on social
Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child. Phyllis McGinley childdeservedesirable Change image and share on social
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Samuel Johnson diamondgoldowe Change image and share on social
Praise now is one of the great duties of the redeemed. It will be their employment for ever. Albert Barnes dutyemploymentgreat Change image and share on social
Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works. John Keats abstractbeautyblame Change image and share on social
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. Pearl S. Buck bestowblamefreeze Change image and share on social
