It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.
So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's own efforts.
It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.
One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.
People are very sincere in their praise, and you can't take it lightly.
I take praise as not just a reward and a result but also as the beginning of a new process.
I don't know that praise is always a good thing.
You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.