Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People are very sincere in their praise, and you can't take it lightly.
One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child.
In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.
What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.
True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.
I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.
I don't know that praise is always a good thing.
Over the years, I've become barraged by comments from people, such as, 'Beam me up, Scotty!' and I became defensive. I felt they were derisive and engendered an attitude. I am grateful for the success, but didn't want to be mocked.
Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.