Praise doesn't mean anything to me. I don't judge myself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't know that praise is always a good thing.
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.
I thought acknowledging praise meant you were arrogant, but I've learned that knowing your strengths enables you to make use of them.
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.
We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.
For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!
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.
Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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