Praise Quotes (649 Quotes)
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- People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
(W. Somerset Maugham, "Of Human Bondage")
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- There are three things that none of the young men of the present generation can do.They can't sit over their wine;they can't play at wist;and they can't pay a lady a compliment.
(Wilkie Collins, "The Woman in White")
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- Praise everybody, I say to such: never be squeamish, but speak out your compliment both point-blank in a man's face, and behind his back, when you know there is a reasonable chance of his hearing it again. Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. As Collingwood never saw a vacant place in his estate but he took an acorn out of his pocket and popped it in; so deal with your compliments through life. An acorn costs nothing; but it may sprout into a prodigious bit of timber.
(William Makepeace Thackeray, "Vanity Fair")
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- A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by no means signifies that he respects her opinions, admires her understanding, or will refuse, though the rapier is denied him, to run through the body with his pen.
(Virginia Woolf, "Orlando")
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- What has praise and fame to do with poetry? Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice? So that all this chatter and praise, and blame and meeting people who admired one and meeting people who did not admire one was as ill suited as could be to the thing itself- a voice answering a voice.
(Virginia Woolf, "Orlando")
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- The greatest mystery about a human being is not his reaction to sex or praise, but the manner in which he contrives to put in twenty-four hours a day.
(Sinclair Lewis, "Main Street")
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- It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I have made it, something seems to have gone out of me. Perhaps one should never put one's worship into words.
(Oscar Wilde, "The Picture of Dorian Gray")
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- Jo's breath gave out here, and wrapping her head in the paper, she bedewed her little story with a few natural tears, for to be independent and earn the praise of those she loved were the dearest wishes of her heart, and this seemed to be the first step toward that happy end.
(Louisa May Alcott, "Little Women")
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- Jo's eyes sparkled, for it's always pleasant to be believed in; and a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs.
(Louisa May Alcott, "Little Women")
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- In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.
(Leo Tolstoy, "War and Peace")
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- The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.
(J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Two Towers")
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- But you must give my compliments to him. Yes - I think it must be compliments. Is not there a something wanted, Miss Price, in our language - a something between compliments and - and love - to suit the sort of friendly acquaintance we have had together? - So many months acquaintance! - But compliments may be sufficient here.
(Jane Austen, "Mansfield Park")
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- Not keep a journal! How are your absent cousins to understand the tenor of your life in Bath without one? How are the civilities and compliments of every day to be related as they ought to be, unless noted down every evening in a journal? How are your various dresses to be remembered, and the particular state of your complexion, and curl of your hair to be described in all their diversities, without having constant recourse to a journal?
(Jane Austen, "Northanger Abbey")
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- I wish I might take this for a compliment; but to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.
(Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice")
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- What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant?
(Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice")
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