The invention of the arts, and other things which serve the common use and convenience of life, is a gift of God by no means to be despised, and a faculty worthy of commendation.
— John Calvin
The commendation of apparent friends is more dangerous than reproach.
— Ellen White
Everybody likes compliment.
— Abraham Lincoln
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth.
— Anonymous
Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise.