George S. Patton Quotes

Don't wait until people do things exactly right before you praise them.

Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising.

Wanted: More Praise I cannot help believing that the world will be a better and a happier place when people are praised more and blamed less; when we utter in their hearing the good we think and also gently intimate the criticisms we hope may be of service. For the world grows smaller every day. It will be but a family circle after a while.

We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.

We love to receive praise, but usually we're not certain what message, precisely, we should take from it. On the other hand, when someone points out our flaws, we realize immediately that something needs to change.

If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.

A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job!

I try hard to always question myself and wonder, 'What could I have done better? What did I do wrong?' The culture at our company is to be self-critical, but you have to balance that as a leader with praise for your team.

People often say, 'I don't need recognition,' and the truth is they are right. We don't need it. But like healthy food and exercise, life is a whole lot better with it.

I compliment people when I see something I really like and tell them, 'That was good. Keep doing what you're doing.' That's as much as advice as you will get out of me.

People flourish if they’re praised.

I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.

praise is a great tonic, and helps most people to do their best.

Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise.

How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel.

Help People Reach Their Full Potential Catch Them Doing Something Right

It's always nice to get good feedback, and a bit of encouragement can go a long way.

You may be liberal in your praise where praise is due: it costs nothing; it encourages much.

Criticism? An artist wants praise. Praise.

A little praise goes a great ways.

Being critical is not something I like to do. I like to appreciate and inspire.

Let the master praise him, and say, 'Here ye do well.' For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.