Chad Harbach Quotes

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

A little praise goes a great ways.

You're good, you're real good.

We all need to be recognized for what we're doing, for our work. Every once in a while we need someone to come up to us and say, 'You're beautiful. That was well done. That's nice.'

Tony Bennett said to me, "Wow, your talent is amazing." Maybe he's a bore, maybe he's a jerk, but when he said that to me, I didn't need anything more than that.

To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

I think every human being in the world appreciates being encouraged and acknowledged.

Sometimes you have to praise players.

I am really thankful towards those who appreciate my work and who encourage me.

Recognition is a reward in itself. Any form of appreciation, even a small word, is important.

Thank you for all your good and beautiful work.

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

A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.

Remember praise is more valuable than blame.

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 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.

Being snubbed is not always a bad thing at awards shows because you end up getting a lot of people coming up to you and telling you how great you are.

A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.

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

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

One of the greatest motivating factors is the pat on the back, although with some individuals, you have to make the pat a little lower or a little harder.

I don't get tired of hearing that somebody liked my work.

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.