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Never compare what other do best but do compare what you do best.
Never compare what other do best but do compare what you do best.
Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone
Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, read more
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter read more
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering
To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.
To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.
The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set read more
The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.
To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment
To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment
Its not its what your country can do for you what you could do for your country.
Its not its what your country can do for you what you could do for your country.
Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke
Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke