Quotes about Compliments

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them. Votes: 4

Compliments and criticism are all ultimately based on some form of projection. Votes: 4

Compliments win friends, honesty loses them. Votes: 3

Compliments are only lies in court clothes. Votes: 3

Compliments you pay to yourself aren't worth having. Votes: 3

Compliments and praise, for their part, are tragic expressions of fulfilled needs Votes: 3

If you're criticized then you can use it as an experience. Compliments, you can't use. Votes: 3

You know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoot. Votes: 3

Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising. Votes: 3

Did not you? I did for you. But that is one great difference between us. Compliments always take you by surprise, and me never. Votes: 3

Compliments are the helium that fills everyone's balloon; they elevate the person receiving them so he or she can fly over life's troubles and land safely on the other side. Votes: 3

When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart. Votes: 3

Compliments of congratulation are always kindly taken, and cost nothing but pen, ink and paper. I consider them as draughts upon good breeding, where the exchange is always greatly in favor of the drawer. Votes: 3

Compliments and flattery oftenest excite my contempt by the pretension they imply; for who is he that assumes to flatter me? To compliment often implies an assumption of superiority in the complimenter. It is, in fact, a subtle detraction. Votes: 3

Compliments make me vain: & when I am vain, I am insolent & overbearing. It is a pity, too, because I love compliments. I love them even when they are not so. My child, I can live on a good compliment two weeks with nothing else to eat. Votes: 3

Accepting what others see as your strengths is crucial to your continued growth. Compliments are a gift. They are an opportunity for you and another person to connect in a powerful, positive way. How did you handle the last compliment directed at you? Did you accept it? Votes: 3

A compliment is verbal sunshine Votes: 2

We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled. Votes: 2

It's always the compliments from people you love that mean so much. Votes: 2

A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself. Votes: 2

There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments. Votes: 2

You have to love yourself or you'll never be able to accept compliments from anyone. Votes: 2

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes. Votes: 2

I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent. Votes: 2

You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity. Votes: 2

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. Votes: 2

When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet. Votes: 2

Nothing is worse than a beautiful girl fishing for compliments by saying how gross she is. On the flip side, I find genuine humility and modesty attractive. Votes: 2

I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know? Votes: 2

Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do. Votes: 2

I hate receiving compliments; I hate being told I'm talented or people think I'm going to be a movie star. I always feel that it's forced and fake. Votes: 2

I take compliments and I take constructive criticism. Not everyone loves you. It's the way you react as a footballer. I use it all to make me play better. Votes: 2

I think I've become the go-to mustache man. It works in period pieces. Modern-day mustaches are probably creepy. But I get compliments - everyone's like, 'Wow, love the 'stache, dude.' Votes: 2

Sure, the job of high school teachers is not to tear down students' self-esteem. But it's certainly not to inflate students' sense of self-worth with a bunch of unearned compliments and half-truths. Votes: 2

I really think that you have to find a partner that compliments you and is somebody that pushes you and is better at some things than you are, so they can push you to improve yourself as a person. Votes: 2

In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the guitarist is doing, and then you play something that compliments that, so you are thinking simultaneously and thinking ahead. Votes: 2

I really think that you have to find a partner that compliments you and is somebody that pushes you and is better at some things than you are, so they can push you to improve yourself as a person. That's my take. Votes: 2

There aren't really many compliments flying around with me and my friends. It's a lot of tough love. But you know, that love is there, and if you need to have a serious conversation, you just gotta wait for the right time to do it. Votes: 2

I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get more than my share of compliments as I walk through my daily life. I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way. Votes: 2

Criticism is worth so much more than compliments. Votes: 1

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. Votes: 1

Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone Votes: 1

To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment Votes: 1

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke Votes: 1

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me gay Votes: 1

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering Votes: 1

I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception Votes: 1

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is pleasing a woman enormously when he says to her a whole heap of things that he doesn't mean Votes: 1

You can't eat compliments. Votes: 0

Alayana would forget my compliments Votes: 0

I don't give out compliments easily. Votes: 0

Complaints bring misery; compliments brings strength. Votes: 0

I guess other people's compliments motivate you. Votes: 0

People give out compliments because it's polite. Votes: 0

I never get tired of hearing compliments. Votes: 0

I can take criticisms but not compliments. Votes: 0

I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now. Votes: 0

Pay with compliments and you will always be wealthy. Votes: 0

I've gotten so many compliments for having nice feet. Votes: 0

I love it when a guy compliments my vibe. Votes: 0

Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility. Votes: 0

He wanted pure compliments, just as he wanted unconditional love. Votes: 0

I am not always happy with the compliments Estonia has received. Votes: 0

If compliments were food, I'd have starved to death 28 years ago. Votes: 0

There's nothing better than listening to music that compliments my mood. Votes: 0

I told my sons to remember to always thank people for compliments. Votes: 0

Anytime anyone compliments me on my figure, I'm wearing my Spanx undies. Votes: 0

My mom told me when I get compliments to cover my ears. Votes: 0

All I do is lie, and that has made me immune to compliments. Votes: 0

I was as terrible at giving compliments as I was at receiving them. Votes: 0

We learn to praise God not by paying compliments but by paying attention. Votes: 0

I don't like compliments. No. I prefer criticisms; prefer to prove them wrong Votes: 0

A few good compliments produce a wealth of good and often financial benefits. Votes: 0

The habit of paying compliments kept a man's tongue oiled without any expense. Votes: 0

Women need food, water, and compliments That's right. And an occasional pair of shoes. Votes: 0

True humility is being able to accept criticisms as graciously as we accept compliments. Votes: 0

I dont like compliments. I prefer criticism..then I can prove those people wrong. Votes: 0

Very handsome women have usually far less sensibility to compliments than their less beautiful sisters. Votes: 0

You have to love yourself or you'll never be able to accept compliments from anyone Votes: 0

Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off. Votes: 0

They say that you can't live by bread alone, but I can live on compliments. Votes: 0

Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments. Votes: 0

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Votes: 0

There's so many great, fantastic compliments I need to give that girl. Three words isn't enough. Votes: 0

As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness. Votes: 0

Get not your friends by bare compliments but by giving them sensible tokens of your love. Votes: 0

You know how I love talking about books, and you know how I adore receiving compliments. Votes: 0

A reproof entereth more into a woman of sense than an hundred compliments into a fool. Votes: 0

I get the worst compliments all the time. 'Oh you're Asian? I love orange chicken.' Votes: 0

She kept up her compliments, and I kept up my determination to deserve them or die. Votes: 0

Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears. Votes: 0

So effortlessly dance compliments melodies, when imperfections of two come together through movements... evolving into one light. Votes: 0

You are fairly smart," I said after a while. "You are fairly good at compliments," he answered. Votes: 0

Sincere compliments cost nothing and can accomplish much. In any relationship, they are the applause that refreshes. Votes: 0

I'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose. Votes: 0

Sincere compliments cost nothing and can accomplish so much. In ANY relationship, they are the applause that refreshes. Votes: 0

I would not have discredited every one of their compliments. It was your approval I wanted, your congratulations. Votes: 0

What honour that, But tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies. Votes: 0

It takes a million compliments to build you up and one insult to send it all crashing down. Votes: 0

The highest compliments leaders can receive are those that are given by the people who work for them. Votes: 0

I've received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize me Votes: 0

I'm a Libra. If someone compliments me, I'll say something nice to them. I like to give out compliments. Votes: 0

When someone compliments you, listen, but don't believe it. Praise or blame are immaterial. You know what you are. Votes: 0

I'll leave you with one that I have hanging on my office wall, compliments of Nike: Impossible is nothing. Votes: 0

Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments. Votes: 0

There are so many questions to be answered and so many personal compliments that we appreciate so very much. Votes: 0

I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done. Votes: 0

When someone compliments me on my physique, positive attitude, or enthusiasm, I walk on air the rest of the day. Votes: 0

I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more. Votes: 0

I don't take compliments so well. I always hang my head and shuffle and kind of try to immediately forget. Votes: 0

Don’t let people’s compliments go to your head and don’t let their criticisms go to your heart. Votes: 0

You can receive all the compliments in the world, but that won't do a thing unless you believe it yourself. Votes: 0

The West didn't see our real situation, and we were blinded by the compliments coming from the Europeans and Americans. Votes: 0

Romance is about the little things - small loving gestures, hugs, saying 'I love you' (and meaning it), and sincere compliments. Votes: 0

You look wonderful", Jason said. "No compliments, Jason. I'm uncomfortable enough in the lingerie." "Then by all means take it off. Votes: 0

I throw out compliments to strangers all the time, because I would like it back at me, and do unto others. Votes: 0

I'm really bad at taking compliments, but whenever I get them, I tell myself, 'Way to go, girl' and move on. Votes: 0

If anything I was probably loved and praised too much as a child. I think that's why I can't accept any compliments. Votes: 0

I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on. Votes: 0

Using my nipples as bait, I went fishing for compliments. I got a few bites, but nothing to write about in Field & Stream. Votes: 0

He who sports compliments, unless he takes good aim, may miss his mark, and be wounded by the recoil of his own weapon. Votes: 0

As long as you don't compliment yourself, your environments and your job, you will always be miserable. Complaints bring misery, compliments brings strength. Votes: 0

There is an Irish way of paying compliments as though they were irresistible truths which makes what would otherwise be an impertinence delightful. Votes: 0

His small compliments and offhand remarks formed a new scripture, and in breathless conversations and lonely, dream-drunk nights they built whole theologies from them. Votes: 0

If you think a complimentary thought about someone, don't just think it. Dare to compliment people and pass on compliments to them from others. Votes: 0

To best influence someone's behavior, be a personal example. - Be the one who points out the bright side and serves compliments rather than complaints. Votes: 0

Fashion is not an investment. If you wear a dress and don't get many compliments, you won't wear it again. It's not like buying bonds. Votes: 0

I take no leave of you, Miss Bennet: I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased. Votes: 0

Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They’re the only things we can pay. Votes: 0

There's a lot of intensity when you're on a set. And then it just goes away and no one's giving you attention or flooding you with compliments. Votes: 0

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz. Votes: 0

It's where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this. Plus it's not a purse, it's called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one. Votes: 0

To pay compliments to the one we love is the first method of caressing, a demi-audacity venturing. A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. Votes: 0

It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming. Votes: 0

Conventional compliments often take the form of judgments however positive, and are sometimes offered to manipulate the behavior of others. NVC encourages the expression of appreciation solely for celebration. Votes: 0

I think it's important to see where compliments are coming from - if they're compliments about your inside, your heart, or if they're about your physicality or your personality. Votes: 0

I hope that each one of us will be a better husband or wife, kinder to one another, more thoughtful, more restrained in criticism, and more generous with compliments. Votes: 0

My rule is if one person says it, a thousand people want to say it. That goes for compliments too. I try to balance it out in my head. Votes: 0

I would rather hear the pleased laugh of a child over some feature of my exhibition than receive as I did the flattering compliments of the Prince of Wales. Votes: 0

I've gotten a lot of compliments on the 'Criminal Minds' guy. I guess it's because the look of that character is so different from what people expect of me. Votes: 0

I take compliments and I take constructive criticism. Not everyone loves you. It's the way you react as a footballer. I use it all to make me play better. Votes: 0

I think I've become the go-to mustache man. It works in period pieces. Modern-day mustaches are probably creepy. But I get compliments - everyone's like, 'Wow, love the 'stache, dude. Votes: 0

Men accept compliments much better than women do. Example: "Mitch, you look great." Mitch: "Thanks." On the other side: "Ruth, you look great." Ruth: "I do? Must be the lighting." Votes: 0

Women have to embrace ambition if they want to. I had a lot of trouble taking compliments in the beginning, and it's really important for women to embrace their title. Votes: 0

Women do come up to me, and they tell me what they think! I've gotten great compliments on my eyes and my smile. But I don't see myself as sexy. Votes: 0

I want to give my compliments to Australia. Ever since your government paid a few million dollars for a Jackson Pollack painting, I figure that it must be a marvellous country. Votes: 0

Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted. Votes: 0

I want to give my compliments to Australia. Ever since your government paid a few million dollars for a Jackson Pollack painting, I figure that it must be a marvellous country Votes: 0

Nothing makes people so worthy of compliments as receiving them. One is more delightful for being told one is delightful-just as one is more angry for being told one is angry. Votes: 0

Is there not 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? Votes: 0

I might be too strung out on compliments, overdosed on confidence/ Started not to give a f- and stop fearing the consequence/ Drinking every night because we drink to my accomplishments. Votes: 0

At the conclusion of my argument I received very high compliments from the Chief Justice and later from other of the Judges. What they said I do not care to repeat. Votes: 0

I love your bracelet!’ I said to the brunette next to me, because, while most girls are onto the whole stranger-with-candy thing, the strangers-with-compliments strategy is still remarkably effective. Votes: 0

Fans of football and fans of nationhood have a similar zeal. Read the fanzines: their contributors could find a needle-sized diss in a haystack of compliments, and their passions are fundamentalist. Votes: 0

I do love compliments, yet I'm often embarrassed to say what I think to the person when I get a compliment. I so often feel that they have not gone far enough. Votes: 0

There is a wide difference between general acquaintance and companionship. You may salute a man and exchange compliments with him daily, yet know nothing of his character, his inmost tastes arid feelings. Votes: 0

We must be very careful when we say that somebody giving you compliments about your looks should be offensive. I think women really should look at why they're being offended by that. Votes: 0

It was the nearest to a casualty on the Spray in her whole course, so far as I know. The young man having come on board with compliments made the mishap most embarrassing. Votes: 0

I'm very introverted, so it requires a huge effort for me to put on a smile and extend a hand and accept compliments. I would much rather be insulted than complimented any day. Votes: 0

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is pleasing a woman enormously when he says to her a whole heap of things that he doesn't mean. Votes: 0

I love when I get compliments on my shirts all the time. I'm a t-shirt guy, and I think nine times out of 10, they have some kind of super hero character on them. Votes: 0

These are things I love, things I've worn. I get more compliments on accessories than anything else. I think they're kind of like herbs and spices. They give zest and zing to an outfit. Votes: 0

Become abundant with your compliments to others. We're all so fragile, especially when we put on a brave face. A sincere compliment can penetrate beneath even the most sophisticated masks to soothe troubled souls. Votes: 0

I like to have my hand on every single plate that goes out. It's really a good feeling when someone compliments your meal, and you had everything to do with making it. It's very rewarding. Votes: 0