CONPLIMENTS / FLATTERY

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“Concerning all of the things of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself happy that it is before YOU I am able to make my defense this day, especially since you are an EXPERT on all the customs as well as the controversies among the Jews. Therefore, I beg you to HEAR ME PATIENTLY.” - Apostle Paul (Writer, physician Luke) - Acts 26:2,3 - HOLY SCRIPTURES

Imitation is the sincerest flattery. – Mohandas Gandhi

Always remember you are truly unique—just like everyone else. – Margaret Mead

Kind words do not cost much.  They never blister our tongue or lips.  They make others good-natured.  They also produce their own image on men’s souls—and a beautiful image it is. – Blaise Pascal

Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone. – G. B. Stern

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. – Voltaire                                                                                                   

I go back to the kind of movie when a girl says, ‘I love you,’ it’s a declaration, not a demonstration. – Bob Hope

Praise is like champagne—it should be served while it is still bubbling. – ROBIN’S READER

By and large, language is a tool for concealing truth. – George Carlin

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. – Abraham Lincoln

Pictures are the only business where you can sit out front and applaud yourself. – Will Rogers

There is no harm in repeating a good thing. – Plato

The less you talk, the more you’re listened to. – Abigail Van Buren

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil – Victor Hugo      

The superior man is modest in his speech but decisive in his actions. – Confucius

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package. – John Ruskin

Talk is not wasted affection.  Affection is never wasted. – Henry W. Longfellow

I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty only being skin-deep.  That’s deep enough.  What do you want—an adorable pancreas? – Jean Kerr                    

“We artists love praise, but we love truth even better.” – Robert Shaw (Henry VIII) to Paul Schofield (Sir Thomas Moore) in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS – Robert Bolt (Screenplay”

Modesty is my best quality. – Jack Benny                                

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“Charm may be false and beauty may be fleeting, but the woman who fears Jehovah will be praised.” – King Solomon – Proverbs 31:30 – THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

Distance is a great promoter of admiration – Denis Diderot

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. – Helen Rowland

Beware of the woman who thinks much of her glory, but little of her reputation. – Victor Hugo

You have to love yourself or you will never be able to accept compliments from anyone. – Dean Wareham

A man’s kiss is his signature. – Mae West

Women are never disarmed by compliments.  Men always are.  That’s the difference between the sexes. – Oscar Wilde

“And remember this – each new day is a kiss, / sent from up above – with an angel’s love. / So here’s to you – may your skies be blue, / and your love be blessed – That’s my best to you.” –MY BEST TO YOU – Joni Mitchell

Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care. – Theodore Roosevelt

You know you’re old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes and you’re barefoot. – Phyllis Diller

Thank you for leaving us alone, but for giving us enough attention to boost our egos. – Mick Jagger

Don’t accept your dog’s admiration that you are wonderful. – Ann Landers

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed. – Josh Billings

There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments. – Chris Rock

Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on thick with a trowel. – Benjamin Disraeli                                  

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. – Edmund Burke

Gossip is what you say about the object of flattery when they aren’t present. – P. J. O’Rourke

I don’t take compliments very easily.  I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent. – James Taylor

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. – Dr. Joyce Brothers