"Consider carefully before you say a hard word to a man, but never let a chance to say a good one go by. Praise judiciously bestowed is money invested."
- George Horace Lorimer

"I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing with an exception."
- Richard Steele

"I have yet to find a man, whatever his situation in life, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he ever would do under a spirit of criticism."
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