Skip to content
Real.Good.Work.
Good Work. Real Work. Really Good.
  • What We Do
  • About Us
    • About You
    • About Phil – Short
    • About Philindo – Long
  • Contact
  • Search
Real.Good.Work.
  • Search
  • What We Do
  • About Us
    • About You
    • About Phil – Short
    • About Philindo – Long
  • Contact
Home » Quotes » Samuel Butler on Praise
Quotes

Samuel Butler on Praise

by Phil|Published November 19, 2008

The advantage of doing one’s praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

— Samuel Butler (1835-1902), from The Way of All Flesh

AUTHOR

Phil
Real.Good.Work. with Phil Marsosudiro -- advisor, consultant and coach for spiritually guided business people.
172 posts

You may also like

Published October 22, 2013

“Politics… should be the most heart-filled thing we do.” — Marianne Williamson

Spiritualist Marianne Williamson is running for Congress in California, hoping to bring more “heart” to the political process as an enlightened lawmaker. […]

We Cannot Be All Things…
Published June 3, 2007

We Cannot Be All Things…

“[N]o company can succeed today by trying to be all things to all people. It must instead find the unique value that […]

Published June 17, 2018

Errors of Commission. Errors of Omission.

Errors come in two different categories: (1) doing a wrong thing and (2) failing to do the right thing. We call these […]

Cicero on Needs
Published October 7, 2008

Cicero on Needs

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. — Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) Cicero’s political career […]

Post navigation

  • Previous post Opinions x 5
  • Back to post list
  • Next post “Practicing economies that may not deserve the name”

© 2026 Real.Good.Work. – All rights reserved

Powered by WP – Designed with the Customizr theme