Be as much troubled by unjust praises, as by unjust slanders

FLATTERY

Be as much troubled by unjust praises, as by unjust slanders.

Philip Henry

A Puritan Golden Treasury, compiled by I.D.E. Thomas, by permission of Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA. 2000, p. 110.

Backslappers help us feel better about ourselves, but we don’t actually profit by them. Real change and emotional growth come by facing our weaknesses and personality defects as others see us.

Ted W. Engstrom

The Making of a Christian Leader, Zondervan, 1976, p. 96. www.zondervan.com.

Gossip is saying behind a person’s back what you would never say to his or her face; flattery is saying to a person’s face what you would never say behind his or her back.

Kent Hughes