Quotes about Applause

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

Upon common theaters, indeed, the applause of the audience is of more importance to the actors than their own aprobation. But upon the stage of life, while concience claps, let the world hiss! On the contrary if concience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.

Here are two things I found taking the long road, though: Applause is a quick fix. And love is an acquired taste.

You are wired like you and I am wired like me. The more fully we live into ourselves, the more impact we will have. Acting may get us the applause we want, but taking a risk on being ourselves is the only path toward true intimacy. And true intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming.

A man whose identity flows out of deep validation doesn't wilt under criticism. He enjoys applause when it comes but frankly isn't desperate for it. He can walk away from work at five o'clock; he doesn't measure his success by how much money he makes. We grow into this man, to be sure; I'm not setting a new standard of perfection. But what I am describing.

The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of other men! A weird life it is, indeed, to be living always in somebody else's imagination, as if that were the only place in which one could at last become real!

Having other comedians complimenting my work is the biggest accolade that I can get.

The more you worry about being applauded by others and making money, the less you'll focus on doing the great work that will generate applause. And make you money.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

Response to clapping: "Thank you for ovating."

I've talked to Bill Clinton - he's the ultimate rock star; no one's more charming than him. People clap in a restaurant when he finishes dinner! I don't get that treatment. I get it when I walk onstage, but not when I have dinner.