This is a great little 1 minute podcast from Gary Chapman on the value of verbal compliments:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-love-language-minute/id287679946?mt=2&i=1000428202081
In it, there is the Mark Twain quote “I could live for two months on a good compliment.”
He also shares biblical wisdom from Solomon:
“The tongue has the power of life and death.”
and
“An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.”
These are particularly important if your partner’s love language is Words of Affirmation (WoA).