Criticism Of Others Quotes

If on your own or by the criticism of others you discover error in your work, correct it then and there; otherwise in exposing your work to the public, you will expose your error also.

The individual who fears the criticism of others is no different from the one who seeks their praise. Both are shadow figures, fading into the landscape, lacking the will to act for themselves.

I didn't write poems for a number of years after graduate school because the criticisms of other students in the workshops wouldn't quiet down in my mind when I tried to work.

Successful people ask for the criticism of others and consider its merit.

After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.

It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.

One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself

If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.

I must congratulate myself, in passing, for never having lost the ability to examine my conscience, never having lost the gift of finding myself wanting & defective. Why fear the criticism of others when you, yourself, are first out of the critical gate? If self-denigration is the race I am the winner, even before the starting gun. Collect the bets.

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors that all his pictures are crooked.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

Criticism of others is futile and if you indulge in it often you should be warned that it can be fatal to your career.

People who quoted the Scriptures in criticism of others were terrible bores and usually they misapplied the text. One could prove anything against anyone from the Bible.

Sectarian feelings and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided.

We are all born with an open heart, but at some point as we are growing up, things happen in our lives where we start to shut down, like rejection, not fitting in, wanting approval, judgments, comparisons, and criticism of others.

Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

Restricted immigration is not an offensive but purely a defensive action. It is not adopted in criticism of others in the slightest degree, but solely for the purpose of protecting ourselves. We cast no aspersions on any race or creed, but we must remember that every object of our institutions of society and government will fail unless America be kept American.

If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them.

It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.

It is not the critic who counts

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

Though Israel may often be deserving of criticism, what is missing is the comparable criticism of equal or greater violations by other countries and other groups. This constant, often legitimate criticism of Israel for every one of its deviations, when coupled with the absence of legitimate criticism of others, creates the impression currently prevalent on university campuses and in the press that Israel is among the worst human rights violators in the world....it is not true, but if it is repeated often enough, it takes on a reality of its own.

I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.