Criticism Quotes

It's too easy to criticize a man when he's out of favour, and to make him shoulder the blame for everybody else's mistakes.

Nine times out of 10, criticism is a defense mechanism. We criticize in others what we don't like in ourselves.

Cookbooks, it should be stressed, do not belong in the kitchen at all. We keep them there for the sake of appearances; occasionally, we smear their pages together with vibrant green glazes or crimson compotes, in order to delude ourselves, and any passing browsers, that we are practicing cooks; but in all honesty, a cookbook is something you read in the living room, or in the bathroom, or in bed.

Most people say that Shakespeare rocked merely because most people say that Shakespeare rocked.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Criticize me if you can, but that won't stop me from saying what i like, my mouth is mine, and not yours.

Michael Bassey Johnson

Negative people will always be there to stain your pure image with their dirty tongues and brushes, but you'll always remain as white as snow, no matter how high the quality of paint they use.

Michael Bassey Johnson

Never talk to waiters like that," Kit said."Can I help it," he said, "if I only went one year to finishing school?""It isn't manners," she said like a sensible schoolteacher quietly disciplining a small boy, "it just isn't smart."I thought of the time I first told him not to say ain't. He took this the same way, a little peeved but making mental notes. I noticed he was never too much of an egotist to take criticism when he knew it would help. It was part of his genius for self-propulsion. I was beginning to see what Kit had for Sammy. Of course she stood for something never within his reach before. But it was more than that. Sammy seemed to know that his career was entering a new cycle where polish paid off. You could almost see him filing off the rough edges against the sharp blade of her mind.

Critical feedback shared in good faith is inherently a constructive dialogue. A “critique,” a term that is both a noun and a verb, represents the systematical application of critical thought, a disciplined method of analysis, expressing of opinions, and rendering judgments.

Kilroy J. Oldster

You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.

You’re too sensitive’ victims of sexual abuse are told over and over by those whose reality depends on being insensitive. Most adults who have been in the victim role cringe when anyone tells them they are sensitive. In fact, sensitivity is a lovely trait and one to be cherished in any human being.

Renee Fredrickson

I believe more youths stay out of leadership positions because of the fear of indequacy and criticisms.

There are braying men in the world as well as braying asses; for what's loud and senseless talking and swearing, any other than braying?

Sir Roger L'Estrange

A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena. A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey. A nightingale does not stop singing its beautiful song at the intrusion of an annoying woodpecker.

If you say something and reject any criticism, then your words truly meant to advise yourself.

Toba Beta

No-one ever built a statue of a critic.

Don’t perceive the facts as a false criticism or else you lose badly! Because facts are facts and they need to be respected and be taken into consideration promptly!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Discard negative comments, criticism and influences.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Those who find it hypocritical of others to use, say, a smartphone, to speak ill of capitalism, needs to be reminded that capitalism is an ideology, not a technology.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I think I'd rather be liked than loved. It just seems as if more criticism and chastening is shown to those we love, while kind manners and compassion are reserved for those we simply like. So, I hope you like me.

Richelle E. Goodrich

When they try to judge you,remember, they themselves are judged.When they try to condemn you,remember, they themselves are condemned.When they try to break you,remember, they themselves are broken.When they try to hurt you,remember, they themselves are hurting.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Had she any respect for him at all, his words would've affected her. But no value accompanies comments spewed from the mouth of a brute.

Richelle E. Goodrich

Always be ready for criticism for there shall always be people who shall be ready always to criticize you. The positive lesson you learn from your critics, is the most important thing which matter and not just the matter!

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

We are all guilty of sin, error, and moments of sheer stupidity; none of us should be casting stones. The occasional arced pebble might be overlooked.

Richelle E. Goodrich

The Church being what she is cannot have the instincts of a gentleman.

George Everett Macdonald

One of the Christian's biggest fears is appearing 'too Christian'. God forbid, because that's often characterized as god-awful! We want to be one, but without being 'one of them'.

A small temptation can stop a great glory and turn great joy into a great sorrow

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

When the same lessons of life that taught them teaches you, you get a good understanding of what made them become who and what they became; you appreciate them better and you uphold the dignity of their integrity in high esteem!

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Write it as easy as you think about the difficulty

One of the bigger mistakes of our time, I suppose, was preaching the demonization of all judgment without teaching how to judge righteously. We now live in an age where, apart from the inability to bear even good judgment when it so passes by, still everyone, inevitably, has a viral opinion (judgment) about everything and everyone, but little skill in good judgment as its verification or harness.

If everybody likes you, you are doing it wrong.

Criticism of others. Criticism of 'self'.Criticism is the lack of compassion, insecurity of 'self' there a self defense mechanism is to put others down to feel superior EVEN IF you disagree with their lifestyle. Let go of your 'Self'.And if you have acted wrongly according to your own self-standard. Let go of your 'self'.Recognize when others are criticizing and 'choose' not to conform to the unconscious acts of others. Be aware, let go.

Matthew Donnelly

Everyone else believes in you. The major problem is that not all can let you know as in the way you may wish. Some will only let you know through their tests of criticism!

Israelmore Ayivor

You can cease to be influenced by people who tease you... Just neglect their helps and elevate your steps... You can do it!

Israelmore Ayivor

If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?

E.A. Bucchianeri

One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.

If you are afraid of the critics you will never write a word

Bangambiki Habyarimana

He who don't understand the real essence of critics and oppositions in the journey of life criticizes and opposes himself, knowingly or unknowingly, in his journey of life.

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag.

Feminists believe that women should be protected from certain aspects of public life, including speech..... Feminists do not want to engage in aspects of life they disagree with. Instead, they want to silence what they don’t like through censorship and criminalisation. Feminists believe that women need protection from words.Finally, contemporary feminists do not believe that women are independent, free-thinking individuals. Feminists promote a cliquey, sisterhood mentality, but not through a collective and positive sharing of ideas. They’re the kind of group you’d encounter at school who would shun you if you weren’t wearing the right kind of hairband. Today’s feminism is opposed to criticism and nuance, refusing to allow women to form their own opinions or challenge preconceived ideas.

Nature gives children great emotional resilience to help them survive the oppressions of being small, but these oppressions still make them into slightly insane adults, either mad to seize all the power they once lacked or (more usually) mad to avoid it.

Not until we leave bad situations for worst situations, we shall least value and appreciate bad situations which shield us from the worst situation

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

To claim that one can never live a positive life with a negative mind is a very negative claim to make!

All great people had critics but they still believe in the beauty of their dreams, fully persuaded to stay focused and determined for the realisationof their dreams.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Take the path less traveled and learn from your mistakes. Don’t just let life happen around you; control your future. Learn to ask questions, set small goals, and dream of big ones. Absorb any criticism and let it fuel you. Convince others that you are worthy of your dream, and show them that you are willing to put up a damn good fight for it.

Matthew T. Cross

The opinion of success matters more than the opinions of your critics.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Believe in yourself, not in your critics.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The bigger the bricks critics throw at you the bigger the palace you are going to build.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.

Matshona Dhliwayo

They fired arrows at me, but I did not fire back. I picked them up instead to build my castle.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Don’t believe the negative criticisms.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Speaking a painful truth should be done only in love - like wielding a sword with no hilt - it should pain oneself in direct proportion to the amount of force exerted.

Often those that criticise others reveal what he himself lacks.

Shannon L. Alder

Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened.

Matshona Dhliwayo

When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.

Matshona Dhliwayo

As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too must do what you do best without worrying about who is ridiculing you.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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