“Some people find fault like there’s a reward for it.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
“Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you’re a mile away from them - and you have their shoes!” -Henny Youngman (Henry ‘Henny’ Youngman (1906 - 1998))
“I never criticize anyone. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.” -Charles Schwab (Charles Michael Schwab (1862 - 1939))
Critics
What one approves, another scorns,
And thus his nature each discloses;
You find the rosebush full of thorns,
I find the thornbush full of roses.
By Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943)
“I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.” -Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.))
“All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.” -Author Unknown
“Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it. Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy. Guard your fragile life carefully. Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996))
“If criticism had any real power to harm, the skunk would be extinct by now.” - Fred Allen (born John Florence Sullivan (1894 - 1956))
“The question is not what a man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and appreciate.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
“The reason to not take things personally is to understand that what people say about you is a reflection of them, not you.” -Author Unknown
“Wink at small faults.” -John Clarke (1596 - 1658): “Proverbs: English and Latine” (1639)
“The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch somebody else doing it wrong, without comment.” -Theodore H. White (Theodore Harold White (1915 - 1986))
“Discouraged people don’t need critics.” -Charles Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 1934))
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“Sandwich every bit of criticism between two thick layers of praise.” -Mary Kay Ash (born Mary Kathlyn Wagner (1918 - 2001))
“Usually our criticism of others is not because they have faults, but because their faults are different than ours.” -Roger Eastman
“Much of what people attempt to pass off as criticism or even constructive criticism is actually condemnation and an effort to slight, wound, or destroy another person. You must develop a hard protective shell around your essential self to stop the slings and arrows of the critical and judgmental people you will encounter throughout your lifetime.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish.” -Barbara Sher (born 1935)
The stones that critics hurl with harsh intent
A man may use to build his monument.
-Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943)
Riddle: What is easier to give than receive?
Solution: Criticism.
“I’ve been all over the world and I’ve never seen a statue of a critic.” -Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
“Pay no attention to what the critics say; there has never been set up a statue in honor of a critic.” -Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one would find fault with what he had done.” -John Henry Newman (also known as Cardinal Newman (1801 - 1890))
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“Long experience has taught me that to be criticized is not always to be wrong.” -Anthony Eden (Robert Anthony Eden (1897 - 1977)): in a speech at the Lord Mayor’s Guildhall banquet during the Suez crisis, as quoted in the “Daily Herald” (10 November 1956) newspaper
“Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem.” -H. Burke Peterson (Harold Burke Peterson (1923 - 2013)): ‘Preparing the Heart,’ in “Ensign” (May 1990) magazine, page 83
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“A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.” -Christopher Morley (Christopher Darlington Morley (1890 - 1957))
“Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance, and kindness.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955)))
“Criticizing another’s garden does not keep the weeds out of your own.” -Author Unknown
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“Since we have so many critics in society, perhaps we need another group of people to criticize the critics, mostly about the fact that there are too many of them.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Sometimes people try to expose what’s wrong with you because they can’t handle everything that’s right about you.” -Author Unknown
“I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools.” -Plato (about 427 - about 347 B.C.E.): “Protagoras”
“The man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.” -Charles Schwab (Charles Michael Schwab (1862 - 1939))
“I’m too rich to care what the critics say.” -Mel Gibson (Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born 1956))
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“Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace.” -Judith Martin (also known by the pseudonym Miss Manners (born Judith Perlman in 1938))
“Blowing out someone else’s candle doesn’t make yours burn any brighter.” -Author Unknown
“He who fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own.” -Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873))
“Make it your habit not to be critical about small things.” -Edward Everett Hale (1822 - 1909): as quoted in Jessie K. Freeman and Sarah S. B. Yule, editors: “Thoughts Selected from the Writings of Favorite Authors” (1901)
“The sad part about life is that we tend to comment only on those who do it wrong and neglect to balance it with praise for those who do it right.” -Keith Ready
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“When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.” -Louis Nizer (1902 - 1994)
“Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you’re a mile away from them - and you have their shoes!” -Henny Youngman (Henry ‘Henny’ Youngman (1906 - 1998))
“I never criticize anyone. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.” -Charles Schwab (Charles Michael Schwab (1862 - 1939))
Critics
What one approves, another scorns,
And thus his nature each discloses;
You find the rosebush full of thorns,
I find the thornbush full of roses.
By Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943)
“I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.” -Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.))
“All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.” -Author Unknown
“Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it. Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy. Guard your fragile life carefully. Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996))
“If criticism had any real power to harm, the skunk would be extinct by now.” - Fred Allen (born John Florence Sullivan (1894 - 1956))
“The question is not what a man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and appreciate.” -John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
“The reason to not take things personally is to understand that what people say about you is a reflection of them, not you.” -Author Unknown
“Wink at small faults.” -John Clarke (1596 - 1658): “Proverbs: English and Latine” (1639)
“The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch somebody else doing it wrong, without comment.” -Theodore H. White (Theodore Harold White (1915 - 1986))
“Discouraged people don’t need critics.” -Charles Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 1934))
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“Sandwich every bit of criticism between two thick layers of praise.” -Mary Kay Ash (born Mary Kathlyn Wagner (1918 - 2001))
“Usually our criticism of others is not because they have faults, but because their faults are different than ours.” -Roger Eastman
“Much of what people attempt to pass off as criticism or even constructive criticism is actually condemnation and an effort to slight, wound, or destroy another person. You must develop a hard protective shell around your essential self to stop the slings and arrows of the critical and judgmental people you will encounter throughout your lifetime.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish.” -Barbara Sher (born 1935)
The stones that critics hurl with harsh intent
A man may use to build his monument.
-Arthur Guiterman (1871 - 1943)
Riddle: What is easier to give than receive?
Solution: Criticism.
“I’ve been all over the world and I’ve never seen a statue of a critic.” -Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
“Pay no attention to what the critics say; there has never been set up a statue in honor of a critic.” -Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one would find fault with what he had done.” -John Henry Newman (also known as Cardinal Newman (1801 - 1890))
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“Long experience has taught me that to be criticized is not always to be wrong.” -Anthony Eden (Robert Anthony Eden (1897 - 1977)): in a speech at the Lord Mayor’s Guildhall banquet during the Suez crisis, as quoted in the “Daily Herald” (10 November 1956) newspaper
“Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem.” -H. Burke Peterson (Harold Burke Peterson (1923 - 2013)): ‘Preparing the Heart,’ in “Ensign” (May 1990) magazine, page 83
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“A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.” -Christopher Morley (Christopher Darlington Morley (1890 - 1957))
“Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance, and kindness.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955)))
“Criticizing another’s garden does not keep the weeds out of your own.” -Author Unknown
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“Since we have so many critics in society, perhaps we need another group of people to criticize the critics, mostly about the fact that there are too many of them.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Sometimes people try to expose what’s wrong with you because they can’t handle everything that’s right about you.” -Author Unknown
“I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools.” -Plato (about 427 - about 347 B.C.E.): “Protagoras”
“The man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.” -Charles Schwab (Charles Michael Schwab (1862 - 1939))
“I’m too rich to care what the critics say.” -Mel Gibson (Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born 1956))
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“Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace.” -Judith Martin (also known by the pseudonym Miss Manners (born Judith Perlman in 1938))
“Blowing out someone else’s candle doesn’t make yours burn any brighter.” -Author Unknown
“He who fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own.” -Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873))
“Make it your habit not to be critical about small things.” -Edward Everett Hale (1822 - 1909): as quoted in Jessie K. Freeman and Sarah S. B. Yule, editors: “Thoughts Selected from the Writings of Favorite Authors” (1901)
“The sad part about life is that we tend to comment only on those who do it wrong and neglect to balance it with praise for those who do it right.” -Keith Ready
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“When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.” -Louis Nizer (1902 - 1994)
“Criticism of others is futile and if you indulge in it often you should be warned that it can be fatal to your career.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955)))
“Movie Critic: A person who gives the best jeers of his or her life to the theater.” -Author Unknown
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“Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.” -Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
“What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself.” -Thomas Sprat (1635 - 1713)
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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire (pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778))
“People who judge others are insecure about themselves.” -Author Unknown
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“Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people that he was made American Ambassador to France. The secret of his success? ‘I will speak ill of no man,’ he said, ‘. . . and speak all the good I know of everybody.’ Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving. ‘A great man shows his greatness,’ says Carlyle, ‘by the way he treats little men.’” -Dale Carnegie: “How to Win Friends and Influence People” (1936): ‘Part 1: Fundamental Techniques in Handling People,’ page 36
“Judge not, that ye be not judged.” -Matthew: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Matthew,’ chapter 7, verse 1
“If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.” -François de La Rochefoucauld (also known as François Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680))
“Court not the critic’s smile, nor dread his frown.” -Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)
Hypercritical: Excessively and unreasonably critical, especially of small faults.
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“The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals and have no hope of rising in their own self-esteem but by lowering their neighbors.” -William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
“To avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915)): as quoted in Fra Elbertus (pseudonym of Elbert Green Hubbard): “The Motto Book” (1909)
“People who try to whittle you down are only trying to reduce you to their size.” -Author Unknown
“Don’t worry about what people say about you; they are busy finding faults in your life instead of fixing the faults in their own lives.” -Author Unknown
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“Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.” -Bill Nye (Edgar Wilson ‘Bill’ Nye (1850 - 1896)), referring to Richard Wagner (Wilhelm Richard ‘Richard’ Wagner (1813 - 1883))
“Criticism comes easier than craftsmanship.” -Zeuxis of Heraclea (464 B.C.E. - 400 B.C.E.)
“You can run with the big dogs or sit on the porch and bark.” -Wallace Arnold (Wallace C. Arnold)
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“When one dog barks another will join it.” -Author Unknown
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“Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good.” -P. G. Wodehouse (Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881 - 1975)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“Faults are the easiest things to find.” -Author Unknown
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“Wouldn’t it be nice if we could find other things as easily as we find fault?” -Author Unknown
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“The Moon could not continue shining if it had to pay attention to all the dogs barking at it.” -Author Unknown
Overheard: People who have time to point out others’ mistakes have time to do some work.
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“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))
“No matter how criticisms are presented, they are nonetheless opinions and usually nothing more, and are often of no more value than opinions have ever been.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Criticism is a life without risk.” -John Lahr (born 1941): “Light Fantastic: Adventures in Theatre” (1996)
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“Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.” -Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931): as quoted in Robin Waterfield, editor: “The Voice of Kahlil Gibran: An Anthology” (1995)
“No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there’s something bad about it. Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there’s somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, ‘Oh, you can’t do that . . .’” -Tom Clancy (Thomas Leo ‘Tom’ Clancy, Junior (1947 - 2013))
“Pay more attention to your Creator than your critics.” -Author Unknown
“Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.” -H. Jackson Brown, Junior (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (born 1940))
“It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.” -Democritus of Abdera (about 460 B.C.E. - about 370 B.C.E.)
“Critics are a kind of freebooters in the republic of letters - who, like deer, goats, and divers other gramniverous¹ animals, gain subsistence by gorging upon buds and leaves of the young shrubs of the forest, thereby robbing them of their verdure², and retarding their progress to maturity.” -Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)
¹gramnivorous: feeding on grass
²verdure: the fresh green color of vegetation
“Restrain your tongues in criticism of others. It is so easy to find fault. It is so much nobler to speak constructively.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))
“Go ahead. Judge me. Just remember to be perfect the rest of your life.” -Author Unknown
“Those who can, do. Those who can’t, criticize.” -Robin Sharma (born 1965)
“Be a doer and not a critic.” -Tony Blair (Anthony Charles Lynton ‘Tony’ Blair (born 1953))
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“Criticism does not make you smarter or better than the one you are criticizing. In fact, the stuff you are critical of in others is the same stuff you don’t like about yourself.” -Iyanla Vanzant (born 1953 as Rhonda Eva Harris)
“It is easier to pull down than to build up.” -Author Unknown
“The price of success is to bear the criticism of envy.” -Denis Waitley (Denis E. Waitley (born 1933))
“When we criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.” -Richard Carlson (1961 - 2006)
“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember - the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
“People criticized me. So I changed. But people still criticized me. So I changed more. And still people criticized me. Then finally I realized it’s what they will do, no matter what. And I changed once more, by no longer listening to those people.” -Brian Vaszily (Brian William Vaszily (born 1970))
“Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.” -Dave Willis (born 1970)
“There’s not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault.” -Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)
“‘Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages you’ve had.’” -F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)): “The Great Gatsby,” Chapter 1
“In reality, the world have payed* too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.” -Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754): “Tom Jones” (1749), book 5, chapter 1
*payed: variant spelling of ‘paid,’ the past-tense of ‘pay.’
“Become known for building ideas, not for finding fault.” -Richard A. Moran: “Never Confuse a Memo with Reality”
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“The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900))
“It is ridiculous for any man to criticize the works of another if he has not distinguished himself by his own performances.” -Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
“When criticized, consider the source.” -Author Unknown
“If you are always finding fault, you will seldom find anything else.” -Author Unknown
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“Answer them with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument.” -Gioacchino Rossini (Gioacchini Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868)), commenting on critics
“Let he who is without fault cast the first stone.” -Jesus of Nazareth: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘John,’ chapter 8, verse 7
“Sooner or later your work speaks for itself. Outlasting critics feels like it will take a very long time, but you’re more patient than they are.” -Seth Godin (Seth W. Godin (born 1960)) at https://www.sethgodin.com/
“The faults we find in others are our own.” -Author Unknown
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“Anybody can point out anybody else’s bad qualities. If you want to distinguish yourself, go around pointing out good qualities.” -Author Unknown
“Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.” -Author Unknown
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“Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.” -Teresa of Ávila (born Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada (1515 - 1582))
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“Movie Critic: A person who gives the best jeers of his or her life to the theater.” -Author Unknown
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“Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.” -Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
“What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself.” -Thomas Sprat (1635 - 1713)
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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire (pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778))
“People who judge others are insecure about themselves.” -Author Unknown
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“Benjamin Franklin, tactless in his youth, became so diplomatic, so adroit at handling people that he was made American Ambassador to France. The secret of his success? ‘I will speak ill of no man,’ he said, ‘. . . and speak all the good I know of everybody.’ Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving. ‘A great man shows his greatness,’ says Carlyle, ‘by the way he treats little men.’” -Dale Carnegie: “How to Win Friends and Influence People” (1936): ‘Part 1: Fundamental Techniques in Handling People,’ page 36
“Judge not, that ye be not judged.” -Matthew: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Matthew,’ chapter 7, verse 1
“If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.” -François de La Rochefoucauld (also known as François Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680))
“Court not the critic’s smile, nor dread his frown.” -Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)
Hypercritical: Excessively and unreasonably critical, especially of small faults.
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“The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals and have no hope of rising in their own self-esteem but by lowering their neighbors.” -William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
“To avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915)): as quoted in Fra Elbertus (pseudonym of Elbert Green Hubbard): “The Motto Book” (1909)
“People who try to whittle you down are only trying to reduce you to their size.” -Author Unknown
“Don’t worry about what people say about you; they are busy finding faults in your life instead of fixing the faults in their own lives.” -Author Unknown
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“Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.” -Bill Nye (Edgar Wilson ‘Bill’ Nye (1850 - 1896)), referring to Richard Wagner (Wilhelm Richard ‘Richard’ Wagner (1813 - 1883))
“Criticism comes easier than craftsmanship.” -Zeuxis of Heraclea (464 B.C.E. - 400 B.C.E.)
“You can run with the big dogs or sit on the porch and bark.” -Wallace Arnold (Wallace C. Arnold)
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“When one dog barks another will join it.” -Author Unknown
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“Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good.” -P. G. Wodehouse (Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881 - 1975)): as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
“Faults are the easiest things to find.” -Author Unknown
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“Wouldn’t it be nice if we could find other things as easily as we find fault?” -Author Unknown
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“The Moon could not continue shining if it had to pay attention to all the dogs barking at it.” -Author Unknown
Overheard: People who have time to point out others’ mistakes have time to do some work.
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“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))
“No matter how criticisms are presented, they are nonetheless opinions and usually nothing more, and are often of no more value than opinions have ever been.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Criticism is a life without risk.” -John Lahr (born 1941): “Light Fantastic: Adventures in Theatre” (1996)
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“Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.” -Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931): as quoted in Robin Waterfield, editor: “The Voice of Kahlil Gibran: An Anthology” (1995)
“No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there’s something bad about it. Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there’s somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, ‘Oh, you can’t do that . . .’” -Tom Clancy (Thomas Leo ‘Tom’ Clancy, Junior (1947 - 2013))
“Pay more attention to your Creator than your critics.” -Author Unknown
“Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.” -H. Jackson Brown, Junior (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (born 1940))
“It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.” -Democritus of Abdera (about 460 B.C.E. - about 370 B.C.E.)
“Critics are a kind of freebooters in the republic of letters - who, like deer, goats, and divers other gramniverous¹ animals, gain subsistence by gorging upon buds and leaves of the young shrubs of the forest, thereby robbing them of their verdure², and retarding their progress to maturity.” -Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)
¹gramnivorous: feeding on grass
²verdure: the fresh green color of vegetation
“Restrain your tongues in criticism of others. It is so easy to find fault. It is so much nobler to speak constructively.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))
“Go ahead. Judge me. Just remember to be perfect the rest of your life.” -Author Unknown
“Those who can, do. Those who can’t, criticize.” -Robin Sharma (born 1965)
“Be a doer and not a critic.” -Tony Blair (Anthony Charles Lynton ‘Tony’ Blair (born 1953))
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“Criticism does not make you smarter or better than the one you are criticizing. In fact, the stuff you are critical of in others is the same stuff you don’t like about yourself.” -Iyanla Vanzant (born 1953 as Rhonda Eva Harris)
“It is easier to pull down than to build up.” -Author Unknown
“The price of success is to bear the criticism of envy.” -Denis Waitley (Denis E. Waitley (born 1933))
“When we criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.” -Richard Carlson (1961 - 2006)
“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember - the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
“People criticized me. So I changed. But people still criticized me. So I changed more. And still people criticized me. Then finally I realized it’s what they will do, no matter what. And I changed once more, by no longer listening to those people.” -Brian Vaszily (Brian William Vaszily (born 1970))
“Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.” -Dave Willis (born 1970)
“There’s not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault.” -Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)
“‘Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages you’ve had.’” -F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)): “The Great Gatsby,” Chapter 1
“In reality, the world have payed* too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.” -Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754): “Tom Jones” (1749), book 5, chapter 1
*payed: variant spelling of ‘paid,’ the past-tense of ‘pay.’
“Become known for building ideas, not for finding fault.” -Richard A. Moran: “Never Confuse a Memo with Reality”
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“The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.” -Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900))
“It is ridiculous for any man to criticize the works of another if he has not distinguished himself by his own performances.” -Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
“When criticized, consider the source.” -Author Unknown
“If you are always finding fault, you will seldom find anything else.” -Author Unknown
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“Answer them with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument.” -Gioacchino Rossini (Gioacchini Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868)), commenting on critics
“Let he who is without fault cast the first stone.” -Jesus of Nazareth: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘John,’ chapter 8, verse 7
“Sooner or later your work speaks for itself. Outlasting critics feels like it will take a very long time, but you’re more patient than they are.” -Seth Godin (Seth W. Godin (born 1960)) at https://www.sethgodin.com/
“The faults we find in others are our own.” -Author Unknown
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“Anybody can point out anybody else’s bad qualities. If you want to distinguish yourself, go around pointing out good qualities.” -Author Unknown
“Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.” -Author Unknown
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“Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.” -Teresa of Ávila (born Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada (1515 - 1582))
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