Criticism Quotes Quotes & Sayings

Criticism often hides incompetence & increases vanity. Therefore critics are always more vain that the achievers they criticize. — Steve Cioccolanti

The main aim of some people is to criticize you to stop, and then they can start what you have stopped! Keep moving on in the right direction when you know deep within you where you are heading towards! Don't give up! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Listen and learn from others' criticism.It will tell you as much about you as it will about them. — Carol Vorvain

A critic is a legless man who teaches other people to run — Channing Pollock

A helping hand is better than a critical tongue. — Matshona Dhliwayo

True ability is undisturbed by pretentious criticism. — Joyce Rachelle

No matter what you do and how you do it, you will always be criticized. Do it anyway. — Debasish Mridha

Be too great, like the Sun, to retaliate when lesser men throw stones at you. — Matshona Dhliwayo

People quick to criticize others, but won't shine the light on themselves. You can't always judge a book by the outside appearance. You have to open it up and read in order to discover how precious it is. — Amaka Imani Nkosazana

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

I don't think that we should waste our time criticizing other people. Self-criticism allows us to be the best version of ourselves. — Braden Pedersen

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

Always be ready to help; never exercise your right to criticize. — Debasish Mridha

I am my own biggest critic. Before anyone else has criticized me, I have already criticized myself. But for the rest of my life, I am going to be with me and I don't want to spend my life with someone who is always critical. So I am going to stop being my own critic. It's high time that I accept all the great things about me. — C. JoyBell C.

Great minds find beauties and appreciate it. Average minds find commonalities and compare. Small minds find the problems and criticize. — Debasish Mridha

A small temptation can stop a great glory and turn great joy into a great sorrow — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

My friend, stay positive! It is really good to always stay positive. You don't really give a damn to negative people, circumstances and things! You only learn lessons from them that can help you take precautions to always stay positive for positive footprints! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Success needs vision to see, passion to transcend, patience to withstand and the character to overcome failures. — Amit Ray

People will not refrain from criticizing. But one should not keep on criticizing. The world is such that it will run smoothly without any criticism. This world is not worth interfering in. It is just worth 'Knowing'. — Dada Bhagwan

To teach someone something, appreciate even the slightest improvements and avoid criticism. — Debasish Mridha

Criticism always produces negative reactions, but appreciation always creates positive actions. — Debasish Mridha

There is always something behind what is wrong and to change what is wrong, mind the things behind what is wrong! So many people are quick enough to see what is wrong only, and they criticize so blindly! When you see what is wrong, see why, who and what is behind what is wrong. — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Fear cannot capture us, criticism cannot harm us, and pride cannot make us fall. — Donna Goddard

Society in its boundless ignorance ridicules the caterpillar but praises the butterfly. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Critics do not determine how high an eagle flies. — Matshona Dhliwayo

When you become worthy of people's worship, you will be able to attain moksha (liberation), you cannot go to moksha just like that. Reproach (criticism) by people is the cause of a life in the lower realms. — Dada Bhagwan

The tower of success stands on the pillars of vision, action, patience and the character to withstand criticisms. — Amit Ray

Anyone can criticize. It is important to be a person who can appreciate and show the way to betterment. — Debasish Mridha

Criticizing anyone is tantamount to criticizing their worship or devotion (aradhana). It is a grave mistake. It is fine if you cannot support someone, but do not criticize them at all. If there is any criticism, then there is no science of the Vitarag Lords [the enlightened ones]; there is no religion there at all, there is no oneness at all. — Dada Bhagwan

Appreciation always enhances performance. Criticism destroys the enthusiasm. — Debasish Mridha

Let your actions be the answer to criticism. — Debasish Mridha

Even the slightest criticism of others is an impediment (hindrance) to Absolute Knowledge (Kevalgnan, Absolute Enlightenment). It also hinders Atmagnan (Knowledge of the Self), also hinders Samkit (Self-realization). — Dada Bhagwan

Trying to fit in will not change a society. To change it, you have to be brave, fearless, and strong enough to withstand societal criticism so that you may break the boundary and let light come in. — Debasish Mridha

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

Be ready for huge failures to achieve huge success,
Be receptive for criticism. It can be constructive too.! — Harsh Malik

When we carry the thoughts of negativity and self-criticism, we inspire just what we don't want: poor health and an unattractive physical body. — Dashama Konah Gordon

Ignore cynicism, appreciate criticism, and embrace optimism. — Debasish Mridha

Everyone is looking for approval and appreciation even when they ask for criticism. — Debasish Mridha

The way contemporary literature is emerging, soon we can expect "Item poetry" in novels. — Himmilicious

Only a man of knowledge is capable of giving constructive criticism. — Eraldo Banovac

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. Aristotle — Aristotle.

Support cripples ability, pity smothers courage,
But criticism glistens rusted brilliancy. — Akshmala Sharma

The higher you rise, the smaller your enemies. — Matshona Dhliwayo

We earn the respect of our peers by laboring to quell our critics' justified disapproval. We earn self-respectability by schooling the wisdom to ignore unfair condemnation. We learn goodness by witnessing other person's lives and by performing unsolicited acts of kindnesses. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Never fear criticism. Use the information to grow your thinking power. — Debasish Mridha

If they throw sticks at you,
build a house.
If they throw stones at you,
build a mansion.
If they throw bricks at you,
build a palace. — Matshona Dhliwayo

It does not matter whatsoever, what the people around you think you can or cannot do. What really matters is what you think about your capabilities. — Abhijit Naskar

Take seriously the criticisms on yourself, then you move forward; ignore the criticisms on yourself, then you move backwards because in every criticism there is at the least some truth! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

have patience or be a patient. Have patience in preparation moments or be a patient after preparation moments — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Never criticize. Remember that no one deserves it more than the one who is criticizing. — Debasish Mridha

Never criticize, complain or condemn. Never forget to appreciate with love what is good in a person. — Debasish Mridha

Self-criticism and negative thoughts about yourself will attract people who reflect this back to you, showing critical behavior and can abuse you physically. — Hina Hashmi

Human life is not for suffering criticism. If it is the truth and there is no nagging or insistence upon it, others will accept it in their hearts. And if it is the truth and you nag or insist upon it, it will not touch others. — Dada Bhagwan

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

If you have to criticize, do it with deep understanding and love. — Debasish Mridha

Encouragement is more constructive than criticism. — CARLA EVANS

When you are loving, kind, and appreciative, you can help change others without using criticism. — Debasish Mridha

The criticisms that are often presented to us by some in the conservative Jewish community about our Palestinian version are: first, that the U.S. is not in conflict with "Palestine" (quotes are theirs) and second, that Conflict Kitchen should counter the Palestinian viewpoints it presents with pro-Israeli viewpoints, otherwise we are spreading dangerous propaganda. — Jon Rubin

You should praise, criticize and flirt with people right to their face, only then it will make a difference. — Amit Kalantri

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

The critic who doesn't accept a criticism, is a hypocrite — Valgame

One genuine criticism is more precious than a thousand false praises! — Avijeet Das

My inner goddess confirms that staring at a beautiful/rich/powerful face is the basis of True Love. — Jess C. Scott

Small people have small minds, and thus deride big dreamers.
Small people have small hearts, and thus disparage big chancers.
Small people have small souls, and thus disdain big achievers. — Matshona Dhliwayo

It is always easier to find fault and criticize than it is to find beauty and appreciation. — Debasish Mridha

Don't fear criticism; fear stagnation. — Debasish Mridha

Taking in another's criticism, even when it's offered out of love, requires courage. — Sharon Salzberg

There is a fine line between fair criticism and jealous assault. — Fennel Hudson

Ignore negative criticisms, focus on positive thoughts. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Never expect to be accepted without criticism. Never forget to appreciate. — Debasish Mridha

Literature has become merely a tool for culture studies. — Anuradha Bhattacharyya

The Buddha encouraged people to "know for yourselves that certain things are unwholesome and wrong. And when you do, then give them up. And when you know for yourselves that certain things are wholesome and good, then accept them and follow them."
The message is always to examine and see for yourself. When you see for yourself what is true-and that's really the only way that you can genuinely know anything-then embrace it. Until then, just suspend judgment and criticism. — Steve Hagen

The fear of criticism stagnates the power of creativity. — Debasish Mridha

To those who value words of affirmation, criticism feels like a knife in the heart. — Paul E. White

A healthy person can accept criticism. — Adrian Rogers

Forget to criticize, but never forget to enjoy criticism. — Debasish Mridha

By encouraging the critic in themselves (the hater) they have killed the artist (the lover). — Brenda Ueland

If they judge God, remember, they will judge you. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Beauty surrounds us, but oftentimes it takes a person with a poetic perception, an artist's way of looking at the world, to first notice the sublime, and then stagecraft the splendor of nature so that other people can perceive their synoptic vision. The spirit and aesthetic intention behind the work is what assigns the work its artistic quality. Great works of poetry and writing, for instance, express not simply a criticism of life, but also encompass a philosophy for living. — Kilroy J. Oldster

I'm determined that I won't give up on my dreams for anything. I have evolved in these years. Learned and outgrown a lot many things including the unrealistic expectations of my family,fake relationships,society's criticism,surpassed people who are intimidated by my outspoken nature, Faux friends and especially the people who disappear in dark whenever they think its easier for them to do so. I have grown over stupid and useless conversations. The insecurity and the feeling of self doubt. I have never been less burdened. — Parul Wadhwa