Detractor Quotes & Sayings

The demagogue is usually sly, a detractor of others, a professor of humility and disinterestedness, a great stickler for equality as respects all above him, a man who acts in corners, and avoids open and manly expositions of his course, calls blackguards gentlemen, and gentlemen folks, appeals to passions and prejudices rather than to reason, and is in all respects, a man of intrigue and deception, of sly cunning and management. — James F. Cooper

I've learned that possibly the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear - not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation - you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face. — Pete Carroll

The most intangible, and therefore the worst, kind of a lie is a half truth. This is the peculiar device of a conscientious detractor. — Washington Allston

Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is. — Bob Goff

When your heart is calm and filled with love, you will not be touched by stress or anxieties. — Debasish Mridha

The misfortune of a young man who returns to his native land after years away is that he finds his native land foreign; whereas the lands he left behind remain for ever like a mirage in his mind.
However, misfortune can itself sow seeds of creativity.
Afterword to "Hothouse" Brian Aldiss — Brian W. Aldiss

If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works. — Jamie Zawinski

Stripped of their property, crushed and mutilated, they still embody the nobility of Israel and the eternity of God, while their enemy - who is your enemy as well - embodies all that is most vile in man. I shall act not as their detractor, but as their melitz yosher, their intercessor. — Elie Wiesel

There is a red sandy beach in the Minas Basin in Nova Scotia that is unlike any other shore landscape I have ever seen. The world's highest tides wash its shores, and the soft cliffs of Blomidon Provincial Park are constantly crumbling away; whole trees will occasionally slide down to the sea to decay slowly in the wind and brine. — John Burnside

I would give a lot to actually be able to glamour China into not wanting ivory. I can't even tell you how much I would give to be able to stop the illicit trade of Africa's wildlife, and to just look into the president of China's eyes and say, "You don't want this anymore, your country doesn't want this anymore," and have it be done. That would be great. — Kristin Bauer Van Straten

Next to the joy of the egotist is the joy of the detractor. — Agnes Repplier

CHALLENGE -
Instead of losing motivation, empower yourself to prove detractors wrong — Kamil Ali

We [women] have borne and bred and washed and taught, perhaps to the age of six or seven years, the one thousand six hundred and twenty-three million human beings who are, according to statistics, at present in existence, and that ... takes time. — Virginia Woolf

I think of my own epitaph, still to be written, and all the places I'll wander. No longer rooted, but gold, flowing. I feel a thousand capacities spring up in me. -Violet — Jennifer Niven

You can, of course, be a sexy, strong female and be a good role model. — Ricki-Lee Coulter

Learn to love, enjoy and embrace what you have in the here and now. That's all you really need to be happy. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Sometimes it's good to let people swim in ocean of ignorance and let them struggle to the shores of enlightenment. — Uzoma Nnadi

That's the sad thing about it, is that you don't know. And you certainly don't know when you quickly meet somebody. But even as you know somebody longer, it's really hard to know. Obviously you go on your gut feeling but that can be wrong too. ANd it's terrible to have to be wary about people, because it is not my nature, but I've been burned a few times and you just have to careful. — Joan Jett

Lord Rothschild had access to all manner of leaders and experts. He was responsible only to the Prime Minister and answerable to neither the electorate nor the civil service chiefs. — Derek Wilson