Quotes of: Criticism Keyword

To train a citizen is to train a critic. The whole point of education is that it should give a man abstract and eternal standards, by which he can judge material and fugitive conditions.

All Is Grist: A Book of Essays

A young man is the perfect soldier. He has great potential for aggression and a limited critical capacity - or none at all - with which to analyze it and judge how to channel it.

The Angel's Game

Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

How to Win Friends and Influence People

High creativity is responding to situations without critical thought.' - John Cleese

It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be

The wound you refuse to dress is one that will never heal. You gush lifeblood and never even know why. It will make you weak at a critical moment when you need to be strong.

Iced

No sooner do I conquer a bad habit than I become the biggest critic of anyone who still does what I just stopped doing.

Jesus Is _______.: Find a New Way to Be Human

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.

Release The Ink

One problem with the work of the New Critics was that their close readings, no matter how brilliant, could not deliver all they seemed to promise.

Reading the Waste Land: Modernism and the Limits of Interpretation

I had a dream. In the dream someone was critical of my newest novel The Snail's Castle. I said, "don't worry about it. If you don't like it, just throw it out the window." I awoke, grinning, with a wonderful feeling of freedom.

The Snail's Castle

Being overly critical of yourself is like having a relentless, inescapable bully who follows you everywhere you go and abuses you.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

For the achiever the battle with critics is a slow war of attrition. Let time do the dirty work for you.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Excessive self-criticism is a bad habit and extraordinarily self-destructive. Don't be your own worst enemy!

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Having inner peace means committing to letting go of self-criticism and self-doubt.

Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation

Finally a woman confesses! Confess what? What women never allowed themselves to confess. What men always criticized on them: they only obey the blood and everything is sex on them, even the spirit.

Story of O

I stopped hating and started just being. My whole life, I had been the most defensive person you'd meet, unable to tolerate any criticism. But now I started listening and being.

Scar Tissue

It is easy for us to criticize the prejudices of our grandfathers, from which our fathers freed themselves. It is more difficult to search for prejudices among the beliefs and values we hold.

Practical Ethics

Just for the record the weather today is slightly sarcastic, with a good chance of A. indifference and B. disinterest in what the critics say.

Panic! at the Disco: A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

For those of you who really want to give critical thought to your unique leadership style and foster genuine followership, learn from what’s out there and weave it into something meaningful and authentic.

Talent Mindset

Red Carpet Events:Sitting on the couch and watching people who actually chase their goals and dreams; criticizing what they’re wearing… and wondering why we’re depressed.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics remind me of middle-class parents who do not allow their children to play in the street.

The Unemployed Fortune-Teller: Essays and Memoirs

When the sum of our faith and humility is sufficient, it reaches a type of spiritual critical mass and hope is fostered and grows. A willing heart emerges which generates the ability for us to submit to the process of recovery.

The Waterfall Concept