372 quotes found
“Those who doubt themselves will doubt you. Those who limit themselves will try to limit you. Do not fight them. Smile, go your own way, and trust that your example is enough.”
“The actions of a leader are always criticised by scholars as well as common men. A scholar has no obligation to produce result, so he is free to rebuke leaders for not sticking to noble means. Comm...”
“Your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it goes out. Once you know what the story is and get it right - as right as you can, anyway - it belongs to anyone who wants to re...”
“Dont 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!”
“Writers have to be tenacious to the point of being pathological. Rejection and criticism is assured.”
“There is a fine line between fair criticism and jealous assault.”
“Lie naked on the table, and let them cut. Criticism is surgery, and humility is the anesthetic that allows you to tolerate it. In the end, the process will make you a stronger, more flexible, and t...”
“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body; it calls attention to the development of an unhealthy state of things. If it is heeded i...”
“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”
“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.”
“You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.”
“How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.”
“Dont criticize what you dont understand, son. You never walked in that mans shoes.”
“It's far easier to write why something is terrible than why it's good. If you're reviewing a film and you decide "This is a movie I don't like," basically you can take every element of the film and...”
“In criticism, I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.”
“If Makar Denisych was just a clerk or a junior manager, then no one would have dared talk to him in such a condescending, casual tone, but he is a 'writer', and a talentless medio”
“You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything”
“It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.”
“It is not my methodology to engage too much with critics for many reasons:- I honestly believe that my ego is not worthy of my having to defend it. There are far more important things in the ummah ...”
“If only it were as easy to do the work of othersas it is to criticize their performance.”
