63 Best Criticism Quotes & Sayings
Criticism is the expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes.
1. Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Eleanor Roosevelt
2. If people criticize you, hurt you or shout at you, don't bother. Just remember that in every game, audience make the noise not the players.
Anonymous
3. Be Open To Criticism But Don't Be Affected By It. Criticism Is Meant To Help You Be A Better Person. Learn From It.
Anonymous
4. Never Assume That Every Critic is a Hater. Not Everyone is Hating on You. Some People Are Telling You the TRUTH.
Anonymous
5. Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.
Anonymous
6. Learn To See The Difference Between Constructive And Destructive Criticism.Appreciate The Constructive, Ignore The Destructive.
John Douglas
7. The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
Norman Vincent Peale
8. Those who spend their time looking for the faults in others usually make no time to correct their own.
Anonymous
9. There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.
Zig Ziglar
10. Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from your own.
Anonymous
11. When you are not attached to praise or criticism, an interesting freedom is yours.
Kute Blackson
12. Criticism comes to those who stand out.
Seth Godin
13. Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
14. Criticism is information that will help you grow.
Hendrie Weisinger
15. People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
W. Somerset Maugham
16. Pay more attention to your Creator than your critics.
Anonymous
No matter how good of a person you are, there will always be someone criticizing you.
Anonymous
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18. A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.
Kenneth Tynan
19. Acknowledge criticism, be not subdued by it, keep it within as a constant reminder, to provoke you enough to fight and disprove it.
Will Rogers
20. All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn't read it the way you read history or science.
Leslie Fiedler
21. All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
Anonymous
22. Criticism is a nasty habit that can belittle a spouse and break trust in a relationship. Focus more on the positive.
Rabbi Shiomo Slatkin
23. Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
Aristotle
24. Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
Winston Churchill
25. Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.
Frank A. Clark
26. Critics are entitled to have an opinion, but how can they judge how comfortable a building is? No critic is smart enough to judge how a building will perform over time.
Helmut Jahn
27. 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
28. Don't let people's compliments go to your head and don't let their criticisms go to your heart.
Anonymous
29. Don't mind criticism. If it is untrue, disregard it_ if unfair, keep from irritation_ if it is ignorant, smile_ if it is justified it is not criticism, learn from it.
Anonymous
30. Don't mind criticism. If it is untrue, disregard it_ if unfair, keep from irritation_ if it is ignorant, smile_ if it is justified it is not criticism, learn from it.
Anonymous
31. Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.
Mason Cooley
32. Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
Francois de La Rochefoucaulc
33. Friends criticism is their own jealously.
Anonymous
34. He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
Abraham Lincoln
35. Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.
Franklin P. Jones
36. How to take criticism like a champ. Listen to everyone, no matter how painful. Acknowledge good points made by the other side. Admit when you make mistakes and learn from them. You can disagree without being disrespectful. Depersonalize criticism by not identifying with it. Remember not everyone knows what is best for you.Anyone who has done anything great has had critics. It’s part of being a success.Know the difference between your core values and when you are just being stubborn. Try your best to never resort to personal attacks or insults. You can understand someone’s point of view without necessarily agreeing with them. Consider criticism a necessary component to growth and personal evolution. Actively encourage others to give healthy and constructive criticism. Taking criticism like a champ takes practice and experience.
Anonymous
37. I Think Criticism Of Good. I think criticism of good work should stop somewhere.
Sharad Pawar
38. I think it's ignorance of both the Christian religion and politics to think that Christians have to be Republican.
Amy Moree
39. If critics of 'readable fiction' want literature to change the ways people dream, they need first to come down from the mountain and speak to the people.
Graham Joyce
40. If you are afraid of criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
Anonymous
41. If you can't take a little criticism then please don't criticize others.
Anonymous
42. If you don't have critics, you probably don't have success either.
Anonymous
43. If you're not open to constructive criticism, then you're not open to truly growing as a person.
Anonymous
44. In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you’ve achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.
Lynn Johnston
45. It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.
Daisaku Ikeda
46. I've always looked on criticism as a sort of envious tribute.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
47. Learn how to take criticism seriously but not personally.
Hillary Clinton
48. My criticism is too severe sometimes and that is not good. But why … But why don’t you start doing your work unless your leader flies into a rage? It is not that you cannot do it but that you don’t want to do it.
Zhu Rongji
49. Often people that criticise your life are usually the same people that don't know the price you paid to get where you are today.
Shannon Alder
50. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.
Jean Sibelius
51. Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.
LOUISE L. HAY
52. Suicide is the most sincere form of self-criticism.
Robert Heinlein
53. The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
A. E. Housman
54. There is only one way to avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
Anonymous
55. These who criticize you directly for your faults are your friends, not those who appear nice even when you're wrong.
Dezhung Rinponche
56. They criticize the silent ones. They criticize the talkative ones. They criticize the moderate ones. There is no one in the world who escapes criticism.
Thich Nhat Hanh
57. Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
Isaac D'Israeli
58. To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
Elbert Hubbard
59. To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
Elbert Hubbard
60. Treat praise and criticism the same way_ let it go in one ear and out the other.
Anonymous
61. We all have our limitations, but when we listen to our critics, we also have theirs.
Robert Brault
62. Whatever you do, good or bad, people will always have something negative to say.
Anonymous
63. Women are the harshest critics of other women.
Joy Bryan