Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
Define yourself. Never give anyone any chance to define you by their definitions. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
“During your struggle society is not a bunch of flowers, it is a bunch of cactus.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck. — Eli Wallach Copy Share Image
Criticism is no threat to your self-esteem or identity, but rather informs you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can deal with the criticism of myself. I get mad when people talk about my teammates. — Brian Urlacher Copy Share Image
Dodi got a lot of criticism when he began dating Princess Diana. No one seemed to think he was good enough for… — Lorna Luft Copy Share Image
You will get criticism throughout your career. All the best players have had it at some stage, and they haven't let it… — Jordan Henderson Copy Share Image
I lose my patience, and I own it too, When works are censur'd, not as bad but new; While if our Elders… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
People will judge you no matter what, so be who you are and what you want to be. Don't worry about what… — Sarah Moores Copy Share Image
Self-criticism, like self-administered brain surgery, is perhaps not a good idea. Can the 'self' see the 'self' with any objectivity? — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“It's okay to offer criticism if your intention is to be helpful. But if you only criticize when there is an audience… — Karen E. Quinones Miller Copy Share Image
Merciless criticism and independent thinking are the two necessary traits of revolutionary thinking. — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
Its important not to fall victim to what people think of you...or their criticism,live you life the way you want,be free after… — Raymond Mosweu Copy Share Image
I think that's unjustified criticism. We have had a number of measures in place in this country for several years to mitigate… — Ann Veneman Copy Share Image
“The truth is: Everyone will judge you. But this depends upon your intellectual capacity whether you are able to distinguish constructive criticism… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A bad short story or novel or poem leaves one comparatively calm because it does not exist, unless it gets a fake… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
“In the struggle against that state of affairs criticism is no passion of the head, it is the head of passion. It… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Personally, I can handle criticism, especially when it is deserved, and it's because my dad never, ever said 'Well done' to me.… — Granit Xhaka Copy Share Image
“Criticizing and objecting to everything means an attempt to destruction. If you do not like something, try to make something better than… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
Toby Tyrrell unravels the various formulations of Gaia and explains how recent scientific developments bring the hypothesis into question. His criticisms are… — Francisco J. Ayala Copy Share Image
Joseph Conrad was a thoroughgoing racist. That this simple truth is glossed over in criticisms of his work is due to the… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I don't know but a book in a man's brain is better off than a book bound in calf--at any rate it… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Sure, we have an obstacle, ISIS. They can do great damage. They can do great damage and they scare the living hell… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
It is often said that the progression from simple to complex runs counter to the normal statistics of chance that are formalized… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
The effect, if not the prime office, of criticism is to make our absorption and our enjoyment of the things that feed… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Part of what Milton valued in a good book then was contact with the mind of an author rendered otherwise inaccessible by… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
To oppose the policies of a government does not mean you are against the country or the people that the government supposedly… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
“And when you are foolish enough to identify yourself as a poet, your interlocutors will often ask: A PUBLISHED Poet? And when… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
It is useless to check the vain dunce who has caught the mania of scribbling, whether prose or poetry, canzonets or criticisms,--let… — Sarah Josepha Hale Copy Share Image
I am not disturbed by criticism or insults. It's all about having faith in yourself. — Gonzalo Higuain Copy Share Image
“The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.” — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Criticism is nonsense. TV shows and newspapers just want to fill the space. — Ronaldo Copy Share Image
I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
