“With no positivity, there is no hope; with no negativity, there is no improvement.” — Criss Jami Constructive criticism Copy Share Image
Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities. — Criss Jami Creative Copy Share Image
“On the inside, the copycats of the ruffians are more delicate than the copycats of prudes.” — Criss Jami Acceptance Copy Share Image
It's easy to make a mess when you're not the one who has to clean it up. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Competition works best in sports, but humans get addicted to stuff. — Criss Jami Competition Copy Share Image
If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“We live in an age so legalistic, we find it hard to imagine someone wanting to obey their Lord simply because they… — Criss Jami God Copy Share Image
Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't… — Criss Jami Child Copy Share Image
It takes a courageous fool to say things that have not been said and to do things that have not been done. — Criss Jami Courage Copy Share Image
“Love is boss when everything you hear about a person is filtered through their enemies, yet you still choose to love them.” — Criss Jami Boss Copy Share Image
You can't be a rebel without the scars that come with it. Truth is, some days scars are just as ugly as… — Criss Jami Beautiful Copy Share Image
When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I always make sure that the world will prove me right. It gives me the freedom to contradict myself. — Criss Jami Freedom Copy Share Image
One does not have to be a philosopher to be a successful artist, but he does have to be an artist to… — Criss Jami Art Copy Share Image
If you use a philosophy education well, you can get your foot in the door of any industry you please. Industries are… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“From time to time I once wondered how one wanders from time to time And think up the paradox line Speak of… — Criss Jami Crime Copy Share Image
“By far, the hardest part regarding a work of art, apart from the start, is knowing precisely when to stop...It's growing up,… — Criss Jami Art Copy Share Image
Credentials are like potential energy, the compliments of a name on paper, in documents, word of mouth, but faith is like kinetic… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
One of the biggest contradictions in self-proclaimed open-mindedness is to say that we're all one but when a true bigot comes around… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Discernment is the son of good judgment and the father of self-control. When mixed with an already clear conscience, the ability to… — Criss Jami Ability Copy Share Image
To me it seems that too many young women of this time share the same creed. 'Live, laugh, love, be nothing but… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
One may not always know his purpose until his only option is to monopolize in what he truly excels at. He grows… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“The core tenet of worldly religion and the pure heart of the Lord Jesus are different in that one is centered around… — Criss Jami Being a good person Copy Share Image
“It is ironic that constructive thinkers are often misunderstood as negative, as they differ from those longing for positivity: constructive thinkers have… — Criss Jami Apostle paul Copy Share Image
Honesty is not the same as truth. That is the obstacle of the notion of relative truths. I would like to put… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
When we find that God's ways always coincide with our own ways, it's time to question who we're really worshipping, God or… — Criss Jami Ambitious Copy Share Image
To be honest, one can only feel glad that so many modern iconoclasts consider Christianity to be full of exceptionally hypocritical, religious… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
As followers of Christ, we are to be careful not to remain victims of the many cultural presuppositions of who he is,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Let what offends God offend me, and what God pardons, I pardon. — Criss Jami Forgiveness Copy Share Image
If one should criticize one should always have a meaningful explanation to accompany. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity. — Criss Jami Burden Copy Share Image
“I'm starting to think that my level of intrigue outweighs my fear of controversy.” — Criss Jami Controversy Copy Share Image
“Who you are in public is a test of your conviction; who you are in private, integrity.” — Criss Jami Conviction Copy Share Image
I'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush. — Criss Jami Art Copy Share Image
Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell. — Criss Jami Hell Copy Share Image
