Treat praise like criticism: refuse to accept either.

Barack Obama has domesticated the left in such a way that we feel as if we have no alternative but him...I refuse to accept…

— Cornel West

By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?

— Victoria Woodhull

“If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”

— W. Somerset Maugham

I know what's it like when everyone has a go at you, when criticism is harsh, and your family is part of it. This…

— Kevin-Prince Boateng

The characteristic shared by people at the top of their profession is that, to get better, they crave criticism. Most people don't like criticism,…

— Sebastian Coe

“In trying so hard to be different from our parents, we're actually doing much the same thing -- doling out empty praise the way…

— Stephen Grosz

I feel like the criticism and bad stuff don't come unless I'm playing bad.

— Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

As far as criticism, I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for 'Rolling Stone' for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy…

— Patrick Stump

I like criticism, but it must be my way.

— Mark Twain

When we express our needs indirectly through the use of evaluations, interpretations, and images, others are likely to hear criticism. When people hear anything…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Not many people like it when they get criticism. Of course, if you have someone who does tell you and you do have a…

— Itzhak Perlman

Every time you make the right choice in the face of potential criticism you build strength that makes choosing the right easier the next…

— Richard G. Scott

“Chances are like criticism; few like to take it, some love to give it, yet most never see it.”

— Carl Henegan

I like criticism. It makes you strong.

— LeBron James

I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for Rolling Stone for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I…

— Patrick Stump