While the censorious man is most severe in judging others…

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“Self-evaluation and self-criticism are, basically, neurotic tendencies which derive from our not having enough confidence in ourselves, confidence in the sense of seeing what…

— Chögyam Trungpa

“Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's…

— Colette

“Under a bad leadership Serbs are capable of committing the most terrible atrocities; under good leaders we can do great deeds. It's like a…

— Seierstad Åsne

The great ideas of the West - rationalism, self-criticism, the disinterested search for truth, the separation of church and state, the rule of law,…

— Ibn Warraq

Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Faith can cut in so many ways. If you're penitent and not triumphal, it can move us to repentance and accountability and help us…

— Jim Wallis

It is the West that has liberated women, racial minorities, religious minorities, and gays and lesbians, recognizing and defending their rights. The notions of…

— Ibn Warraq

When self-doubt creeps in, don't ignore it - address it. Respond to harsh self-criticism with something more compassionate. Talk to yourself like a trusted…

— Amy Morin

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

— Charles Horton Cooley

One who accepts criticism gracefully is genuinely interested in self improvement.One who is willing to excel accept constructive criticism by his core of heart…

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

I've been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually plays into your own self-criticism.

— Rachel Ward

“Lo! we are diseased and dying, cried the dark hosts; we cannot write, our voting is vain; what need of education, since we must…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

As there must be moderation in other things, so there must be moderation in self-criticism. Perpetual contemplation of our own actions produces a morbid…

— Herbert Spencer

“Inside Critics The critical voices in our own heads are far more vicious than what we might hear from the outside. Our "inside critics"…

— Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (SARK