--- title: "12 Criticizing People Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Criticizing People quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Criticizing People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b10/keith-ellison-4072_criticize_publicly-criticizing-people-even-when-i_2995576.png" --- > [Publicly criticizing people, even when I don't have the facts, is not that good of an idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-ellison/publicly-criticizing-people-even-when-i-don-t-have-the-facts-is-not/) [Keith Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-ellison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b10/keith-ellison-4072_criticize_publicly-criticizing-people-even-when-i_2995576.png) > [If you live criticizing people, you won't have time to love them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/if-you-live-criticizing-people-you-won-t-have-time-to-love-them/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_criticize_if-you-live-criticizing-people-you-won-t_1084827.jpg) > [We on the Left are very good at criticizing people, but we need to build the base to pull people to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/we-on-the-left-are-very-good-at-criticizing-people-but-we-need-to/) [Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/074/pramila-jayapal-5245_build_we-on-the-left-are-very-good-at-criticiz_1132914.jpg) > [“If you find yourself criticizing other people, you're probably doing it out of Resistance. When we see others beginning to live their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pressfield/if-you-find-yourself-criticizing-other-people-you-re-probably-doing/) [Steven Pressfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pressfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/steven-pressfield-696_quote_if-you-find-yourself-criticizing-other-p_1757128.jpg) > [Four things will shame the students of knowledge: Criticizing people, praising themselves, not teaching the knowledge,and not practicing what they know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luqman/four-things-will-shame-the-students-of-knowledge-criticizing-people/) [Luqman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luqman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4b/luqman-55590_criticize_four-things-will-shame-the-students-of-k_1015952.png) > [I'm not tough when it comes to people criticizing the people that I protect, and those are the actors. It makes them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-daniels/i-m-not-tough-when-it-comes-to-people-criticizing-the-people-that-i/) [Lee Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-daniels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/lee-daniels-24996_actors_i-m-not-tough-when-it-comes-to-people-cr_1571226.jpg) > [Bad Religion has never been about criticizing people who are Christian. But we've always been about pointing out the irony and contradictions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-graffin/bad-religion-has-never-been-about-criticizing-people-who-are/) [Greg Graffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-graffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b97/greg-graffin-4107_challenges_bad-religion-has-never-been-about-critic_787799.png) > [Don't be too severe in criticizing people's faults; consider how much they can bear. Don't be too lofty in enjoining virtue, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zicheng-hong/don-t-be-too-severe-in-criticizing-people-s-faults-consider-how-much/) [Zicheng Hong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zicheng-hong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/zicheng-hong-7031_able_don-t-be-too-severe-in-criticizing-peopl_2547612.jpg) > [“If you spend time judging and criticizing people, you will not have time to heal from your pain or brokenness. You cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kemi-sogunle/if-you-spend-time-judging-and-criticizing-people-you-will-not-have/) [Kemi Sogunle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kemi-sogunle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/kemi-sogunle-38138_brokenness_if-you-spend-time-judging-and-criticizin_224496.jpg) > [“If you find yourself criticizing other people, your probably doing it out of Resistance. When we see others beginning to live their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-find-yourself-criticizing-other-people-your-probably-doing-it/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/stephen-pressfield-163554_authenticity_if-you-find-yourself-criticizing-other-p_213712.jpg) > [“There are those who see film and take it seriously as an artistic medium, and others who go to have a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-haneke/there-are-those-who-see-film-and-take-it-seriously-as-an-artistic/) [Michael Haneke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-haneke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78a/michael-haneke-3712_art_there-are-those-who-see-film-and-take-it_110303.jpg) > [There is a difference between criticizing people and criticizing a people's uninformed ideals. That is, unless one defines himself or others by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/criss-jami/there-is-a-difference-between-criticizing-people-and-criticizing-a/) [Criss Jami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/criss-jami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/criss-jami-320_belief_there-is-a-difference-between-criticizin_2670660.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/criticizing-people/#itemlist", "name": "Criticizing People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Publicly criticizing people, even when I don't have the facts, is not that good of an idea.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Keith Ellison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-ellison/publicly-criticizing-people-even-when-i-don-t-have-the-facts-is-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b10/keith-ellison-4072_criticize_publicly-criticizing-people-even-when-i_2995576.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b10/keith-ellison-4072_criticize_publicly-criticizing-people-even-when-i_2995576.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b10/keith-ellison-4072_criticize_publicly-criticizing-people-even-when-i_2995576.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Publicly criticizing people, even when I don't have the facts, is not that good of an idea.” — Keith Ellison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you live criticizing people, you won't have time to love them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/if-you-live-criticizing-people-you-won-t-have-time-to-love-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_criticize_if-you-live-criticizing-people-you-won-t_1084827.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_criticize_if-you-live-criticizing-people-you-won-t_1084827.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_criticize_if-you-live-criticizing-people-you-won-t_1084827.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you live criticizing people, you won't have time to love them.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We on the Left are very good at criticizing people, but we need to build the base to pull people to the Left.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pramila Jayapal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/we-on-the-left-are-very-good-at-criticizing-people-but-we-need-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/074/pramila-jayapal-5245_build_we-on-the-left-are-very-good-at-criticiz_1132914.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/074/pramila-jayapal-5245_build_we-on-the-left-are-very-good-at-criticiz_1132914.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/074/pramila-jayapal-5245_build_we-on-the-left-are-very-good-at-criticiz_1132914.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We on the Left are very good at criticizing people, but we need to build the base to pull people to the Left.” — Pramila Jayapal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you find yourself criticizing other people, you're probably doing it out of Resistance. 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When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own. Individuals who are realized in their own lives almost never criticize others. if they speak at all, it is to offer encouragement. Watch yourself. Of all the manifestations of Resistance, most only harm ourselves. Criticism and cruelty harm others as well.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-find-yourself-criticizing-other-people-your-probably-doing-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/stephen-pressfield-163554_authenticity_if-you-find-yourself-criticizing-other-p_213712.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/stephen-pressfield-163554_authenticity_if-you-find-yourself-criticizing-other-p_213712.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/stephen-pressfield-163554_authenticity_if-you-find-yourself-criticizing-other-p_213712.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you find yourself criticizing other people, your probably doing it out of Resistance. 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