Quote by Dale Carnegie

Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it…

— Dale Carnegie

“Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment.”

— Dale Carnegie

criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment.

— Dale Carnegie

“Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”

— Aristotle

“Criticism serves to make you harsh, vindictive, and cruel, and leaves you with the soothing and flattering idea that you are somehow superior to…

— Oswald Chambers

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps…

— Samuel Johnson

“Criticism is an act of love. We can never learn those people we love, but we can learn about them in such ways as…

— Richard L. McGuire

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. The power of invention has been conferred by nature…

— Samuel Johnson

But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Criticism is not a circumscription or a set of prohibitions. It provides fixed points of departure. It may startle a dull reader into alertness.”

— Ezra Pound

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

— Aristotle

Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem.

— H. Burke Peterson