Top 1200 Criticism And Praise Quotes & Sayings

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Neither criticism nor praise should be highly regarded.

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

There's no praise for scoring a fight right, just criticism for one you get wrong.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.

Praise without merit is more harmful than unearned criticism.

I don't take praise or criticism seriously.

When a man publishes a book, there are so many stupid things said that he declares he'll never do it again. The praise is almost always worse than the criticism.

The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible

I don't have a very high opinion, actually, of the world of criticism - or the practice of criticism. I think I admire art criticism, criticism of painting and sculpture, far more than I do that of say films and books, literary or film criticism. But I don't much like the practice. I think there are an awful lot of bad people in it.

Shout praise and whisper criticism.

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

People blush at praise--not only praise of their bodies, but praise of anything that is theirs.

The individual who fears the criticism of others is no different from the one who seeks their praise. Both are shadow figures, fading into the landscape, lacking the will to act for themselves.

The one who knows himself isn't deceived by either praise or criticism.

If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.

When a book of mine comes out, I instantly go hunting the net, not for praise, but for criticism, because that's how you learn, from people who don't have to be polite to you.

Praise is nothing that accumulates. Praise is a sequence, especially if you've toiled for a long time. Praise does not pile up. So in a way, you can't get too much. I don't consider it to be a quantity that you can measure by volume.

There are floods of praise coming in as well as criticism.

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.

That was one of the big problems in the [Black Panther] Party. Criticism and self-criticism were not encouraged, and the little that was given often wasn’t taken seriously. Constructive criticism and self-criticism are extremely important for any revolutionary organization. Without them, people tend to drown in their mistakes, not learn from them.

If they want to criticize me, I don't care; I don't mind. But they must criticize me fairly. Usually, the criticism is not fair. Or the praise, even the praise sometimes is not fair.

I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors has always been puzzling to me.

Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise.

Criticism? An artist wants praise. Praise.

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

Criticism can never instruct or benefit you. Its chief effect is that of a telegram with dubious news. Praise leaves no glow behind, for it is a writer's habit to remember nothing good of himself. I have usually forgotten those who have admired my work, and seldom anyone who disliked it. Obviously, this is because praise is never enough and censure always too much.

I try not to let praise or criticism affect me.

It doesn't really bother us, the team that is in fashion or that is being talked about the most. Whatever praise or criticism we receive doesn't really matter.

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

Both criticism and praise is part of putting yourself out there.

Two kinds of people live a life without care: one kind are extremely worthy of praise, the other kind are extremely worthy of criticism. The first are those who care nothing for the pleasures of the world and the second (i.e. those who are deserving of criticism) care nothing for haya or modesty.

If only people fought undeserved praise as much as they do unfair criticism.

People who ask for your criticism want only praise.

Believe only half of the praise and half of the criticism.

I don't focus on criticism. I prefer to praise people and the world, rather than criticize them and it.

As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

Wise people prefer to benefit from constructive criticism rather than be ruined by false praise

Nice criticism is good when it tells you something. A lot of negative "criticism" isn't criticism at all: it's just nasty, "writerly" cliché and invective.

The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.

Stupid criticism and still more stupid praise.

Neither praise nor blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe and honestly to award - these are the true aims and duties of criticism.

I suspect that most authors don't really want criticism, not even constructive criticism. They want straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked praise, arriving by the shipload every fifteen minutes or so.

Criticism sometimes is really praise, and praise sometimes slander.

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.

It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I don't ignore it completely, but I don't dwell on it too much.

In football you can take the praise when it comes, but you've got to be ready to take the criticism as well.

If there was no praise or criticism in the world, then who would you be?

People who thought that she was busy going around trying to stir up difficulty where there was none or less than she imagined, were quite critical of her. She was, we must never forget, a public figure. And in democracies, public figures tend to attract criticism as well as praise. The most dangerous thing would be if anybody were regarded as above criticism. And Eleanor Roosevelt is, in recent years, getting there.

It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter.

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.

I can take any amount of criticism, as long as it is unqualified praise.

Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise.

The way we respond to criticism pretty much depends on the way we respond to praise. If praise humbles us, then criticism will build us up. But if praise inflates us, then criticism will crush us; and both responses lead to our defeat.

If you don't live by the praise of men you won't die by their criticism.

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

Treat praise like criticism: refuse to accept either.

Nobody wants constructive criticism. It's all we can do to put up with constructive praise.