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Last updated on April 20, 2025.
We have to be cultured in our criticism of a tall leader like our Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Criticism will plant FEAR in the human heart, or resentment, but it will not build love or affection.
Strength and success; they are above morality, above criticism. It seems then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it.
Criticism can be effective when there is something that must be destroyed or dissolved, but it is capable only of harm when there is something to be built.
Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish.
I didn't have everything served to me on a silver platter during my career; unfair criticism helped me.
Hamilton was extremely combative. Not only was he combative, but he also overreacted to anything he perceived as a threat or a criticism.
Do you really believe in what you said or wrote – in the thing that’s bringing criticism? And if I do believe it, I can withstand anything.
There are some people who have a low tolerance for criticism. I'm not one of those people.
One learns to ignore criticism by first learning to ignore applause.
I was playing and having a lot of success, but I also felt a lot of criticism behind it. I didn't know why.
The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.
You have to try to reply to criticism with your intellect, not your ego.
I need a little criticism while I make a record so that I kind of feel like: okay, I know that I'm doing the best that I can do because someone is actually here challenging it.
This criticism is ridiculous. The twenty-five hundreth anniversary celebration cost me less than the inauguration of each new president of the United States.
As a matter of fact, we are none of us above criticism; so let us bear with each other's faults.
Criticism changes with the fashion of the time. A story is always a story.
What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
Democracy acknowledges the right to differ as well as the duty to settle differences peacefully. Authoritarian governments see criticism of their actions and doctrines as a challenge to combat.
The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
I will take all the criticism constructively. It will help me to learn and improve with every film.
There's a lot of criticism of brands getting involved with political messages, people sometimes don't like that, but I think it's really important. They have massive audiences and they have a huge reach.
I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.
Criticism is important for an actress, and it depends on how you take it. I take it positively and try to learn from it.
As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.
We appreciate every rational and every true comment, and we take criticism very seriously.
I'm an artist, and I like art that gets people talking, good or bad. Criticism is good, too.
I wanted to show my maturity. The criticism I got made me grow up. It motivated me.
It doesn't bother me what people are saying. Social media is there for people to voice their criticism, so you shouldn't take that to heart.
Historical investigation and literary criticism have taken the magic out of the Bible and have made it a composite human book, written by many hands in different ages.
Sometimes you get looked at harder than other people. I can take the criticism and I can take the heat.
I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism.
I always take criticism as a challenge. It's the way I've always looked at it.
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
There should be a dash of the amateur in criticism. For the amateur is a man of enthusiasm who has not settled down and is not habit bound.
Nasr combines in his writing audacious intellectual criticism, deep understanding of Islam... and a commitment to the Western-European contributions to the emancipation of the human condition.
The more criticism I get, the more it gives me a stronger urge to win. So I try harder.
In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
I think it's a fair criticism to say that we've gotten our fill of superhero films, and audiences should just have different things to choose from when they go to the theaters.
The criticism people could have of my music maybe is that it's somewhat schizophrenic at times. And if you don't like that, it could bother you.
The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.
Thus, the weight of my criticism is directed against the inadequacy of the theoretical foundations of the laissez-faire doctrine upon which I was brought up and for many years I taught
There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise.
I have come to this conclusion: if 'sentimentality' is lazy emotion, then the term itself is lazy criticism.
Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.
He only moves toward the perfection of his art whose criticism surpasses his achievement.
I got a lot of criticism online and a lot of harsh comments.
I mean that psychologically. I think [Donald Trump] showed in the debates when he encounters criticism or challenge he behaves the way a bully would. He just doesn't take it well.
Profound skepticism is favorable to conventions, because it doubts that the criticism of conventions is any truer than they are.
There is no, and cannot be, any situation in which we don't respect the law and the judiciary. It is unacceptable to attack the courts; criticism is allowed, but attacks are not. It shakes the basis of our democracy.
There is always room for improvement; so I always invite criticism from my audience.
Do not make the mistake of holding your idea close to your chest… Submit it to the criticism of the judicious.
The constructive criticism that I take very seriously is from people I know and respect, and they don't have to be musicians. But I do have to know where they're coming from.
Personally, I can handle criticism, especially when it is deserved, and it's because my dad never, ever said 'Well done' to me. He did it on purpose so that I kept my feet on the ground.
Criticism is easier to take when you realize that the only people who aren’t criticized are those who don’t take risks.
Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.
The significance of feminist movement (when it is not co-opted by opportunistic, reactionary forces) is that it offers a new ideological meeting ground for the sexes, a space for criticism, struggle, and transformation.
Much more prevalent than physical fear is the fear of criticism, rejection, and verbal opposition.
The two main ideas that run through all of my writing, whether it be literary criticism or political polemic are these: I am strong in favor of liberty and I hate fraud.
