Top 1200 Honest Criticism Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

It's hard not to let criticism make you feel bad about yourself - I do continue to struggle with that as an older woman in the workplace.

I like to be part of the change I want to see in the world. Not being afraid of criticism is actually a big advantage.

To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.

I think people saw me as someone who was real, and not somebody subject to the criticism and ridicule given to my profession.

I think the biggest backhanded criticism-compliment I get is that I'm 'good at communicating.' Which implies that you're bad at doing.

One's political views and/or religious beliefs should not exist in an impenetrable and inviolable bubble wherein they are protected from criticism or scrutiny.

Critics don't want to see directors they like make too much of a left turn. That's good for criticism.

Abandoned by philosophy, politics, and sociology, historical determinism continues to hold out in formalist art criticism.

I think what saved me is me being honest. I think I somewhow had the courage to do something and say something that I knew would possibly end my career. Instead of making business more important I made my soul and my life more important. And I think by being truthful, and being honest, that saved me.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity than straigthforward and simple integrity in another. A knave would rather quarrel with a brother knave than with a fool, but he would rather avoid a quarrel with one honest man than with both. He can combat a fool by management and address, and he can conquer a knave by temptations. But the honest man is neither to be bamboozled nor bribed.

When I finish my first draft I usually narrate it to some trusted friends who can give me feedback. All criticism is welcome.

In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.

We are not going to move this world by criticism of it nor conformity to it, but by the combustion within it of lives ignited by the Spirit of God.

I suffered a lot of criticism from the press and the fans, but I always kept motivating myself, working. I never dropped the shuttlecock.

It feels great to deliver a hit. After all the criticism I got for 'Veer,' I was scared to even step out of my house.

All of us have far too much to do to waste our time and energies in criticism, faultfinding, or the abuse of others.

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

When I came overseas, I realized that there are many ideologies and many trends, and it's also very hard to produce honest art and honest literature. I decided that I didn't want to follow any of these ideologies or trends, because that's also a kind of pressure that doesn't allow absolute freedom. So I decided that I was only going to produce works that were satisfactory to me, and that meant not following any trends and being anti-ideological.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

You'll never do anything creative, innovative or world changing if you fear criticism. Pioneers are easy targets for arrows!

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

It took me getting to my 50s before I could say "Whatever!" about other people's criticism, especially when it's not true.

No one should be so precious as to refuse criticism of their work. But to respect an opinion, we have to know that it was given honestly and with proper thought.

People of all sexes have the right to explore femininity, masculinity-and the infinite variations between-without criticism or ridicule.

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

For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.

With a lot of attention comes criticism, but I'll take that. I'm reaching all the goals I've set for myself, so you can't say anything bad about that.

What I have more of a problem accepting is the criticism of former players turned journalists, who - some of them - spread their hatred.

Critics are reprimanded when they get sarcastic. How absurd! Is the torch of criticism supposed to shine without burning?

I don't expect people to feel sorry for me. My teammates get more upset about the criticism and booing than I do.

The nonfiction novel or literary memoir as authored by women is usually given a much harder time in mainstream criticism.

Scientific dogmatics must devote itself to the criticism and correction of Church proclamation and not just to a repetitive exposition of it.

Drama criticism ... is a self-knowing account of the way in which one's consciousness has been modified during an evening at the theatre.

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.

Sometimes it's hard to hear criticism, or "maybe let's try a different way." People's feelings get hurt.

Belief may be a regrettably unavoidable biological weakness to be kept under the control of criticism: but commitment is for Popper an outright crime.

We live in a society that feeds on criticism. It is so easy to find fault, and to resist doing so requires much discipline.

Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.

Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.

Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.

I think the trouble with artists or chefs who whine about criticism is that if you love the good reviews, you have to at least read the bad ones.

I think it's inevitable that some of the court's decisions will be found by a segment of the public to be not the right decision or subject to criticism.

Thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny of all government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic society.

Let me just say, I think there's a reasonable criticism to be made of the Obama administration on the way that it left Iraq.

Every criticism or slight against you, warranted or not, received or endured humbly, is written in heaven for your reward.

Criticism comes with Celtic. If you take it on board, it can make you ill, but if you think: 'No problem', it makes you really thick-skinned.

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside

At the root of every large struggle in life is the need to be honest about something that we do not feel we can be honest about. We lie to ourselves or other people because the truth might require action on our part, and action requires courage. We say we “don’t know” what is wrong, when we do know what is wrong; we just wish we didn’t. Art lets us tell the truth, but even art can be something to hide behind.

Nothing touches a work of art so little as words of criticism: they always result in more or less fortunate misunderstandings.

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

To the reactionary ear every whispered criticism of the elite classes has always sounded like the opening shot of an uprising.

In democratic republics such as ours, citizens rely on public criticism of ideas and people to determine national policy.

If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back.

Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten.

Part and parcel of being an international sportsman is dealing with fair or unfair criticism and also when you are on the back pages when you are performing.

You have to recognize that deep within your soul, you know who you are - and let [the criticism] go right by you. If you're reacting to it, you're letting it get to you.

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

Guys like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, they'll take bad criticism in a good way.

After long experience of politics, I have never found that there is any inhibition caused by ignorance as regards criticism.

The net has provided a level playing field for criticism and comment - anyone and everyone is entitled to their opinion - and that is one of its greatest strengths.