Quotes on Criticism Of Others

It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.

I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

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.

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.

I must congratulate myself, in passing, for never having lost the ability to examine my conscience, never having lost the gift of finding myself wanting & defective. Why fear the criticism of others when you, yourself, are first out of the critical gate? If self-denigration is the race I am the winner, even before the starting gun. Collect the bets.

Successful people ask for the criticism of others and consider its merit.

Restricted immigration is not an offensive but purely a defensive action. It is not adopted in criticism of others in the slightest degree, but solely for the purpose of protecting ourselves. We cast no aspersions on any race or creed, but we must remember that every object of our institutions of society and government will fail unless America be kept American.

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.

If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them.

Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values