Some criticize to help you be better. Some criticize just to bring you down. Know the difference. Respond differently.

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I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being...

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being...

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to...

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like...

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like...

It is easier to be critical than correct.

It is easier to be critical than correct.

In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one...

In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

The more you love someone the more he wants from you and the less you...

The more you love someone the more he wants from you and the less you...

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a...

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a...

The most vigilant self-criticism of course is necessary, but the time comes when the artist...

The most vigilant self-criticism of course is necessary, but the time comes when the artist...

Court not the critic's smile nor dread his frown

Court not the critic's smile nor dread his frown

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The...

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The...

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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

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

The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best...

The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best...

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

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

Now, in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has...

Now, in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has...