Do not… regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the colonial status quo?
Critic - Criticism Quotes
I never criticize anyone. The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.
Find the grain of truth in criticism – chew it and swallow it.
Court not the critic’s smile nor dread his frown.
Censure is the the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.
I must be cruel only to be kind. (Hamlet)
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people’s, if we are always criticizing trivial actions – which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that […]
Happy are they that hear their detractions, and can put them to mending. (Much Ado About Nothing)
If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn’t swim.
