Critics Quotes

A social critic is someone whose work revolves around where and how our successes are failing us.

Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.

The trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades.

The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.

And, instead of pelting these babbling idiots with their own freshly toasted marshmallows, everyone else sitting around the fire is often nodding and smiling and looking solemny thoughtful.

Loyalty in a critic is corruption.

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

When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

To escape criticism - do nothing say nothing be nothing.

We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.

The simplest way to silence your critics as a leader is to do what they claim you can’t do. However, be careful they don’t set you up to take fatal risks to please their criticisms.

They fired arrows at me, but I did not fire back. I picked them up instead to build my castle.

All great people had critics, but they still believe in beauty of their dreams.

You may silence the critics, but you don't silence the pain.

6 Ways To Give Your Mind A Break:1. Stop stressing2. Stop worrying3. Give rest to the problems weighing you down4. Lighten up5. Forgive yourself6. Forgive others

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.", October 31, 1977]

7 keys to getting more things done: 1 start 2 dont make excuses3 celebrate small steps4 ignore critics5 be consistent6 be open7 stay positive

Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped.

You should praise, criticize and flirt with people right to their face, only then it will make a difference.

Insecurity is the lack of trust in your abilities and worth. When you enter into a secured state of consciousness, everything that helped boost your confidence will return.

You will love and admire the One who is honest and blunt in his views, as long as you're not his subject of viewpoint!

Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends.

Often people that criticise your life are usually the same people that don't know the price you paid to get where you are today. True friends see the full picture of your soul.

The IGAD-Plus's compromise peace agreement is probably pregnant with a noisy, perhaps thunderous baby.

To become a better you, secure your dreams from the jaws of people who discredit your ambitions.

No one tries to stone a tree whose fruit is not ripe.

Don’t try to silence other people’s genius because you’re too deaf to hear your own.

Only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro.

As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.

A lion does not earn its crown quarreling with sheep.

The greater the fruit a trees bears, the greater the number of stones thrown at it.

If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.

If you kick a lion when it is down, God help you when it gets up.

Tigers cannot afford to care about what sheep think.

The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened.

When the world told the caterpillar its life was over, the butterfly objected, “My life has just begun.

When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.

Ignore your haters. Resist your fears. Embrace your dreams.

A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.

The larger the bricks your enemies throw at you the larger the palace you are going to build.

Leaders look out for people who can criticize them constructively and rebuke them reasonably.

Critics are only concerned with what affects them. And feeling empathy is a gift not many possess.

Judging art is like caging a bird. Instead of seeing it soar, you can only watch it flutter.

By encouraging the critic in themselves (the hater) they have killed the artist (the lover).

Sometimes people are shocked by what I do, but I'm not trying to be liked, I speak my mind and I don't care what people think. I truly do not compromise on who I am.

Every category has its snobs: music, books, movies. There are so many things a man is only pressured into liking or disliking.

Watch out for those who celebrate your success with bitterness in their hearts!  surely, they'll hail you for what you are, and hate you for what you have become.

Learn from seeds to rise, no matter how much dirt is thrown at you.

If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.

The bigger the bricks critics throw at you the bigger the palace you are going to build.