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 errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
Criticism
The art of separating useful feedback from useless noise
Criticism without creativity is just pessimism. The honest way to critique is to create the alternative.
You'll never be criticised by someone who is doing more than you. You'll always be criticised by someone who is doing less. Remember that.
You're doing it all wrong, said someone doing nothing at all.
However beware of blind-spots, not all criticism is envy. When somebody says something bad about you, it is negativity. When everyone says it, is advice.
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
A critic is a legless man who teaches running.
Don't take criticism from people that you would never go to for advice.
I'd rather have criticism from a genius than praise from an idiot.
Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
Criticism is something you can avoid easily - by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
Pay no attention to what the critics say; there has never been set up a statue in honor of a critic.
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem: they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.
When you're kicking a man in the pants, make sure you're not the one wearing them.
Criticism should be a casual conversation.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
Appreciate honest critics - they're the ones who actually care enough to tell you the truth.
The most valuable feedback often comes wrapped in criticism - learn to unwrap it carefully.