CRITICISM
Sympathy
is the first condition of criticism.
- Henri Frederic Amiel
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“Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying
nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing”
-- Aristotle
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Sandwich
every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
- Mary Kay Ash
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I love America more than any other country in this
world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the
right to criticize her perpetually.
-- James
A. Baldwin
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“I
am an American. I love my country and have great hopes
for it. It is for this reason that I speak candidly
and sometimes critically about it. I have benefited
greatly from the freedom that exists in my country
and for this I am eternally grateful.”
-- Johnny
Depp
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Just
let me go, we have to be able to criticize what we love,
to say what we have to say 'cause if you're not trying
to make something better, then as far as I can tell,
you are just in the way.
-- Ani
DiFranco |
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"...don't
criticize what you can't understand, your sons and
your daughters are beyond your command."
-- Bob
Dylan
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“The
individual must not merely wait and criticize, he
must defend the cause the best he can. The fate of
the world will be such as the world deserves.”
-- Albert
Einstein
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“Whatever
you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide
upon, there is always someone to tell you that you
are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that
tempt you to believe your critics are right.”
~ Ralph
Waldo Emerson
To
laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent
people and the affection of children; to earn the
appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal
of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to leave the
world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden
patch or a redeemed social condition; to know that
even one life has breathed easier because you have
lived. This is to have succeeded. -- Ralph
Waldo Emerson
Let
me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming
that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
--
Ralph
Waldo Emerson
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“Blame
is safer than praise”
-- Ralph
Waldo Emerson
Think
before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before
you think, creation's.
- E. M. Forster
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“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most
fools do.”
-- Benjamin
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Education
either functions as an instrument which is used to
facilitate integration of the younger generation into
the logic of the present system and bring about conformity
or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by
which men and women deal critically and creatively
with reality and discover how to participate in the
transformation of their world.
-- Paulo
Freire
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"If
your heart acquires strength, you will be able to
remove blemishes from others without thinking evil
of them.
-- Mohandas
K. Gandhi
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I
look for what's of value and extract that. I don't
look to criticize.
-- Herbie
Hancock
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The
final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure
criticism without resentment.
- Elbert Hubbard
To
avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
- Elbert Hubbard
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What
we need are critical lovers of America - patriots
who express their faith in their country by working
to improve it.
-- Hubert
Humphrey
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“I find the pain of a little censure, even when it
is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much
praise.”
~ Thomas
Jefferson
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We
teach academic subjects and we assume life skills
will somehow be acquired along the way. Not a safe
assumption! The curriculum has to include things like
communication, conflict resolution, parenting, family
dynamics, critical thinking, values, ethics.
-- Azim
Khamisa
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"I
criticize America because I love her. I want her to
stand as a moral example to the world."
--
Martin
Luther King, Jr
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"Sometimes
criticism can throw you off balance. Calm yourself
by breathing deeply and go within to look at the issue
from a place of wisdom. Check to see what your heart
has to say about the matter. Antoine de Saint Exupery
said, “It is with the heart that one sees rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.” Then make
some changes in your standard operating procedure—start
operating more from your heart."
-- Lynne
Namka (AngriesOut.com)
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"Sometimes
criticism can throw you off balance. Calm yourself
by breathing deeply and go within to look at the issue
from a place of wisdom. Check to see what your heart
has to say about the matter."
-- Lynne
Namka (AngriesOut.com)
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Children
Learn What They Live -
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.
If a child learns to feel shame, he learns to feel
guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
If a child lives with encouragement he learns confidence
If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate.
He a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have
faith.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like
himself.
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he
learns to find love in the world.
-- Dorothy Law Neite
The
trouble with most of us is that we would rather be
ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
- Norman Vincent Peale
“Flatter
me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I
may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive
you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love
me and I may be forced to love you.”
- Norman Vincent Peale
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Do
what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll
be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do,
and damned if you don't.
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt
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It
is not the critic who counts, not the man who points
out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of
deeds could have done 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 and comes short again and again, who knows
the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends
himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows 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 know neither victory
nor defeat.
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Analyses
of others are actually expressions of our own needs
and values.
-- Marshall
Rosenberg
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Conventional people are roused to fury by departure
from convention, largely because they regard such
departure as a criticism of themselves.
-- Bertrand
Russell
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“It's
better to light a candle then to curse the darkness.”
-- Carl
Sagan
One
of the criteria for national leadership should therefore
be a talent for understanding, encouraging, and making
constructive use of vigorous criticism.
-- Carl
Sagan
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If
we are bold enough to point out problems, we must
be brave enough to try to solve them.
--
Robert
Alan Silverstein
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Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration.
Constructive criticism is not only to be expected
but sought.
-- Margaret
Chase Smith
Those
of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are
all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of
the basic principles of Americanism—the right to criticize,
the right to hold unpopular beliefs, the right to
protest, the right of independent thought.
-- Margaret
Chase Smith
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“Think not those faithful who praise all thy words
and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.”
- Socrates
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“One
mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he
can't stand perpendicular himself”
-- Mark
Twain
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