Quotes About Feedback

Think not faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.

I think I've been very lucky. The readers who write to me say they like the characters and the sense of a real world, often one they don't otherwise know about. And usually there's a funny bit in there somewhere.

Almost everything I've done is technically wrong, but Paul never mentioned the mistakes, only the corrective measures.

An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.

Does coaching work? Yes. Good coaches provide a truly important service. They tell you the truth when no one else will.

Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.

Asked for your opinion on the prints, you have two choices: truth or tact. I ask for the bathroom.

The truth is that I'm never sure how any of my books will be received, and because I can be thin-skinned, I try not to read too many reviews when a book first comes out.

When you have confidence, when you feel loved by people, you can tell them the truth. It's important that I can say the photo isn't beautiful or the photo shoot sucks.

The truth is there's so many great TV shows out there now that none of us take absence of awards personally. The most important feedback is the feedback we get from the fans.

You need people around you who will tell you the truth and not hold anything back.

Encourage reflective backtalk: Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.

All Criticism is Good Criticism. Learn from it.

Nobody will ever tell you who praised you but everybody would like to be the first to tell you who criticized you.

Value can be a word said at the door of the business as a customer leaves.

Hi, have you been in here before?" The customer will respond with either a "yes" or a "no." In either case, you are then free to pursue the conversation.

food system organized around quantity rather than quality has a destructive feedback loop built into it, such that the more low-quality food one eats, the more one wants to eats, in a futile—but highly profitable—quest for the absent nutrient.

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.

One of the great things about being recognized is that you receive this feedback from people. It is easy to see how sincere people are. It's nothing fake or jive. They're giving sincere appreciation. And it's not that easy to express.

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

It becomes obvious when people are sincere in their criticism and when they're not. I've learned over time that people will always have something to say.

I think, you know, we entered the 'The X Factor' in the U.K., and you kind of want someone who knows what they're talking about to tell you if you're any good or not instead of just your mum saying that you like it when you sing.