Quotes About Criticism

Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

When you fly high people will throw stones at you. Don't look down. Just fly higher so the stones won't reach you

You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

It's easier to stand on the sidelines, criticize, and say why you shouldn't do something. The sidelines are crowded. Get in the game.

We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.

When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

Ah, how steadily do they who are guilty shrink from reproof!

Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.

We look harder for flaws in a study when we don't agree with its conclusions.

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.

Dare to risk public criticism.

Don't be dismayed by the opinions of editors, or critics. They are only the traffic cops of the arts.

People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.

You have to remain cool under fire and let criticism roll off you. Good leaders handle conflict easily and bad ones are eaten up by it.

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

You can't please everyone, and you can't make everyone like you.

It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head.

Someone created the box score, and he should be shot.

Evolution is a theory with more holes than a Dutch dam of swiss cheese.

To arrange a library is to practice in a quiet and modest way the art of criticism.

What you create doesn't have to be perfect....Don't let fear of failure discourage you. Don't let the voice of critics paralyze you—whether that voice comes from the outside or inside