Quotes About Self-criticism

Part of the job involves thinking about things and eliminating them. You spend a lot of time coming up with ideas that are terrible and hating them and hating yourself.

I am never excited to play through a song all the way, because it can reveal more flaws that mean more work. For some reason, I always have an irrational fear that the song will never be finished.

I'm very hard on myself and I have too many issues.

We Italians are always criticising ourselves.

there's a hormone secreted into the bloodstream of most writers that makes them hate their own work while they are doing it, or immediately after. This, coupled with the chorus of critical reaction from those privileged to take a first look, is almost enough to discourage further work entirely.

I must congratulate myself, in passing, for never having lost the ability to examine my conscience, never having lost the gift of finding myself wanting & defective. Why fear the criticism of others when you, yourself, are first out of the critical gate? If self-denigration is the race I am the winner, even before the starting gun. Collect the bets.

Self-criticism has been much talked about recently, but few realize that it was first of all an African institution.

tradition has it that disputes which break out in a village are worked out in public. By this I mean collective self-criticism with a touch of humor because everyone is relaxed, because in the end we all want the same thing.

Religiously strict people, who judge themselves without mercy, are also those who have most often spoken ill of mankind in general.

Perfectionism is a shield that we carry with a thought process that says this, 'If I look perfect, live perfect, work perfect, and do it all perfectly, I can avoid or minimize feeling shame, blame, and judgement.

Perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life-paralysis.

Perfectionism is not a way to avoid shame. Perfectionism is a form of shame.

Sometimes when we dare to walk into the arena the greatest critic we face is ourselves.

Perfectionism is addictive, because when we invariably do experience shame, judgment, and blame, we often believe it's because we weren't perfect enough. Rather than questioning the faulty logic of perfectionism, we become even more entrenched in our quest to look and do everything just right. Perfectionism actually sets

Shame is the birthplace of perfectionism.

Perfectionism didn't lead to results. It led to peanut butter.

We are hard on others because we're hard on ourselves. That's exactly how judgment works.

Perfectionism is, at its core, about trying to earn approval and acceptance.

Perfectionism is addictive because when we invariably do experience shame, judgment, and blame, we often believe it's because we weren't perfect enough.

Where perfectionism exists, shame is always lurking. In fact, shame is the birthplace of perfectionism.

Às vezes, quando ousamos caminhar na arena da vida, o maior crítico que enfrentamos somos nós mesmos.

As a shame researcher, I've learned that wherever perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun.

wherever perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun

messages of self-doubt and self-criticism that we carry around in our heads. My answer was "There are a few of them.