Quotes About Self-criticism

I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.

What I see, people can't. Being so judgmental and beating myself up over my work is hard on me and my family. I would rather learn from my mistakes.

My junior year, when I completed 57 percent of my balls, I was very very frustrated in myself.

You learn from any criticism. You learn from any self-criticism. And you learn from when you do things the right way: you try to keep going.

What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.

I don't keep any copy of my books around... they would embarass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them.

I don't like anything I see of myself on screen. I might like one scene or a few shots, but mostly I feel bad and keep kicking myself.

I take it a little bit hard on myself because I'm comparing myself a lot, and that's the kind of person I am because I'm so competitive, but it's also good, because I am competitive, so it kind of kicks you in the butt.

I'm the kind who is never happy. No matter what it is, I always find room for improvement.

I don't want to do a rabidly left-wing show. I think it's much more interesting to turn the knife on yourself.

Deep feelings indeed, Circenn thought morosely. Deep disgust with myself.

The point is that, whenever we propose a solution to a problem, we ought to try as hard as we can to overthrow our solution, rather than defend it. Few of us, unfortunately, practice this precept; but other people, fortunately, will supply the criticism for us if we fail to supply it ourselves.

And it implies that if we respect truth, we must search for it by persistently searching for our errors: by indefatigable rational criticism, and self-criticism.

No one could possibly judge you more cruelly than you do yourself.

Such is the curse of long-distance mushing. A guy is lucky to even cross the finish line before the little voice inside begins rehashing those poorly chosen camps, untimely naps, mistakes made packing – all the numerous ways you, the coach, failed those fine friends up front. The voice is relentless and seductive, whispering things you might try differently -next time.

Perfectionism is a self-defeating behavior that prevents us from taking risks and pursuing our dreams.

if you are cursed with perfectionism, then you're absolutely sunk. This ideal is a yardstick which always gives you the opportunity to browbeat yourself, to berate yourself and others. Since this ideal is an impossibility, you can never live up to it. You are merely in love with this ideal, and there is no end to the self-torture, to the self-nagging, self-castigating. It hides under the mask of "self-improvement." It never works.

I suck, she thought. I have achieved levels of suckitude unrivaled by anyone ever in the entire history of suck.

I'm ashamed, thinking back Not about the lies I'm used to lying now No, I'm ashamed of how pathetic it all was.

When we feel like kicking ourselves around the block or curling up and disappearing, our condemnation comes from inner-judges like guilt and shame. What's a good deal harder to realize is that behind the scenes our inner-judges sicken us and dumb us down quite literally. If they sense we're a drag on the collective intelligence, inner-judges downshift our immune system and neurochemically cloud our ability to perceive.

And these are only the ones I happen to know about. As soon as you discover you're not the best, you throw it in and hate yourself. Same with relationships. You want too much and move on.

When i was younger I was much more self focussed. I was worried about my self-image. I thought I was too fat. I was very critical of myself, and then I met and got to know and understand my husband. He helped me turn myself around. He had such a positive attitude towards life.

I like to try to get around the younger generation to just encourage them. But I've always been afraid of coaching because I was always hard on myself as a player.

Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic but don't give it more attention than it deserves.