Quotes About Evaluation

And perhaps because, as unfamiliar and strange as it sounds, in the deepest part of our psyche, we all want to be judged.

An aim, an ambition, provides the structure necessary for action. An aim provides a destination, a point of contrast against the present, and a framework, within which all things can be evaluated. An aim defines progress and makes such progress exciting. An aim reduces anxiety, because if you have no aim everything can mean anything or nothing, and neither of those two options makes for a tranquil spirit.

An aim provides a destination, a point of contrast against the present, and a framework, within which all things can be evaluated.

On top of all that is the general complexity of life, complicating the search for clarity. Consider the question "What really happened?" say, in a failed marriage, divorce, and child-custody battle. The answer to that query is so complex that settling the disagreements frequently requires court evaluation and multi-party assessment

sometimes, when things are not going well, it's not the world that's the cause. The cause is instead that which is currently most valued, subjectively and personally.

What is it that is bothering me?" "Is that something I could fix?" and "Would I actually be willing to fix it?

The great majority of us cannot listen; we find ourselves compelled to evaluate, because listening is too dangerous. The first requirement is courage, and we do not always have it.

How do you know that your attempts to pull someone up won't instead bring them—or you—further down?

You can decide for yourself what truth there might be in that concern after reading this book. :)

PERFECT ORDER BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE

Almost all ideas are wrong. It doesn't matter if they are your ideas or someone else's ideas. Your job is to assume that they are probably wrong, and then to assault them with every thing you have in your arsenal, and see if they can survive.

Did what I want happen? No. Then my aim or my methods were wrong. I still have something to learn." That is the voice of authenticity.

It sounds great, let me think about it …" or "Let me do a bit more research and I'll call you back.

He was unsweaty, undusty, and unbloody, but he was right. He was a critic who counted.

Tú eres como ese anillo: una joya, valiosa y única. Y como tal, sólo puede evaluarte un verdadero experto. ¿Por qué vas por la vida pretendiendo que cualquiera descubra tu verdadero valor?

Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned.

is." "I only counted four of them," said

Juzga a los hombres como los oye juzgar.

The only time you realize you have a reputation is when you're not living up to it.

Upang matawag na isang dakilang kritiko, wala nang hihigit pa sa pagpapamalas ng kawalang-kasiyahan sa lahat ng bagay.

The quality of a man's mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket.

It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.

And even the greatest actions of a celebrated person labour under this disadvantage, that however surprising and extraordinary they may be, they are no more than what are expected from him; but on the contrary, if they fall any thing below the opinion that is conceived of him, though they might raise the reputation of another, they are a diminution to his.

Going home must be like going to render an account.