Quotes about Criticism

People only stone a tree that is full of ripe fruit.

One who throws stones at others has less to use to build his own house.

Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women.

If you don't live by the praise of men you won't die by their criticism.

To sit home, read one's favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men's doing.

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a But.

No man can tell another his faults so as to benefit him, unless he loves him.

All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.

Against Him those women sin who torment their skin with potions, stain their cheeks with rouge and extend the line of their eyes with black coloring. Doubtless they are dissatisfied with God's plastic skill. In their own persons they convict and censure the Artificer of all things.

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

You do not grow in holiness because of the praise you receive, nor do you become evil because of the blame poured upon you.