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Pointed criticism, if accurate, often gives the artist an 
inner sense of relief. The criticism that damages is that 
which disparages, dismisses, ridicules, or condemns. 
--William Ernest Henley 

Children have more need of models, than of critics. 
--Joseph Joubert 

To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. 
--Elbert Hubbard 

Let criticism motivate you. 
--Jan Ruhe 

Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway 
--Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) 

People have criticized me because my security detail is 
larger than the president's. But you must ask yourself: 
are there more people who want to kill me than who want 
to kill the president? I can assure you there are. 
--Marion Barry Mayor of Washington, DC 

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, 
a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger 
--Franklin P. Jones 

Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. 
That way, you'll be a mile from them, and you'll have their shoes. 
--Jack Handey Deep Thoughts 

Do you have relatives that do nothing but complain and criticize? 
Don't let them get to you. God gave you two ears so things could 
go in one ear and out the other. Use them. 
--Kathy Laurenhue 

I believe that one becomes stronger emotionally by taking 
life less personally. If your employer criticizes your report, 
don't take it personally. Instead, find out what's needed and 
fix it. If your girlfriend laughs at your tie, don't take it 
personally. Find another tie or find another girlfriend. 
--Marilyn vos Savant 

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out 
how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds 
could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is 
actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and 
sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes 
short again and again...who knows the great enthusiasms, the 
great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; 
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, 
and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; 
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls 
who know neither victory nor defeat. 
--Theodore Roosevelt 

The way we respond to criticism pretty much depends on the 
way we respond to praise. If praise humbles us, then criticism 
will build us up. But if praise inflates us, 
then criticism will crush us; and both responses lead to our defeat. 
--Warren W. Wiersbe 

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, 
and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. 
Encourage me, and I will not forget you. 
--William Arthur Ward