120+ Famous Criticism Quotes That’ll Haunt You! (Images)

“Criticism Quotes” are the verbal mirrors that reflect our capacity for analysis and introspection.

Crafted by influential minds and wordsmiths, these expressions encapsulate the essence of discernment and evaluation.

In this voyage, we delve into the realm of critical thinking, as conveyed through these insightful quotations.

Join us as we decipher the wisdom embedded within these words, shedding light on the enduring impact of constructive critique in our ever-evolving world of ideas and perspectives.

Criticism Quotes

-Always remember that a cynic hides a romantic beneath him, and he is probably injured.-Glen Beck

-We are giving away our freedoms. The entire American experiment was all about freedom. The freedom to fail, the freedom to succeed, and the freedom to be stupid. -Glen Beck

-We should reject big governments. To find out what built this nation into what it is today, we must look inside ourselves.-Glen Beck

-You can make a lot of money by making fun of me. I have gotten rich by making fun of myself. I know.-Glen Beck

-Success is not sweet without failure. We do not understand it.-Glen Beck

-I am not just a boy toy. Just like any other human being, I have dreams and feelings.-Jon Stewart

-Whenever I go to Canada, I feel we could take over the country in two days.-Jon Stewart

-The previous day our President met with the ‘coalition of the willing’ as he calls it. The rest of the world calls the group Britain and Spain.-Jon Stewart

-We have the Smoking Gun- the potential weapon of mass destruction that was our pretext for invading Iraq. -Jon Stewart

-More than 150 Heads of State attended the UN summit. They made the people of New York get in touch with prejudices that even they didn’t know they had.-Jon Stewart

-The attacks of September 11 prove that terrorists can attack us, but they can never take away our liberty, civil rights, and freedom. –Jon Stewart

-I was born like a ‘Peanuts character- with a tiny body and an adult head.-Jon Stewart

-McVeigh got the death penalty from his lawyer, which even I could have done for him.-Jon Stewart

-If you do not like the news that you watch, then this is the program that you counter the news with.-Jon Stewart

-I’ll never be an actor even if I am in 20 movies.-Jon Stewart

-I love Atlanta, but it is not only for the strip clubs but also for the shopping and the food.-Jon Stewart

-My greatest inspiration is insomnia.-Jon Stewart

-I want to be proud of the work that I have done and that I tried everything when I look back at my career.-Jon Stewart

-That was everything I hated in every single way.-Simon Cowell

-Do not ever try singing again.-Simon Cowell

-If there existed a rational fascist dictatorship, it would choose the American system.-Noam Chomsky

-The tradition of intellectuals is to be servile to power and I would be ashamed of myself if I did not betray it.

-The propaganda of a democracy is similar to the bludgeon of a totalitarian state.-Noam Chomsky

-One of the most genocidal books ever written is The Bible.-Noam Chomsky

-The easiest way of stopping terrorism is to stop participating in it.-Noam Chomsky

-Every aspect of our daily lives contain politics.-Michael Moore

-Your time is up anytime you got the Dixie chicks and the Pope against you.-Michael Moore

-I like America to a certain extent.-Michael Moore

-I am filthy rich. I am a multi-millionaire. I am rich because rich people like what I do.-Michael Moore

-I am very intimidated by white people-Michael Moore

Self Criticism Quotes

“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” — Leo Tolstoy

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” — Maya Angelou

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” — Albert Einstein

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill

“I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” — Marilyn Monroe

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs

“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” — Brian Tracy

“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” — Epictetus

“You are your best thing.” — Toni Morrison

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” — Stephen Covey

“The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.” — Unknown

“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” — Roy T. Bennett

“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” — Jordan Belfort

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” — Oscar Wilde

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” — Buddha

“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” — Sir Edmund Hillary

“The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.” — Sonya Friedman

“In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it—thou art a fool.” — Lord Chesterfield

Positive Criticism Quotes

“Constructive criticism is not negative feedback; it’s a ladder to your improvement.” – Salman Ali

“Criticism is the fertilizer of champions; it helps them grow stronger.” – Matshona Dhliwayo

“Your critics can be your best friends. They point out your flaws and push you to do better.” – Munia Khan

“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.” – Frank A. Clark

“Don’t be afraid of criticism; use it as a stepping stone to become better.” – Ralph Marston

“The best way to silence your critics is to do what they claim you can’t.” – Unknown

“Criticism should drive you to do better, not to give up.” – Unknown

“Critics are spectators; they never achieve greatness.” – Unknown

“Criticism can’t stop you from chasing your dreams; it can only stop you from quitting.” – Unknown

“Criticism may be inevitable, but so is the strength to rise above it.” – Unknown

“Critics are like referees in the game of life; they don’t determine the outcome, but they keep it fair.” – Unknown

“Embrace criticism; it’s an opportunity to refine your skills and prove your doubters wrong.” – Unknown

“Critics may see your flaws, but they’ll never understand your journey.” – Unknown

“Criticism is the price of ambition; pay it willingly and keep climbing.” – Unknown

“Remember, even the best of the best had critics. They just didn’t let them define their destiny.” – Unknown

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill

“Critics are our friends; they show us our faults.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” – Coco Chanel

“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value.” – Maya Angelou

Negative Criticism Quotes

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” – Oscar Wilde

“If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re misinformed.” – Mark Twain

“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.” – Winston Churchill

“Common sense is not so common.” – Voltaire

“You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.” – Dorothy Parker

“I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.” – George Bernard Shaw

“Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from but not well enough to lend to.” – Ambrose Bierce

“I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.” – Oscar Levant

“Sir, your levity is unbecoming. It is a symptom of vice, a proof of ignorance, or a want of something better, a sort of animalism.” – Samuel Johnson

“A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.” – H.L. Mencken

“Some books leave us free and some books make us free.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Trust the tale, not the teller.” – D.H. Lawrence

“A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ.” – John Steinbeck

“That’s not writing; that’s typing.” – Truman Capote

“This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.” – T.S. Eliot

“I’m a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can’t, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry.” – William Faulkner

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” – George Orwell

“In the fight between you and the world, back the world.” – Franz Kafka

“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – E.M. Forster

“Maybe this world is another planet’s Hell.” – Aldous Huxley

Dont Criticize Quotes

“It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do.” — Dale Carnegie

“When you are done changing, you’re done.” — Benjamin Franklin

“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.” — Marcus Aurelius

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” — Confucius

“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.” — Dalai Lama

“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” — Abraham Lincoln

“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.” — Wayne Dyer

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” — Mother Teresa

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” — Albert Einstein

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” — Lao Tzu

“Don’t find fault, find a remedy.” — Henry Ford

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” — Winston Churchill

“You can’t go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise, it’s just a cage.” — Oprah Winfrey

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” — Buddha

“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” — William James

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.” — Rumi

Accept Criticism Quotes

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston S. Churchill

“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” – Aristotle

“The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.” – Elbert Hubbard

“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.” – Frank A. Clark

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do and damned if you don’t.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” – Oscar Wilde

“The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.” – Voltaire

“If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, but it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.” – Dale Carnegie

“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy

“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.” – Epictetus

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” – Plato

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.” – Marcus Aurelius

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” – George Washington

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” – Albert Einstein

“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” – John F. Kennedy

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“An unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates

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Jealous Criticism Quotes

“Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.” — Fulton J. Sheen

“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.” — Frank A. Clark

“Jealousy is the art of counting someone else’s blessings instead of your own.” — Unknown

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” — Winston Churchill

“Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.” — John Dryden

“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” — Elbert Hubbard

“Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.” — Robert A. Heinlein

“Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” — Aristotle

“Jealousy is simply and clearly the fear that you do not have value. There is only one alternative – self-value. If you cannot love yourself, you will not believe that you are loved.” — Jennifer James

“Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on and I don’t hold on to that.” — Diana Ross

“Jealousy is a form of hatred built upon insecurity.” — Unknown

“To escape criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” — Elbert Hubbard

“Jealousy is the cousin of greed.” — H. G. Bohn

“Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but for having faults different from your own.” — Unknown

“Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.” — Erica Jong

“Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.” — Emmet Fox

“Jealousy is the ulcer of the soul.” — Socrates

“To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” — Aristotle

“Jealousy is a disease that can only be cured by unconditional self-love.” — Unknown

“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a person’s growth without destroying their roots.” — Frank A. Clark

Taking Criticism Quotes

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” — Winston Churchill

“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.” — Benjamin Franklin

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” — Marcus Aurelius

“I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it.” — Voltaire

“Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.” — Albert Einstein

“Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” — Aristotle

“When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.” — Confucius

“The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.” — Frank A. Clark

“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” — Elbert Hubbard

“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” — Oscar Wilde

“Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.” — Dale Carnegie

“He has a right to criticize who has a heart to help.” — Abraham Lincoln

“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.” — Epictetus

“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” — George Bernard Shaw

“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” — John F. Kennedy

“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.” — Molière

“People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.” — W. Somerset Maugham

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