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PARAPHRASE: Genius is not that you are smarter than everyone else. It is that you are ready to receive the inspiration. — Albert Einstein

Mindfulness helps us see the addictive aspect of self-criticism - a repetitive cycle of flaying ourselves again and again, feeling the pain anew. — Sharon Salzberg

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

A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism. — Will Self

We are all failures- at least the best of us are. — J.M. Barrie

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure. — Kingsley Amis

Criticism is no threat to your self-esteem or identity, but rather informs you. — Bryant McGill

Don't take to heart, any negative criticism. Focus on positive thoughts — Lailah Gifty Akita

We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves. — William Hazlitt

Do not share your thoughts with people who think that what you are thinking is not worth thinking. — Michael Bassey Johnson

Criticism is valuable ... and self-congratulatory experiences are not. — Harold Prince

The most dangerous negativity comes from ourselves in the form of doubts, fears and unreasonable self-criticisms. — Bryant McGill

Accounting for the most part, remains a legalistic and traditional practice, almost immune to self-criticism by scientific methods. — Kenneth E. Boulding

Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance and self criticism. — Albert Einstein

I would have died, before a literary agent ever committed to my book. This is why I chose to empower myself by self publishing. — Mary Sage Nguyen

The Rationalist case needs no straining of evidence and always gains by the severest self-criticism. — Joseph McCabe

I've been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually plays into your own self-criticism. — Rachel Ward

Criticism is just someone's opinion you don't agree with! — Mariela Dabbah

The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag. — Criss Jami

Those who seek to listen to their own inner voice forget to listen to the judgment of others. — Vironika Tugaleva

Self-pitying, self-righteous, self-important, all the selfs except self-confident, the quality that she always needed the most. — David Nicholls

The great thing about making yourself the villain is nobody's likely to contradict you. — Peter Watts

Fear of boredom is the most scathing self-criticism. — Marty Rubin

Literary criticism is generally bunk. Nonsense. Usually based on self-serving post-intellectual bullshit. — John Fante

It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism. — Martin Luther King Jr.

When your own approval means more than the approval of others, that is self-love. — Vironika Tugaleva

A remark of my brother's apropos of the troubles and pains our mother endured: "Old age is nature's self-criticism. — Emil M. Cioran

Messages of self-doubt and self-criticism that we carry around in our heads. My answer was There are a few of them. — Brene Brown

Writers are often the worst judges of what they have written. — Stephen King

Don't accept any negative criticism and negative thoughts. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If everybody likes you, you are doing it wrong. — Ben Michaelis

The greater self-confidence an individual possesses, the less inclined he is to put down others. This says a lot about those who constantly belittle. — Richelle E. Goodrich

He found his voice in the silences, where he could sing as loud and as long as he wanted with no one to complain of it. — Geraldine Brooks

Until you stop blaming and become positively self-critical you are not going to move forward. — Bryant McGill

When you are free from self-doubt, you fail better. You accept criticism and listen. — Jennifer Lee

Having inner peace means committing to letting go of self-criticism and self-doubt. — Sanaya Roman

Self-criticism expands the opportunities for discourse and eliminates the need for an adversary. — Mason Cooley

Die to self: die to criticism, die to praise. — Lee Roberson

I seldom look at myself to avoid any self-criticism. — Isabella Rossellini

In the inner courtroom of my mind, mine is the only judgment that counts. — Nathaniel Branden

Before thinking about what you are going to say, think about what I am saying. — Alireza Salehi Nejad

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide. — Charles Horton Cooley

When we carry the thoughts of negativity and self-criticism, we inspire just what we don't want: poor health and an unattractive physical body. — Dashama Konah Gordon

What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but an absence of self-criticism. — G.K. Chesterton

Unreasonable self-criticism represents a form of self-hatred and fear. — Bryant McGill

Especially where the implications of what we think we are seeing seem to be profound, we may not exercise adequate self-discipline and self-criticism. — Carl Sagan

If you know who you are, it makes you immune to criticism — Sunday Adelaja

I don't think that we should waste our time criticizing other people. Self-criticism allows us to be the best version of ourselves. — Braden Pedersen

A self-awareness moment. All of a sudden everything he has done comes flashing into his mind, a self-criticism that is unbearable. — Philip Seymour Hoffman

Often our self-esteem is bruised by criticism. — Marvin J. Ashton

Drama criticism ... is a self-knowing account of the way in which one's consciousness has been modified during an evening at the theatre. — Kenneth Tynan

To listen to critics, pro or con, and take their words to heart is to subcontract your self-esteem to strangers. (from Workbook) — Steven Heighton

We all have our weak moments when we believe the worst things we think about ourselves. — Marty Rubin

Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

It does not matter whatsoever, what the people around you think you can or cannot do. What really matters is what you think about your capabilities. — Abhijit Naskar

I'm not saying the plot doesn't have holes. — Vernon D. Burns

Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens. — Louise L. Hay

Tomorrow is another day, we rather hope it will be better but better it won't be unless self-foibles are examined. — Barbara Oakley

Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. — Joyce Carol Oates

In this world and the hereafter, we should not be afraid of no one but ourselves. — Alireza Salehi Nejad

We dedicate most of the time worrying about our deficiencies and self-criticism instead of concentrating on our goals and believing in our destination — Sunday Adelaja

Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem. It is heartbreaking how criticism can wound children and diminish their self-esteem. — H. Burke Peterson

Human intellect is natures attempt at self criticism — Muhammad Iqbal

To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless. — Deepak Chopra

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable. — Judith Martin

Home is the place I can live with myself, without hating myself. — Peggy Lampman

Don't judge yourself by your past; you no longer live there. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

People that criticize the harshest usually are the ones who would trade places the fastest — Gary Hopkins

The search to know has always been characterized by the need to doubt, the need to be critical, including the need to be self-critical. — Gerhard Casper

Kissinger would probably be outraged even if he reread his own memoirs, on the grounds that they are not favorable enough. — Walter Isaacson

A man needs self-acceptance or he can't live with himself; he needs self-criticism or others can't live with him. — James Pike

Self-criticism, like self-administered brain surgery, is perhaps not a good idea. Can the 'self' see the 'self' with any objectivity? — Joyce Carol Oates

Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing criticism that goes to the very root of the evil, is life and breath for the proletarian movement. — Rosa Luxemburg

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

In every book she'd ever read, the heroine was subject to self-doubt and unjust criticism. And in every case, it only served to harden their resolve. — Kathleen Tessaro

What surer sign is there that the creative aquifers are dry than a writer creating a writer-character? — David Mitchell

Excessive self-criticism is a bad habit and extraordinarily self-destructive. Don't be your own worst enemy! — Bryant McGill

There's no wrong way to meditate. And meditation should never be a difficult practice that leads to self criticism. — Moby

Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul. — Adlai Stevenson I