Great minds on Crtics and Criticism
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN :
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT:
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 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 cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the 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.
BRENDAN FRANCIS BEHAN :
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON :
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
WHITNEY BALLIETT :
A critic is a bunch of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.
ELVIS PRESLEY :
Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.
WILLIAM ARTHUR :
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN :
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT:
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 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 cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the 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.
BRENDAN FRANCIS BEHAN :
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON :
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
WHITNEY BALLIETT :
A critic is a bunch of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.
ELVIS PRESLEY :
Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.
WILLIAM ARTHUR :
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails