Dale Carnegie Quotes About Criticism

Quotes about: Criticism

• Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

  Dale Carnegie

  Encouragement, Criticism, Ability

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Win Friends and Influence People”, p.220, Simon and Schuster

• Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

  Dale Carnegie

  Gratitude, Character, Self

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.21, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

• Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment.

  Dale Carnegie

  Hurt, Pride, Criticism

  Dale Carnegie (0101). “Best of Dale Carnegie Vol-I”, p.13, Prabhat Prakashan

• Criticism of others is futile and if you indulge in it often you should be warned that it can be fatal to your career.

  Dale Carnegie

  Motivational, Careers, Indulge In

• Instead of condemning people, let's try to understand them. Let's try to figure out why they do what they do. That's a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness.

  Dale Carnegie

  Kindness, People, Tolerance

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.23, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

• If you and I want to stir up a resentment tomorrow that may rankle across the decades and endure until death, just let us indulge in a little stinging criticism - no matter how certain we are that it is justified.

  Dale Carnegie

  Indulge In, Criticism, May

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.21, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

• Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.

  Dale Carnegie

  Thinking, Criticism, Flattery

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.33, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

• Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellow the warm sunshine of praise.

  Dale Carnegie

  Flower, Sunshine, Wind

  Dale Carnegie (1982). “How To Win Friends And Influence People”, p.227, Simon and Schuster

• Unjust criticism is usually disguised compliment. It often means that you have aroused jealously and envy. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead log.

  Dale Carnegie

  Mean, Unjust Criticism, Envy

• Criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home.

  Dale Carnegie

  Communication, Home, Criticism

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.17, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

• The resentment that criticism engenders can demoralize employees, family members and friends, and still not correct the situation that has been condemned.

  Dale Carnegie

  Criticism, Resentment, Members

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Enjoy Your Life And Your Job”, p.68, Simon and Schuster

• Bitter criticism caused the sensitive Thomas Hardy, one of the finest novelists ever to enrich English literature, to give up forever the writing of fiction. Criticism drove Thomas Chatterton, the English poet, to suicide. . . . Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

  Dale Carnegie

  Suicide, Giving Up, Writing

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.21, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

• There is no such thing as constructive criticism.

  Dale Carnegie

  Criticism, Constructive Criticism, Constructive

• criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment.

  Dale Carnegie

  Hurt, Pride, Criticism

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