Quoty: quotes tagged with 'criticism'

Children have more need of models than of criti...

Children have more need of models than of critics.

Author: Joseph Jourbert, Source: Unkown
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People who avoid all criticism fail. Its destru...

People who avoid all criticism fail. Its destructive criticism we need to avoid, not criticism in all forms. Similarly, there is no progress without eustress, and the more eustress we can create or apply to our lives, the soon we can actualize our dreams. The trick is telling the two apart.
Author: Tim Ferriss, Source: The Four Hour Work Week, p. 37
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The third-rate mind is happy only when it is th...

The third-rate mind is happy only when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is happy only when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is happy only when it is thinking.
Author: A. A. Milne, Source: Unknown
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Self criticism does not mean self contempt. We ...

Self criticism does not mean self contempt. We have to draw a careful balance between working at our self improvement and feeling useless and worthless. Remember we are only criticising a certain action and not our self. If we make mistakes no harm; mistakes are an essential part of learning and developing. The important thing is that we are able to learn from our actions. Self criticism should be looked upon as a positive thing, and not a tool for beating ourselves up.

Author: Tejvan Pettinger, Source: http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/the-art-of-effective-self-cri...
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He who fears criticism is hopeless. Only those ...

He who fears criticism is hopeless. Only those who do things are criticized. To hesitate for fear of criticism is cowardly. If our cause is right be not afraid of criticism, advocate it, expound it, and, if need be, fight for it. Critics always have been and always will be, but to the strong minded they are a help rather than a hindrance. Take your part in life's stage and play your part to the end.
Author: Thomas Jefferson, Source: Unknown
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We should not be dismayed either if, in the win...

We should not be dismayed either if, in the winding-up scenes, the enemies of God attack the very foundation of the church. Their assaults will include derision of the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and the reality of continuing revelation. These efforts will surely fail, but not before damaging some unsteady members-those who have unnecessary difficulty following the Brethren.

Basically, however any supposed issue will do for those who seek a grievance with the church, for detractors are very flexible.

Those of little faith can always find a cause or make a man "an offender for a word." (2 Nephi 27:32)
Author: Neal A. Maxwell, Source: All these Things shall Give Thee Experience, p. 130
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Cynics do not contribute, skeptics do not creat...

Cynics do not contribute, skeptics do not create, doubters do not achieve.
Author: Bryant S. Hinckley, Source: http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=7709
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In all of this, I suppose it goes without sayin...

In all of this, I suppose it goes without saying that negative speaking so often flows from negative thinking, including negative thinking about ourselves. We see our own faults, we speak�or at least think�critically of ourselves, and before long that is how we see everyone and everything. No sunshine, no roses, no promise of hope or happiness. Before long we and everybody around us are miserable.

I love what Elder Orson F. Whitney once said: "The spirit of the gospel is optimistic; it trusts in God and looks on the bright side of things. The opposite or pessimistic spirit drags men down and away from God, looks on the dark side, murmurs, complains, and is slow to yield obedience." We should honor the Savior's declaration to "be of good cheer." (Indeed, it seems to me we may be more guilty of breaking that commandment than almost any other!) Speak hopefully. Speak encouragingly, including about yourself. Try not to complain and moan incessantly. As someone once said, "Even in the golden age of civilization someone undoubtedly grumbled that everything looked too yellow."
Author: Jeffrey R. Holland, Source: http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,49-1-690-7,0...
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Critics within the Church have done the same th...

Critics within the Church have done the same thing; they still take the position of high academic advantage. There were always those among the Brethren themselves who, resenting Joseph Smith's towering ascendency in view of his limited education, tried to bring him down with terrible affidavits, which they later admitted were false. Some of "the first Elders of this Church," reported Brigham, "decided that Joseph did not understand temporal matters." The first bishops of the Church said they believed with all their heart that they understood the temporal matters far better than the Prophet Joseph. "I have seen men who belonged to this kingdom, and who really thought that if they were not associated with it, it could not progress." So the critics magnanimously volunteer their superior intellectual powers and put them at the disposal of the Church.

Author: Hugh Nibley, Source: Brother Brigham Challenges the Saints Criticizing the Brethren pp. 407�48
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A quality person will murmur not. He will not f...

A quality person will murmur not. He will not find fault or criticize, belittle, or nag. When I think of those who are examples of proficient murmuring on a continuing basis, I think of Laman and Lemuel in the Book of Mormon. By contrast I admire Nephi, who never murmured. Instead he was positive and had no time for contention, discouragement, or apathy.

Someone has wisely stated that hate is not the opposite of love. Apathy is. We will not have time for apathy in life�s journey if we speak and think positively. Seek, search, and work for worthy eternal qualities and friends.
Author: Marvin J. Ashton, Source: http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb690...
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The counsel against speaking evil of Church lea...

The counsel against speaking evil of Church leaders is not so much for the benefit of the leaders as it is for the spiritual well-being of members who are prone to murmur and find fault. The Church leaders I know are durable people. They made their way successfully in a world of unrestrained criticism before they received their current callings. They have no personal need for protection; they seek no personal immunities from criticism�constructive or destructive. They only seek to declare what they understand to be the word of the Lord to his people.
Author: Dallin H. Oaks, Source: http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb690...
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Our critics at home and abroad are watching us....

Our critics at home and abroad are watching us. In an effort to find fault, they listen to every word we say, hoping to entrap us. We may stumble now and again. But the work will not be materially hindered. We will stand up where we fell and go forward.
Author: Gordon B. Hinckley, Source: http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-64-33,0...
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Cease to find fault with one another. Cease to ...

Cease to find fault with one another. Cease to speak evil one of another. These commandments are given to preserve the spiritual well-being of the potential critic, not to protect the person(s) who might be criticized. We will lose the Spirit of the Lord if our attitudes and our actions are fault finding...If we cannot say something good about our fellows, say nothing...Love one another and leave the judging to God.
Author: George Q. Cannon, Source: Unknown
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I want to bear you my testimony that the experi...

I want to bear you my testimony that the experience I have had has taught me that those who criticize the leaders of this Church are showing signs of a spiritual sickness which, unless curbed, will bring about eventually spiritual death.
Author: Harold B. Lee, Source: Conference Report, October 1947, p. 67
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Don't ever take a fence down until you know why...

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
Author: Robert Frost, Source: Unknown
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