Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

We love to receive praise, but usually we're not certain what message, precisely, we should take from it. On the other hand, when someone points out our flaws, we realize immediately that something needs to change.

Being critical is not something I like to do. I like to appreciate and inspire.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up.

Remember praise is more valuable than blame.

There is rampant among us a spirit of criticism. Men and women who carry heavy responsibility do not need criticism, they need encouragement.

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

I don't know that praise is always a good thing.

You can't listen to every little thing that's bad or good said about you. I always used that - whenever I heard it, I used it as fuel to motivate me, man. That's how I was raised, whenever I came up.

I like constructive criticism from smart people.

When you receive criticism, you should take it in your side, but I've received love more than anything else, and that's what motivates me and keeps me going.

You don't need to be criticised to play well or things like that.

Praise little, dispraise less.

I'm not a natural criticizer - I prefer to like and praise and so on.

Be slow to correct and quick to commend.

Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said. I could barely muster a "yeah." That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.

Most of the criticism I get is that I am too positive and too hopeful... in my words, I don't beat people down enough.

It's a delightful thing to receive a good word just at your time of need. Encourage someone today.

I think it's always important to give immediate positive reinforcement.

Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

I like people to come back and tell me what I did wrong. That's the kindest thing you can do.