Thomas a Kempis Quotes

The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic.

But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

I have to keep testing myself.

Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It's about being self-aware. Every morning, I look in the mirror and say, 'I could have done three things better yesterday.'

It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.

Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

I'm my own severest critic, and I realize when I make mistakes.

To learn to know oneself, to judge oneself with truth and impartiality, must be the great objects of one's exertion; they are only attainable by constant and cool self-examination.

I am absolutely my own biggest critic.

I think a lot about my own game.

I'm the greatest critic of my work.

It is always good to self-analyse and be self-critical. That is how I've got through so far and improved.

I'm always my hardest critic.

I believe my biggest critic is me only.

I am my own biggest critic.

I resolve for 1920 to sit down all by myself and take a personal stock-taking once a month. To be no more charitable in viewing my own faults than I am an viewing the faults of others. To face the facts candidly and courageously. To address myself carefully, prayerfully, to remedying defects.

It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you. But figuratively speaking, I'm really into growth, so when I look in the mirror, I see somebody who's just trying to get better everyday.

Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.

You need to take a long, hard look in the mirror and not come away thinking, "Hey, there's something wrong with this mirror."

No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.

Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.

I try to be self-analytical, both to outline the mistakes I made in my life and try to explain why I did, and the things that on balance I did pretty well on.

Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all... Knowing yourself and knowing the facts, you can judge whether you can change the situation so it is more to your liking. If you cannot--or if you do not know how to improve on things--then discipline yourself to the adjustments that will be necessary.

I'm a very vicious critic of myself.