Epictetus Quotes

What advice do I tell my grandson? I listen to him.

Reproof should not exhaust its power upon petty failings.

I treat people who write me the way my friends and I all treat each other when we go to each other for advice, which is sometimes with supreme cruelty.

I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize.

We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.

Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.

It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly.

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.

Knowing how to tactfully criticize someone's work is a mentor's job.

Don't let that 'mom' word fool y'all... Her being my biggest critic was the best thing for me, actually.

My dad speaks a lot of sense and keeps me grounded. He'll watch me play and, if I've done well, he'll have a quiet word with me and say, 'Well done.' If I've had a not-so-good game, he'll let me know about it.

A lot of my friends ask me for advice.

You can't make the kid feel like he just made three mistakes in a row and you're pumping him up. No. There's a balance to it. It's, 'Listen, here's why you did what you did. Don't do it next time, and you'll be OK.'

Praise little, dispraise less.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

Giving advice was a lot harder than following it.

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.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

What I'm interested in watching is to make sure that they give the right advice now to the contestants who are going forward because, you know, it's one thing just to criticize but you've got to also give, you know, good advice which is going to help them. Overall, I think they're a good panel.

Wherever men do things, other men will arise who will explain to them how things should be done.

Telling someone they're wrong is not the same as leading or inspiring them to do what's right.

Sir, there is no end of negative criticism.

Be slow to criticize. And fast to APPRECIATE