Democritus Quotes

The preacher's sharpest and strongest preaching should be to himself. His most difficult, delicate, laborious, and thorough work must be with himself.

Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.

Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

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

I'm super self-critical, which I think is good, because then I get exactly what I want. I'm critical of other people, too - I try not to be, though.

I can't judge the way other people behave. I can only look at myself.

It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

What you dislike in another take care to correct in yourself.

I have a pretty clear picture of the whole weight of my life, and there are things that I've done that are good, and I'm proud of them. There are things that I'm really not proud of, and that they, you have to look at me with a perspective, and I try really hard to do that, to keep from thinking I'm cool and ever so smart.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

Observe all men, thyself most.

I am absolutely my own biggest critic.

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

I believe my biggest critic is me only.

You know, I analyze my faults and my weaknesses very carefully. I'm very hypercritical of myself.

Whereas I formerly believed it to be my bounden duty to call other persons to order, I now admit that I need calling to order myself.

I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.

You have to be ruthless with yourself, in terms of being honest about what is working and what is not.

It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it.

It is said that one should not hesitate to correct himself when he has made a mistake. If he corrects himself without the least bit of delay, his mistakes will disappear.

Were we to think more of our own mistakes and offences, we should be less apt to judge other people.

We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation.

Sincerity must be bought at a price: the humility to recognize our innumerable errors, and fidelity in tirelessly setting them right.

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

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