Soha Ali Khan Quotes

When I was younger, before I was married and had children, I really was nit-picky, a perfectionist. I was very much into different people's approval. I had too much time on my hands, I think.

Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it's been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father's mistakes. At least if you're making mistakes, make different mistakes.

Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping.

Parents are not the all-knowing, ideal people we would like you to think we are. We've made wrong choices before, and will again, like everyone else, .. But our mistakes are not the measure of our love for you. You are that measure, and how well you are prepared to make better choices than we have made.

Until you look forward to all criticism, your Work's not done.

It's not good to assume what your kid wants. It's not good to push them in their own way. It's not good to make them do something you wanted to do but didn't have the chance to. You should listen to what your kids are saying, and let them live, and let them be themselves.

Criticism is no threat to your self-esteem or identity, but rather informs you.

It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.

I'm never satisfied with what I do.

I love constructive criticism.

I think many people believe the best way they can help others is to criticize them, to give them the benefit of their 'wisdom.' I disagree. The best way to help people is to see the best in them.

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

A healthy person can accept criticism.

Each of you is perfect the way you are ... and you can use a little improvement.

when we are young our parents run our life; when we get older, our children do.

My mother gave me an understanding that as good as you think you are, you're not so great. There's always room for improvement. The reality is when people don't have someone to give them a sense of guidance, and say, "Hey, man, that's not happening," it's really hard.

I would prefer a thousand times to receive reproofs than to give them to others.

At the end of my life I want to be able to say I contributed more than I criticized.

I'm the kind of father I wanted my father to be. That may be the sweetest revenge.

If you're criticized then you can use it as an experience. Compliments, you can't use.

The end product of child raising is not the child but the parent.

If a teacher told me to revise, I thought that meant my writing was a broken-down car that needed to go to the repair shop. I felt insulted. I didn't realize the teacher was saying, 'Make it shine. It's worth it.' Now I see revision as a beautiful word of hope. It's a new vision of something. It means you don't have to be perfect the first time. What a relief!

Don't Criticize, Condemn, Or Complain.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

The difficulty is that we try to perfect others before we perfect ourselves.