Urijah Faber Quotes

My friends tell me that I have a tendency to point out problems without offering solutions, but they never tell me what I should do about it.

Negativity is the enemy of creativity.

Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain.

Critics build nothing.

I don’t embrace excuses. I embrace solutions.

Never attack a problem without also presenting a solution.

Criticizing to destroy is easy, thinking in order to build is much more difficult to achieve

Great leaders don't rush to blame. They instinctively look for solutions.

But I will add, there's one thing I will not do, ever: I will never talk to you about things you cannot change. It plants a negativity in the head of a designer or the student, and it's a distraction.

Finger pointing never got anything done!

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

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

If you criticise something then you have to have an alternative, but we do have to try and improve things.

Imagination decides everything.

Criticism is always easier than constructive solutions.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard to find; but men who can think and plan and tell the routine men what to do are very rare.

The choices I make - they have to be creative.

Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires not a modicum of the effort that suggestion requires.

I believe that you should put the right people around you, people that will not let anything go wrong.

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

The rule for effective governance is simple. It is one Ronald Reagan knew by heart. And one that he successfully employed with Social Security and the Cold War. When there is a problem, you fix it. That is the job you have been sent to do and you cannot wait for someone else to do it for you.

It’s not the man; it’s the plan.

I praise loudly; I blame softly.