Agnes Repplier Quotes

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

If only people fought undeserved praise as much as they do unfair criticism.

I can take any amount of criticism, as long as it is unqualified praise.

I don't praise my people. I am their greatest critic.

The more people say nice things about me, the more I feel it's false.

Even just a little bit of praise can weaken you.

Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up.

I do have a very wonderful mentor, who helps me and reads my work and criticizes me, all the time. You've gotta have those people, who will tell you the truth and help you. You don't want anyone buttering you up. I want someone to tell me what I can fix. That's what I like.

I don't care about people kissing my ass or telling me how great I am. I don't really give a damn. I read the bad stuff a whole lot more than I read the good stuff. I read that because there are always going to be critics who are going to say how good you aren't.

The director calmed me down and told me I was being too hard on myself. He went on to say that I wasn't quite as bad as I thought, but needed to tone things down a bit.

I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

The mindset ideas were developed as a counter to the self-esteem movement of blanketing everyone with praise, whether deserved or not.

I don't like reading good things about myself. With the criticism and the negative things, I always think that makes me better.

In fact, I often accept criticism because I feel it helps me to get better and get stronger. And I hardly ever remember the compliments.

I never want to get caught up in praises. Never want to get caught up in people telling me how good I am.

Reading nice stuff about you is lovely, but I know it's going to be soul-destroying when you do something that everyone is tearing apart.

You don't need to be criticised to play well or things like that.

Players like people saying good things about them and, of course, no one is ever wrong when they do that, but they always are when they say bad stuff.

Wise people prefer to benefit from constructive criticism rather than be ruined by false praise

Do not seek praise. Seek criticism.

Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.

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.