Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes

I'm not a natural criticizer - I prefer to like and praise and so on.

Wanted: More Praise I cannot help believing that the world will be a better and a happier place when people are praised more and blamed less; when we utter in their hearing the good we think and also gently intimate the criticisms we hope may be of service. For the world grows smaller every day. It will be but a family circle after a while.

Remember praise is more valuable than blame.

If you wanna help, inspire, uplift, don't point the blame and talk down.

Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

There is rampant among us a spirit of criticism. Men and women who carry heavy responsibility do not need criticism, they need encouragement.

Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.

You can have 10 nice comments today, and it's that one nasty comment that you're gonna hang on to.

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.

Always praise 'em before you hit 'em.

Criticism at the wrong time, even if it's legitimate criticism, can be seriously damaging and make the writer lose faith in what he's doing. It's the timing that's all-important.

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

Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment.

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.

Do not say, ‘You are bad’; say only, ‘You are good’, but be better!

I learned from teaching. If you are perceived by the student to be belittling them or purely criticizing them without offering up words of encouragement and support, they shut down and discredit you.

Criticism? An artist wants praise. Praise.

A bad word from a colleague can darken a whole day. We need encouragement a lot more than we admit, even to ourselves.

Don't wait until people do things exactly right before you praise them.

Sir, there is no end of negative criticism.

Many people know how to criticize, but few know how to praise.

I've never known about anyone being helped by being told how wretched, miserable, sinful, and evil they are.

Never criticize, unless you can do a better job.

Nobody really likes to be lectured a lot. And, therefore, if you want to be an effective person, what you don't do is scold the person publicly all the time.

All right, team... This is our first game of the season... If we all show the right spirit, I think we can win this one. Let's try to encourage each other... Let's hear a little chatter out there, okay?" "YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL, KID!