Joseph Barber Lightfoot Quotes

Nobody's a better critic of myself than me, and I try to do the best I can.

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.

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

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

You know, I'd like to sit here and blame everybody else for my trouble. I just can't do that. I can't find it in myself to do it.

It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.

Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

I'm hard on myself, like, 'Oh, why did you say that?' But it helps me grow.

Be your own biggest critic. Don't let someone else beat you to constructive criticism.

I'm my biggest critic of myself when I make mistakes.

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

If a player wants to be the best, then they also need to give themselves a talking-to. You need to look inwards.

I'm not saying I'm perfect. But I'm someone who analyses and reflects on what I do, whether it's in keeping with the ethics that I talk about in public. That's how I've been all my life.

I'm very hard on myself. I'm the first person that'll say, 'Yeah I messed up.' And then I'll try to go out and fix it.

I take very seriously this notion that my highest job is to live a better life, all the time and to the best of my ability. I need to monitor my own progress - take my own inventory - and clean my own closet. I am trying to do all that.

The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.

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

I see what you mean. It must be a huge relief, and an easy way out, to think the devil is always outside of us. (…) we would stop looking for Sheitan outside and instead focus on ourselves. What we need is sincere self-examination. Not being on the watch for the faults of others.” (p. 257).

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.

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

I'm a tough critic on myself.

Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.

I'm usually very critical of myself.

I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.