Pema Chodron Quotes

It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others

I am absolutely my own biggest critic.

I've criticized myself over the years.

Nobody likes to be judged, including me, but I am the first to say that I am far from perfect.

We almost always see only what's wrong with other people and not what's wrong with us.

I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.

A man has need of tough ears to hear himself fairly judged.

I'm a very vicious critic of myself.

There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.

Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.

I'm the greatest critic of my work.

I think I am my own biggest critic, yeah.

I believe my biggest critic is me only.

I don't know anyone who is more self-critical than me.

I always see what I did wrong, what I could do better.

I'm going to be more critical of myself than anyone could ever be.

You have to be able to analyze yourself and critique yourself from every which way.

Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice.

Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.

There are no souls in the world that are so fearful to judge others as those that do most judge themselves, nor so careful to make a righteous judgment of men or things as those that are most careful to judge themselves.

Before thou reprehend another, take heed thou art not culpable in what thou goest about to reprehend. He that cleanses a blot with blotted fingers makes a greater blur.

We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation.

I must congratulate myself, in passing, for never having lost the ability to examine my conscience, never having lost the gift of finding myself wanting & defective. Why fear the criticism of others when you, yourself, are first out of the critical gate? If self-denigration is the race I am the winner, even before the starting gun. Collect the bets.