Peter Cove Quotes

We have moved from a commitment to serve the deserving poor to an assumption that all are deserving. And much of this rests at the feet of politicians trolling for votes by larding on the largesse.

The government’s unprecedented expenditures failed to bring about the decline in poverty that Johnson had promised. Instead, they made things worse.

Not only does big government get in the way when it provides disincentives to work, it also has a profoundly negative effect on community. […] The more the government does for individuals, the more community is diminished.

We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.

Actually, my character needs to be questioned. On a regular basis. By people who know and love me.

We can't go out and tell ourselves we've done good if we haven't.

The biggest thing is I watch myself: What I need to improve on, what I can do different.

I can't have no assists and five turnovers. If you have no assists and five turnovers, you have to look yourself in the mirror and figure out how to adjust.

It's easy to figure out whether you're getting stale. All you've got to do is look in the mirror and be honest with yourself.

I'm a very vicious critic of myself.

I have learned to watch myself and give myself constructive criticism. Although I have to cover my face and peek sometimes!

It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.

We have to be able to criticise what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if your not trying to make something better, than as far as I can tell, you are just in the way.

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

The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic.

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

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

Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

If you're an old pro, you know how well you're doing when you're doing it, and your inner government spanks you if you're not doing well.

I'm extremely self-critical. Although I try not to be ridiculous about it, wearing horsehair shirts and all that. It's a private exercise I don't necessarily share with other people.

These guys who keep on playing but aren't winning, you've got to sit them down and let them figure it out and perform a little gut-check on themselves.

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.