Barack Obama Quotes

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

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

You'll consider what you did wrong & bookend your reflections with hunger - no supper, no breakfast.

Self-criticism, like self-administered brain surgery, is perhaps not a good idea. Can the 'self' see the 'self' with any objectivity?

Be sensitive to your mistakes. Put it on the wall for a couple of weeks. It may be that you can learn more from the study of your own work than from others.

Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.

To question your own process is a necessity. If you don't question yourself, it's impossible to improve.

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 willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America.

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

The examined life is no picnic.

Observe all men, thyself most.

I'm my own severest critic, and I realize when I make mistakes.

You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk.

There is no country in the world where the process of self-criticism and self-correction is more active than in the United States.

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

I am absolutely my own biggest critic.

I'm the greatest critic of my work.

The best critics of America are Americans.

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

I've criticized myself over the years.

When I come home, I always look in the mirror and I want to see where I could do better, where I can improve.

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

Ignorance is always ready to admire itself. Procure yourself critical friends.