Brene Brown Quotes

Criticism is always hard to take - we musicians are sensitive. It's always hard when someone says something negative - but you try to learn to just let it roll off and not worry about it.

I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.

I'm not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor.

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

Some people, when they get criticism, they shy away from it.

If you take everything personally and to heart, it will tear you apart. Take criticism, learn, adjust, and move on.

I'm a big boy; I can handle criticism.

Remember that when criticism is difficult to accept, there is probably some truth to it.

We will all face criticism throughout our lives, no matter where we live and what we weigh.

When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.

If you feel compelled to respond every time you're criticized it reveals just how much you've built your identity on being right.

It's better that you're criticized than complimented as a person.

I can take critism, but if it's like 'I don't like you' then I want to know why people don't like me. Why do you hate me? What have I done?

There's a lot of criticism in this job and what we do. It's in front of everybody and for everybody to have their own opinion about what we do. Don't be in this position if you can't handle that criticism.

Somehow I took whatever criticism there was very much to heart.

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.

You can't be sensitive, because you're going to get criticized. I don't care who you are, you're going to get criticized.

Every time I'd get a critique or some redirection, I'd always just take it very personally. Now I have no problem with it.

When people disappoint you, it's just as much your responsibility to be aware of it and what you don't want.

I've learned not to attach personal feelings to critics who review your work. It's their opinions, their perceptions - it's a very subjective thing, and you can be hurt.

What I do is sometimes - at least in Germany - met with wounding campaigns. I always face the question: should I grow myself a thick skin and ignore it, or should I let myself be wounded? I've decided to be wounded, since, if I grew a thick skin, there are other things I wouldn't feel any more.

I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.

Generally I don't care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself. When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.

Although it's painful at the time, most of the things that people have said about us negatively - some of them are true and you can work on them, and the ones that you don't agree with, you don't work on.