Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

People are too quick to criticize and condemn. We've got to be more positive.

Most of the criticism I get is that I am too positive and too hopeful... in my words, I don't beat people down enough.

Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

Spend more time smiling than frowning and more time praising than criticizing.

The problem with fault-findingIs that he who finds fault with othersIs in no way a happy person Even after he has successfully Accomplished his task.

Sir, there is no end of negative criticism.

I don't focus on criticism. I prefer to praise people and the world, rather than criticize them and it.

Always will I dig for reasons to applaud; never will I scratch for excuses to gossip. When I am tempted to criticize I will bite on my tongue; when I am moved to praise I will shout from the roofs.

In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great men in various parts of the world, I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.

It's lovely to be told you're wonderful by someone when you're used to being told how awful you are.

Young people need models, not critics.

Discipline socialized children. They became tolerable to those who didn’t already love them.

We show a player every good thing he does for the team, but if he makes a bad thing for the team, he will also hear about that, in front of the other players.

Always praise 'em before you hit 'em.

Tis a meaner part of sense to find a fault than taste an excellence.

I'm not a natural criticizer - I prefer to like and praise and so on.

Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said. I could barely muster a "yeah." That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.

Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up.

Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment.

Praise is essential in developing the right attitude toward learning and toward school.

Black detraction will find faults where they are not.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Women see faults much more readily in each other than they can discover perfections.

Wanted: More Praise I cannot help believing that the world will be a better and a happier place when people are praised more and blamed less; when we utter in their hearing the good we think and also gently intimate the criticisms we hope may be of service. For the world grows smaller every day. It will be but a family circle after a while.

Who really benefits from discouragement? More often than not, encouragement is exactly what is needed.