Gary Vaynerchuk Quotes

You change your life by changing your heart.

The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.

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.

I meet people in my daily life, people who seem to experience some change and some growth on a personal level, and that gives me hope.

If you want to be honest with yourself, you have to take criticism, even if you attract adverse comments from others.

When I was a kid, I had a tendency to criticize. But when I did, my mum would whisk me off to the bathroom to stand in front of a mirror. Ten minutes, never less. To think about how criticism is a poor reflection on the one who criticizes.

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

I appreciate both good and bad - I don't want to sit in a bubble where everyone just tells me everything positive to keep my morale high.

I agree that my films have flopped, and I have been slammed for my nasal voice, my look, and my dialogue delivery. But every time I got a negative feedback, I went out of my way to work on it.

When someone praises me, I get wary. If someone has something negative to say, I invite them over for a long chat. They are important for my growth as an actor.

If I can understand criticism, I take it very seriously. But it's a process; it doesn't happen overnight.

We're all works in progress and we'll all keep growing.

We live in a very mollycoddled society where the slightest bit of discomfort is seen as wrong, but that discomfort is there for a reason. It's supposed to trigger some form of action, some form of change, a realization of a truth - something, and I think the self-help world has you believing that you should be happy all the time.

For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.

Most people have a hard time confronting their weaknesses in a really straightforward, evidence-based way. They also have problems speaking frankly to others. Some people love knowing about their weaknesses and mistakes and those of others because it helps them be so much better, while others can't stand it.

True success lies in knowing your weaknesses and playing to your strengths

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

Your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life are all intertwined. I went through a few very difficult years where I felt like a failure. But it was actually really important for me to go through that. Struggle, for me, is the most inspirational thing in the world at the end of the day - as long as you treat it that way.

If your inner life is not producing what you would like on the outside, don't be discouraged... just be willing to change.

As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser.

Life is definitely always about expanding. That's how we grow.

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.

Sometimes all it takes to change a life is to decide which beliefs do not serve you and to literally change your mind about those beliefs.

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.

I'm on a constant path of self-discovery and change. I'm trying to become a better person, a nicer person. I love therapy - it's brilliant.