David Deida Quotes

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.

My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

I need good friends who can say, 'I love you to death, but you look terrible in that, and you need to change right now.'

If you have a friend that will reprove your faults and foibles, consider you enjoy a blessing which the king upon the throne cannot have.

Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.

You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're always right.' No, they tell me when I'm wrong, and that's why I've been able to stay who I am and stay humble.

My best friend is he who rights my wrongs or reproaches my mistakes.

Most of the coaches just tell you, 'No, no, you're doing well. This is fine.' But I actually want someone who will tell me what I didn't do right so that I can improve.

I tell guys all the time, you see me messing up, get at me. I want you to get at me.

I try to stay away from yes-men in my crew of immediate friends and peers. You got people that will tell you you're the greatest ever, but I need people that can tell me where I need to improve. I can respect the honest opinion.

I'm trying to do everything with my family members, my friends, who are watching me every day, every game I am playing, so they are trying to help me to say what I did wrong and what I did well, and I try to improve myself.

It bothers me when nobody is criticizing me, because then I am not doing something.

Seek out a personal coach or mentor in the workplace. He/she should push you when you need it by encouraging and motivating you. Don't be afraid of their honesty.

To bring out the best in someone, you really have to push them.

Iron sharpens iron, and that's one man getting another guy ready to play.

He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at your best?

Seek the counsel of men who will tell you the truth about yourself, even if it hurts you to hear it. Mere commendation will not bring the improvement you need.

The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.

I do have a very wonderful mentor, who helps me and reads my work and criticizes me, all the time. You've gotta have those people, who will tell you the truth and help you. You don't want anyone buttering you up. I want someone to tell me what I can fix. That's what I like.

Honesty, willingness to exert oneself, friendship - all these things shaped me too.

It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it.

One of life's joys was to have friends who gave you reality checks...who would call you on your crap before it rose so high you drowned in it.

A person you excuse from any genuine challenge is a person you do not truly respect.