Quotes related to ignoring unreasonable critics

Below are quotes related to unreasonable critics.

"Part of being limitless is learning to let go of the fear of criticism from other people. History is littered with examples of those who overcame the negative opinions of the people around them. The Wright brothers accomplished their incredible feat of making a machine fly through the air - and initially received virtually no acclaim for it. When they returned home from their inaugural flight on December 17, 1903, they were not met with brass bands and cigars and streamers. They were met with doubt... According to Kelly, noted scientists of the time had already explained why man could not fly so no newspaper reporter was willing to report on the story for fear of being humiliated." - James Kwik, Limitless, âHay House Incorporated. April 7, 2020, pages 101-102

"âIt is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.â - Theodore Roosevelt

"You must be able to bear criticism, or you are not fit to be at the head of a congregation... Public men must expect public criticism, and as the public cannot be regarded as infallible, public men may expect to be criticized in a way which is neither fair nor pleasant. To all honest and just remarks we are bound to give due measure of heed, but to the bitter verdict of prejudice, the frivolous faultfinding of men of fashion, the stupid utterances of the ignorant, and the fierce denunciations of opponents, we may very safely turn a deaf ear." - Charles Spurgeon^[1]

"Go from the presence of the fool when thou perceivest not the words of knowledge in him." - Proverbs 14:7

"Give no answer to contentious arguments or irresponsible accusations. Let such things "fly out open windows" until they spend themselves." - Stephen Covey

"Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic." - Jean Sibelius

"There are some people who always seem to be angry and continuously look for conflict. Walk away; the battle they are fighting isn't with you, it is with themselves." - Unknown

âWinners have no interest or association in the opinions, actions or affairs of losers.â - Jeffrey Fry

âLearn to brush off criticism as easily as you brush aside hollow compliments.â - Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

"Also, do not take seriously all the words which are spoken, so that you do not hear your servant cursing you, for you know that even you have cursed others many times as well." - King Solomon, Ecclesiastes 7:21-22

"Those of low estate are but a breath, those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath." - King Solomon, Psalm 62:9 (NRSV)

"Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to confront a fool immersed in folly." - Wise King Solomon, Proverbs 17:12 (NRSV)

"The less you respond to negative people, the more powerful your life will become.â â Robert E. Baine, American pastor and businessman

"Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember, the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you." - Zig Ziglar

"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one." - John Wooden

"Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing." - attributed to Aristotle

"It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration--nay, it is very easy; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome." - Plutarch

"Criticism is a privilege that you earn--it shouldn't be your opening move in an interaction." - Malcolm Gladwell

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill

Raphael's depiction of Plato in The School of Athens.

"But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism." - Eric Wright

"Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from your own." - Anonymous

"Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build it." - Sam Rayburn

"The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews. The ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews." - William Faulkner

"When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical." - Anonymous

"Don't mind criticism. If it is untrue, disregard it; if unfair, keep from irritation; if it is ignorant, smile; if it is justified, it is not criticism, learn from it." - Anonymous

"Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl." - Benjamin Jowett, English tutor and administrative reformer at the University of Oxford, a theologian, and Anglican cleric

"Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember, the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you." - Zig Ziglar

"Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him." - Proverbs 26:4

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