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A lion does not earn its crown quarreling with sheep.

All great people had critics, but they still believe in beauty of their dreams.

All great people had critics but they still believe in the beauty of their dreams, fully persuaded to stay focused and determined for the realisation of their dreams.

And, instead of pelting these babbling idiots with their own freshly toasted marshmallows, everyone else sitting around the fire is often nodding and smiling and looking solemny thoughtful.

An eagle never loses sleep over a turkey's sentiments.

Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody.

A rose does not lose sleep because it was mocked by weeds.

A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.

As for literary criticism in general: I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae or a banana split.

Anaemia is an illness primarily affecting characters in novels.

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs." [Time Magazine, October 31, 1977]

At that shameful stage in the development of our criticism, literary abuse would overstep all limits of decorum; literature itself was a totally extraneous matter in critical articles: they were pure invective, a vulgar battle of vulgar jokes, double-entendres, the most vicious calumnies and offensive constructions. It goes without saying, that in this inglorious battle, the only winners were those who had nothing to lose as far as their good name was concerned. My friends and I were totally deluded. We imagined ourselves engaged in the subtle philosophical disputes of the portico or the academy, or at least the drawing room. In actual fact we were slumming it.

Being a critic is easy. But if the critic tries to run the operation, he soon understands that nothing is as easy as his criticisms. Criticism without a solution is merely an inflation of the critic's ego.

Believe in yourself, not in your critics.

Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.

Be like the sun; never let the opinions of those who hate you dull your shine.

Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped.

But you don't hold yourself superior to all the judges of music?" she protested. "No, no, not for a moment. I merely maintain my right as an individual. I have just been telling you what I think, in order to explain why the elephantine gambols of Madame Tetralani spoil the orchestra for me. The world's judges of music may all be right. But I am I, and I won't subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind. If I don't like a thing, I don't like it, that's all; and there is no reason under the sun why I should ape a liking for it just because the majority of my fellow-creatures like it, or make believe they like it. I can't follow the fashions in the things I like or dislike.

Cowards say it can't be done, critics say it shouldn't have been done, creator say well done.

By encouraging the critic in themselves (the hater) they have killed the artist (the lover).

Critics do not determine how beautifully a flower blooms.

Critiquing a doer isn’t doing.

Critics! Appalled I ventured on the name. Those cutthroat bandits in the paths of fame.

Critics are loud, but success is louder.

Critics vent spleen to eviscerate the more competent.

Criticism is like dissecting a dead frog," Caleb said when the book was published. "They're examining all the guts and shit and organs, when the thing that really matters, whatever it was that animated the body, has long since left. It does nothing for the art.

Critics work for you; they reveal your weaknesses. Critics work against you; they envy your strengths. Wisdom works for you; it counters your weaknesses. Faith works for you; it increases your strengths. Forgive those who hurt you; compassion is the offspring of blessings. Love those who hate you; love is the offspring of great blessings. Be grateful for whatever you have; much is made from little. Be grateful for the plenty you have; thankfulness makes room for more.

Critics are those righteous experts who judge other people's hard earned accomplishmens as they themselves stand on the sidelines of life.

Critics do not determine how bright a star decides to shine.

Critics do not determine how high an eagle flies.

Critic vent spleen to eviscerate the more competent.

Critasism is just a way of saying i'm jelous of your talents

Critical voices have to care about history. We have to care about the way in which things get controlled in the past because that's when the damage gets done and if we don't keep that historical memory, we will allow them to do it again next time.

critics are extremely insecure. they don't really know what's going on, they're democrats when it comes to politics but fascists when it comes to culture

Critics are important. They give us the reasons, knowingly or unknowingly, not to fall, slumber or deviate from our true purpose . If only you would see, understand and appreciate the real lessons your critics teach you with a calm heart, you would know and understand that your critics are nothing but great facilitators to help you get to your vision and true purpose diligently and distinctively.

Critics, in other words, idiots.

Cursing the sun won't stop it from rising; neither will cursing the stars stop them from shining.

Destiny can't be changed, but it can be challenged.

Death teaches the rejoices of living.

Do not criticize a thing if you do not have enough information in it, otherwise you will be a criticizer.

Dirt does not diminish a diamond's beauty.

Don’t answer every critic. Sometimes, the answers you give may be right but misconceived and misunderstood.

Don't blow out someone’s candle or you'll both end up in the dark.

Don’t be afraid of criticism; the tallest trees are always confronted by the strongest winds.

Don't base your decision on the opinions of those who don't want to see you grow.

Don't fall flat to deception; thousand criticisms can never drift your dream through one millimetre unless you give them the audacity. Be in-charge; you are unstoppable!

Don’t deceive yourself; laughing at someone’s weakness is not the way to reveal your strength. Your strength is in the help you offer, not the mockeries you deliver!

Don't give up the fight. Don't dim out the light. Those who at first don't believe in you, will soon begin to ask you "how did you do it?” Keep it up!

Don’t keep people in hatred. You might lose that very person who should endorse your next appointment letter if you are a skillful hater of people. Let love lead

Don't trust a mirror that only tells you how wonderful you look.