Criticism Quotes Quotes

A lion never loses sleep over a sheep's sentiments.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

They fired arrows at me, but I did not fire back. I picked them up instead to build my castle.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Stars do not pull each other down to be more visible, they shine brighter.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The bigger the bricks critics throw at you the bigger the palace you are going to build.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When your critics raise hell keep building your heaven.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Believe in yourself, not in your critics.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The opinion of success matters more than the opinions of your critics.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you listen to critics for too long, you will become deaf to success.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The higher you rise, the smaller your enemies.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Critics are loud, but success is louder.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Loud critics are silenced by loud success.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

People only stone a tree that is full of ripe fruit.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One who throws stones at others has less to use to build his own house.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is in vain to stone the sky, no matter how big the rock is.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

We earn the respect of our peers by laboring to quell our critics’ justified disapproval. We earn self-respectability by schooling the wisdom to ignore unfair condemnation. We learn goodness by witnessing other person’s lives and by performing unsolicited acts of kindnesses.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

If roses were not special weeds would not envy them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you are afraid of the critics you will never write a word

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

You have not accomplished anything significant if no one envies you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Critics do not determine how high an eagle flies.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

They said you would fall,but were surprised when you were rising.The said you would fail,but were surprised when you were succeeding.They said you would break,but were surprised when you kept it together.The said you would deteriorate,but were surprised when you were flourishing.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Small people have small minds, and thus deride big dreamers.Small people have small hearts, and thus disparage big chancers.Small people have small souls, and thus disdain big achievers.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When the same lessons of life that taught them teaches you, you get a good understanding of what made them become who and what they became; you appreciate them better and you uphold the dignity of their integrity in high esteem!

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

There is always something behind what is wrong and to change what is wrong, mind the things behind what is wrong! So many people are quick enough to see what is wrong only, and they criticize so blindly! When you see what is wrong, see why, who and what is behind what is wrong.

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

When they try to judge you,remember, they themselves are judged.When they try to condemn you,remember, they themselves are condemned.When they try to break you,remember, they themselves are broken.When they try to hurt you,remember, they themselves are hurting.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you throw ice at the sun, it will melt; if you throw spears, they will burn; and if you throw bricks, they will crumble. The sun is invincible; all that comes before it is consumed.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Society in its boundless ignorance ridicules the caterpillar but praises the butterfly.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is not the fault of the stars that they shine brightly, but the fault of our eyes that they cannot handle light.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You will never be free until you free yourself from the prison of other people's opinions of you.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When they judge you, yawn.When they misunderstand you, smile.When they underestimate you, laugh.When they condemn you, ignore.When they envy you, rejoice.When they oppose you, prevail.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Only a man of knowledge is capable of giving constructive criticism.

~ Eraldo Banovac

My friend, stay positive! It is really good to always stay positive. You don’t really give a damn to negative people, circumstances and things! You only learn lessons from them that can help you take precautions to always stay positive for positive footprints!

~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah