Best Destructive Criticism Quotes

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

Listenin to nothin, takin no suggestions,
All destructive criticisms that can’t improve on perfection.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated.

How to overcome destructive criticism? Just love a little more. That’s all.

You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.

The most destructive criticism is indifference.

The most destructive criticism has not been able to dethrone Christ as the incarnation of perfect holiness. The waves of a tossing and restless sea of unbelief break at His feet, and He stands still the supreme model, the inspiration of great souls, the rest of the weary, the fragrance of all Christendom, the one divine flower in the garden of God.

Destructive criticism is the biggest single enemy of human potential. It is worse than cancer or heart disease. While those diseases can ultimately lead to the deterioration and death of an individual, destructive criticism kills the soul of the person but leaves the body walking around.

The popular distinction between ‘constructive’ and ‘destructive’ criticism is a sentimentality: the mind too weak to perceive in what respects the bad fails is not strong enough to appreciate in what the good succeeds. To be without discrimination is to be unable to praise. The critic who lets you know that he always looks for something to like in works he discusses is not telling you anything about the works or about art; he is saying ‘see what a nice person I am.