Never criticize a man until you’ve walked a mile in his moccasins.

A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

Do not feel certain of anything.

The lion doesn't turn around when the small dog barks.

To live is in itself a value judgment. To breathe is to judge.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.

Being aware of a single shortcoming within yourself is far more useful than being aware of a thousand in someone else!

I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

A good joke is the one ultimate and sacred thing which cannot be criticized.

It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failings than to point out those of others.

I have yet to find a man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.