I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
A good joke is the one ultimate and sacred thing which cannot be criticized.
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They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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.
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!
If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.
It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failings than to point out those of others.
To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.
I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.
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.
The day you stop caring what other people think of you, is the day your life begins.
To live is in itself a value judgment. To breathe is to judge.
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.
Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg crackles as if she had laid an asteroid.
