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.
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A good joke is the one ultimate and sacred thing which cannot be criticized.
To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.
The lion doesn't turn around when the small dog barks.
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
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!
The day you stop caring what other people think of you, is the day your life begins.
It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failings than to point out those of others.
Being aware of a single shortcoming within yourself is far more useful than being aware of a thousand in someone else!
I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.
To live is in itself a value judgment. To breathe is to judge.
Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have now seen.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.
Dying is nothing. What is terrible is not to live.
Some people die at age 25 and aren't buried until they are 75.
Anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, now that's the real test.
Sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; and after summer evermore succeeds barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold: so cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.
Do not feel certain of anything.
If you feel pain, you're alive. If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being.
Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.