Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Saved by Criticism

Janis Joplin's Porsche in Summer of Love - Art...Image via Wikipedia

The best index to a persons’ character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back. – Abigail Van Buren

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. – Oscar Wilde

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. – Norman Vincent Peale

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything. – Mary Hemingway

Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got. – Janis Joplin

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights. – G.K. Chesterton


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