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


Norman Vincent Peale

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SOURCE UNKNOWN Most men would rather be shot through with a broad-headed arrow than be described by you.
NEAL STEPHENSON If you don't live by the praise of men you won't die by their criticism.
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JEAN ROSTAND I suspect that most authors don't really want criticism, not even constructive criticism. They want ...
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EVAN SPIEGEL The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes and fears rather than with their mi...
WILL DURANT The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art -- and, by analogy, our own expe...
SUSAN SONTAG The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art - and, by analogy, our own exper...
SUSAN SONTAG The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art / and, by analogy, our own exper...
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JEAN ROSTAND The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes, rather than the...
WILL DURANT The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with...
NANCY WITCHER ASTOR, VISCOUNTESS The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with...
NANCY WITCHER ASTOR VISCOUNTESS The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with...
WILL DURANT I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.
ALEXANDER SMITH Everything we know about the world is memory saved once by God who would have probably wanted to for...
SORIN CERIN It is usually best to be generous with praise, but cautious with criticism.
SOURCE UNKNOWN It is usually best to be generous with praise, but cautious with criticism.
I would rather be damned by my honesty, than caged by my lies.
OMEGA MAVERICK The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by th...
ERNEST DIMNET The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the...
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ERNEST DIMNET We should not blame people by the mistakes of others.
DANIEL MELGAçO We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it.
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it
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PICO IYER I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
CHIEF JOSEPH It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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EDGAR F. MAGNIN Existence was given us for action. Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by th...
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T.S. ELLIOT Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.
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PHILIP YANCEY Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.
ALEXANDER POPE Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.
EDMUND BURKE Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.
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REINHOLD NIEBUHR We expect that many of these people will be in very deep trouble by the time they come to us,
JOEL GREENBERG Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime;
Therefore, we must be saved by hope....
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CARROLL QUIGLEY One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by introspection.
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BARBARA KINGSOLVER Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined by too confident a security.
JOHN BUNYAN Everything passes by, and we are left with just our memories
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FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that decei...
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WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR. Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.
REINHOLD NIEBUHR We live aware of God moment by moment. He is not part of our lives; He is our life.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind
ZEN PROVERB We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.
LUCRETIA MOTT We would rather have one man or woman working with us than three merely working for us.
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VINCENT CASSEL I think I'm actually more vulnerable than people imagine.
VINCENT CASSEL French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy...
VINCENT CASSEL I work everywhere. If there is a nice adventure in South Korea, for example, why not? Russia, Brazil...
VINCENT CASSEL The idea of telling a story in reverse destabilises your ordinary moral reactions. That's one of...
VINCENT CASSEL I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
VINCENT CASSEL I have learned that acting is not about beauty.
VINCENT CASSEL What I think I'm perceived as in France is, like, I'm this leading man always doing strange ...
VINCENT CASSEL I guess I look strange a bit. Strange but confident. I'm not like a model or anything. I always ...
VINCENT CASSEL I was much more interested by clothes when I was younger. I'm about being discreet. What they ca...
VINCENT CASSEL I spent a lot of time in boarding school. This is something I will never do to my kids. I think if y...
VINCENT CASSEL People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only a...
VINCENT CASSEL I'm more attracted to the bad guys. Why? Because in real life, I don't know any good guys. I...
VINCENT CASSEL I always had the sense of being in the spotlight, being on stage, being looked at.
VINCENT CASSEL I'm an actor, that's what I do every day. Dressing up is part of my job. But whatever you we...
VINCENT CASSEL When you appear on the screen, often enough you become sexy, even if you look like an elephant.
VINCENT CASSEL The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
VINCENT CASSEL The minute your parents die, you stop fighting them. I realized the more I changed my face for films...
VINCENT CASSEL People ask me where I live most of the time, and it's kind of complicated for me to answer, beca...
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