Dale Carnegie Criticism Quotations

Unjust criticism is usually disguised compliment. It often means that you have aroused jealously and envy. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead log.

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.

criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment.

If you and I want to stir up a resentment tomorrow that may rankle across the decades and endure until death, just let us indulge in a little stinging criticism - no matter how certain we are that it is justified.

Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment.

The resentment that criticism engenders can demoralize employees, family members and friends, and still not correct the situation that has been condemned.

Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

Criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home.

There is no such thing as constructive criticism.