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“You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.” – JOHN WOODEN

You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one

John Wooden’s quote underscores the importance of maintaining emotional balance and resilience in the face of both praise and criticism. Allowing oneself to be overly affected by either external validation or negative feedback can be detrimental. John Wooden suggests that true strength lies in remaining centered and focused on one’s own values and goals, rather than being swayed by others’ opinions. This mindset fosters a steadiness that enables personal growth and success regardless of external judgments.

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Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out Don’t find fault, find a remedy 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 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from your own “Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.” – Dale Carnegie The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting how to fix it The trouble with most of us is that we’d rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism "To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood." - GEORGE SANTAYANA "I can take any amount of criticism, so long as it is unqualified praise." - NOEL COWARD "Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, a stranger." - FRANKLIN P. JONES

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