CRITICISM, GOSSIP AND ENVY

Small people never learn to be indifferent; they either envy or pity Unknown

Don't mind criticism. If it is untrue, disregard it; if unfair, keep from irritation; if it is ignorant, smile; if it is justified, it is not criticism, learn from it. Unknown

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism. Edgar Watson Howe

He only profits from praise who values criticism. Heinrich Hein

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. William Somerset Maugham

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. Elbert Hubbard

For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. Unknown

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. Aristotle

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. Oprah Winfrey

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. Josh Billings

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. Buddha

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. Aeschylus

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones Proverbs 14:30

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. Cesare Pavese

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be. Jean Rostand

It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things. Lawrence G. Lovasik

Our envy of others devours us most of all. 

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead.

Mark Twain

Envy is counting the other fellows blessings instead of your own. Unknown

Who gossips to you, will gossip of you. Turkish Proverb

Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters. Ayn Rand

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. Jean Vanier

Envy shoots at others and wounds itself. English Proverb

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men. Dante Alighieri

The most destructive criticism is indifference. Edgar W. Howe

Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational. Warren Buffett

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. Benjamin Franklin

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. -Eleanor Roosevelt

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.  Eleanor Roosevelt

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. Eleanor Roosevelt

Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down. Bible Quotes

A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much. Bible Quotes

Who gossips with you will gossip of you. Irish Saying

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. Erika Jong

A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself. Lisa Kirk

He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue. Mark Twain

Gossip: Hearing something you like about someone you don't.  Earl Wilson

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.

Eleanor Roosevelt

He who judges first, is the last to find true understanding. Unknown

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. ~ Lao Tzu