“To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”
Fred Shero (1925–1990) Former ice hockey player and coach
Glenn
Liebman
Hockey Shorts: 1,001 of the games funniest one liners
1996
70, 113 & 229
Contemporary Books
0-8092-3351-7
The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)
“To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”
Fred Shero (1925–1990) Former ice hockey player and coach
Glenn
Liebman
Hockey Shorts: 1,001 of the games funniest one liners
1996
70, 113 & 229
Contemporary Books
0-8092-3351-7
“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.”
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
Misattributed <br class="br">Source: Elbert Hubbard, Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen (1898), p. 370 http://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435065322687?urlappend=%3Bseq=458: "If you would escape moral and physical assassination, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing—court obscurity, for only in oblivion does safety lie." Other versions of the saying were repeated in several of Hubbard's later writings.
“We are the actors and the audience as well, all of us. And the critics. We are also the critics.”
Orson Scott Card book Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996)
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
"A Talk to Western Buddhists" p. 87.
The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990)
“Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
Nancy Kwan (1939) Chinese-American actress and restauranter
How Nancy Kwan Went From Ballet to the Big Screen https://www.shondaland.com/live/a22986681/nancy-kwan-interview/ (September 11, 2018)
“Young people need models, not critics.”
John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball coach
They Call Me Coach (1972)