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

“I begin to get a little acquainted with my own strength and weakness. Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.”

John Keats (1795–1821) English Romantic poet

“Sometimes we get caught up in trying to glorify God by praising what He can do and we lose sight of the practical point of what He actually does do.”

Dallas Willard (1935–2013) American philosopher

“If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.”

Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) film, stage, and television actress

“If you get down and you quarrel everyday, you're saying praises to the devil, I say.”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician

“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”

W. Somerset Maugham book Of Human Bondage

“There's always some wiseacre who stands in the wings and criticizes. You've got two choices. You either buy these wiseacres off by giving them jobs… or you scare them off. If they don't scare, you take them in the alley. When they get out of the hospital, if they still want to squawk, you get rid of them.”

Al Capone (1899–1947) American gangster

“Praise your friends, and let your friends praise you.”

James Burgh (1714–1775) British politician

“The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval.”

Thomas Harris book Hannibal

“Criticism didn't really stop us and it shouldn't ever stop anyone, because critics are only the people who can't get a record deal themselves.”

Paul McCartney (1942) English singer-songwriter and composer