{"quotes":[{"text":"The emphasis and the reason for a pure humility is to result in love for others; not always necessarily the belittlement of self. When there is pride and self-righteousness and being pretentiously too far above, generally, one has a difficult time reaching the compassionate side of love for others, the side that understands (or at least attempts to understand): 'I am aware that I am not so far from falling in the same way.' Humility seeks to understand, and sometimes even relate; and in result, the love lovingly, properly, effectively wills the removal of the destructive sins of another as from oneself.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["caring","caring-for-others","compassion","constructive-criticism","discernment","humility","hypocrisy","judgmental","love","pride","purity","self-destruction","self-righteousness","sin"],"id":5566,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Value those who give you constructive criticism, because without them doing so, you will never reach the peak of what you are do.","author":"Unarine Ramaru","tags":["advice","compelling","consideration","constructive-criticism","demean","demeaning","discernment","encourage","encouragement","examination","heart","individual","love","pure","rebuke","self-examination","sincerity","spirit"],"id":16234,"author_id":"Unarine+Ramaru"},{"text":"Don't trust a mirror that only tells you how wonderful you look.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["beautiful","beauty","constructive-criticism","criticism","critics","deceit","deceitful-people","deception","flattery","honesty","liar","life-lesson","life-lessons","life","life","life-and-sayings","lying","mirror","relfection","truth","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":116933,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"One who utters speech that isn't rough But instructive and truthfulSo that he offends no one, Him I call Brahmin.","author":"Anonymous","tags":["buddhist","compassion","constructive-criticism","v-408"],"id":137979,"author_id":"Anonymous"},{"text":"If you want to know how negative you are, pay attention to how much you hate negativity in other people. Fragile, artificial positivity needs always to be surrounded by more positivity in order to stay positive, but the ability to be positive, happy, and even, at times, appreciative around 'negative people' is the mark of real positivity.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["appreciation","artificial","attitude","attraction","caring","close-minded","compassion","confidence","constructive-criticism","criticism","discernment","emotions","emotions-and-attitude","empathy","faith","faith-hope","fake","fragile","happiness","hope","hypocrisy","insecurity","ironic","joy","judging","love","magnets","negative","open-minded","opposites","opposites-attract","pain","peace","peace-of-mind","pity","positive","positive-thinking","pride","psychology","real","sadness","security","sympathy","toxic","toxic-people","unconditional-love"],"id":183008,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"A bitter critic is the sweetest corrector.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["bitter","change","constructive-criticism","correction","critic","criticism","judgment","sweet","understanding"],"id":184517,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"To claim that one can never live a positive life with a negative mind is a very negative claim to make!","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["constructive-criticism","criticism","doubt","faith","funny","funny-but-true","grace","hope","humor","hypocrisy","life","mercy","mind","negativity","optimism","pessimism","positivity","realist","success","thoughts"],"id":200366,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"I do not take constructive criticism from people who have never constructed anything.","author":"Eric Thomas","tags":["constructive-criticism","creativity"],"id":241242,"author_id":"Eric+Thomas"},{"text":"An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.","author":"E.A. Bucchianeri","tags":["acquaintances","advice","caring","caring-for-others","catholic","catholic-","christian","companion","constructive-criticism","criticism","flattery","friend","friends","friendship","gadfly","hard-truths","human-nature","people","tough-love","true-friends","true-love","truth","wisdom","wise-sayings"],"id":258233,"author_id":"E.A.+Bucchianeri"},{"text":"Choose criticism wisely, it might help you improve some elements of what you do.","author":"Unarine Ramaru","tags":["advice","compelling","consideration","constructive-criticism","demean","demeaning","discernment","encourage","encouragement","examination","heart","individual","love","pure","rebuke","self-examination","sincerity","spirit"],"id":290772,"author_id":"Unarine+Ramaru"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":19,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}