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Be mindful that you may have inadvertently upset those who speak harshly to you. Know also that they may simply be complete arseholes.
Take seriously the criticisms on yourself, then you move forward; ignore the criticisms on yourself, then you move backwards because in every criticism there is at the least some truth!
This is not a reaction to your words or actions, rather, it is in direct response to them
Shout praise and whisper criticism.
I didn't respond well to a firm hand and insults.
To admonish is better than to reproach for admonition is mild and friendly, but reproach is harsh and insulting; and admonition corrects those who are doing wrong, but reproach only convicts them.
If I wanted a comeback, I'd ask you to spit.
Sometimes in life, you have to hit back! It's not always gonna be easy!
Sometimes are responses are entirely misdirected, misallocated and misapplied; in other words it's all reflex and nothing of reflection.
Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.
Retaliation is a dog chasing its tail
REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.
Don't shy away from confrontation
4.04 APOLOGY
A second insult be just a stiff apology,
As the first be when hurt was the party;
Damages for aggrieved no medicine be,
But healing from hurt - the desire only.
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Abba Macarius said, 'If you rebuke someone and do it with anger, you have allowed a passion to control you. You have not saved anyone and have destroyed yourself'.
Snark is a fabulous defense mechanism.
Angry words backfire upon the speaker.
Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult.
Rejected both the appropriateness of an apology and of monetary redress.
I could not recall the last time I had been so flagrantly insulted.
Don't make enemies, I told myself.
Swallow your pride.
Hold your tongue.
But the fact was, I had real difficulty with those particular virtues.
A soft answer turns away anger.
Always resent, never relent.
What's retaliate?" asked Aphasia.
"It means, kill most of the enemy, and let the survivors apologies.
Whenever anything is spoken against you that is not true, do not pass by or despise it because it is false; but forthwith examine yourself, and consider what you have said or done that may administer a just occasion of reproof.
People who have a seeking heart still make mistakes. But their reaction to rebuke and correction shows the condition of that heart. It determines what God is able to do with them in the future.
Apology may be scorned, but it retains its inherent value.
When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.
I never engage negatively with reviewers. If someone says something that enrages me, I do what I do on stage. I make a joke about myself and move on. Sometimes people say things that are manifestly wrong or even apparently malicious. That's fine, too. It's a response.
Sometimes the most appropriate response to an attack is to not engage, especially in situations where your own words may be used as weapons against you.
Asking why you should retaliate often solves the problem better than retaliation itself.
Don't get mad, get even,
Comeback is a good word, man.
As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.
Silence is the best reply to a fool.
In order to protest ourselves from being disliked, we question our abilities and downplay our achievements, especially in the presence of others. We put ourselves down before others can.
Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing - to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience.
Indignation is often the best defense.
In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better; upset or understanding; hostile or humble; furious or forgiving.
If a man, notoriously and designedly, insults and affronts you, knock him down; but if he only injures you, your best revenge is to be extremely civil to him in your outward behaviour, though at the same time you counterwork him, and return him the compliment, perhaps with interest.
Don't take anything personally
My comebacks aren't nearly as sharp as my shiv. Come inside and I'll show you.
Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged.
I feel blessed to have as many comebacks as I can.
Truth: When criticized you go berserk, but in your defense remember that it is those who calmly listen who never change.
Often our self-esteem is bruised by criticism.
Oh why rebuke you him that loves you so? / Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe.
Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.
Silence is true wisdom's best reply.
When you are exposed to others' negativity, you do not need to respond. You can choose to put your attention elsewhere and let their words be a tiny drop in the infinite ocean of your peaceful silence.
Acknowledge your critics, but do what's right.
you may wonder why people scolded you know , but may realize why the same people scolded you later . just accept and walk forward , will automatically understand later.
I was not giving you a heated look." "What do you call it then?" "I was merely appreciating your, ah ... finer points." "Yes, well, I could do the same for you except - " "Except what?" "They are all under the desk.
Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.
If ever a fool utters all kinds of insults against you,
The best bet is to not respond at all.
Apologizing with grace
Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offence.
It is difficult to heal the wound of reproach.
When people start hurling insults at you, you know their minds are closed and there's no point in debating. You disengage yourself as quickly as possible from the situation.
I ask myself, 'Do you want to sit on the sidelines of life or do you want to be on the field?' I suppose all those years of building thicker skin has made it easy to endure criticism.
Silence is the best response to a fool ...
Flattery and insults raise the same question: what do you want?
Injuries accompanied with insults are never forgiven: all men, on these occasions, are good haters, and lay out their revenge at compound interest.
I don't care if you care, I retorted. But in my religion, we're taught to admit our mistakes and to apologize for them ... Oh, and there's one other thing I'm sorry about, I added. I should've spit in your eye and called you a szhlob weeks ago.
A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.
Everyone gets criticized.
Arguments cannot be answered with insults ... Kindness is strength ... Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm.
There are two ways to react to criticism and the wrong one is to be offended.
Always give response rather than reaction".
When a lady condescends to apologise, there is no keeping one's anger.
There are occasions on which all apologies are rudeness.
You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.
You cannot give out one frequency, that of disrespect, and expect respect to flow toward you. Neither can you hold on to your biases, prejudices, and negative thinking toward something, and expect that something positive will return to you.
Caterham in a tone of mild remonstrance. You shouldn't really. I daresay some of them richly deserve it - but all the same it will lead to trouble.
There it was again - the perverse refusal to acknowledge my hostility. She seemed to me like some magical lake in a fairy tale: nothing could disturb the mirror-calm of her surface. My snide comments and bitter jokes disappeared soundlessly into her depths, leaving not so much as a ripple.
If you are affronted it is better to pass it by in silence, or with a jest, though with some dishonor, than to endeavor revenge. If you can keep reason above passion, that and watchfulness will be your best defenders.
When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it!
Most times, the best thing people deserve from us is our silence.speak through silence and it will be more powerful than harsh words
I take criticism to heart. The words hit me literally and it hurts. It can take me a long time to recover from it.
I don't like being shouted at.
Wrath what do you say"
"Fuck' came the reply
"Appropriate word choice, my lord, but not really an answer".
Sincere apologies make deposits; repeated apologies interpreted as insincere make withdrawals. And the quality of the relationship reflects it.
You have to recognize that deep within your soul, you know who you are - and let [the criticism] go right by you. If you're reacting to it, you're letting it get to you.
We ought never to lose our tempers with people who, when we find them at fault, begin to snigger. They do so not because they are laughing at us, but because they are afraid of our displeasure.
An insult angers me. Being ignored crushes me.
Contradictions, in any communication, are the first stepping stones of mistrust
Always be ready for criticism for there shall always be people who shall be ready always to criticize you. The positive lesson you learn from your critics, is the most important thing which matter and not just the matter!
Ingratitude calls forth reproaches as gratitude brings renewed kindnesses.
A moment of consideration often prevents a thousand apologies
Learn to brush off criticism as easily as you brush aside hollow compliments.
Apologies have more power than most of us realize to restore strained relationships, free us from vengeful impulses, and create possibilities for growth.
It is triple ultra forbidden to respond to criticism with violence. There are a very few injunctions in the human art of rationality that have no ifs, ands, buts, or escape clauses. This is one of them. Bad argument gets counterargument. Does not get bullet. Never. Never ever never for ever.
Don't react to any fuming argument.
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
There is a luxury in self-reproach.
We get blows and return them.
They tell me, shaking their heads:
"You should be kinder. You are somehow furious".
I used to be kind. It didn't last long.
The first reaction is surely the most natural one, but not always the most correct one; thereupon, the invention of apologies.
We renounce no friendship. But it may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly. And
Hypocrite sneers.
I instantly regretted my comeback but that's the thing about unkind words. You can try to undo the damage, but (a) it's hard when you're all coffee-ed up, and (b) you can't take it back, ever.