Marcus Aurelius Quotes

I'm my own severest critic, and I realize when I make mistakes.

I am absolutely my own biggest critic.

It is always good to self-analyse and be self-critical. That is how I've got through so far and improved.

I'm a very vicious critic of myself.

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

The examined life is no picnic.

Observe all men, thyself most.

To learn to know oneself, to judge oneself with truth and impartiality, must be the great objects of one's exertion; they are only attainable by constant and cool self-examination.

I feel like I'm still at a point where I have a lot to learn from watching myself, so I find that it helps. But it's always weird.

I'm the greatest critic of my work.

The one thing I've tried to do is be insightful.

I'm always my hardest critic.

I am always analysing myself; I am always critical of myself and always trying to improve.

I believe my biggest critic is me only.

You know, I analyze my faults and my weaknesses very carefully. I'm very hypercritical of myself.

You have to be able to analyze yourself and critique yourself from every which way.

Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all... Knowing yourself and knowing the facts, you can judge whether you can change the situation so it is more to your liking. If you cannot--or if you do not know how to improve on things--then discipline yourself to the adjustments that will be necessary.

As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

I can't judge the way other people behave. I can only look at myself.

Half my life is an act of revision.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'