Theresa Foster Quotes

You can't be sensitive, because you're going to get criticized. I don't care who you are, you're going to get criticized.

No matter what happens, you're always going to have those critics and those haters. You just have to learn how to deal with that. I think I have and accept that.

Criticism is always hard to take - we musicians are sensitive. It's always hard when someone says something negative - but you try to learn to just let it roll off and not worry about it.

I was a very sensitive kid who then had to condition myself to desensitize.

Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.

Injury taught me I need to learn how to face challenges.

All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.

No matter what twists and turns your life offers you, your ability to be adaptable and flexible will help you to stay open to all of the hidden gifts that difficulty may offer.

It's taken me a long, long time to figure out how to deal with negativity, because it used to really upset me. I was always that girl that, if I was performing in the club and there was one person not paying attention or not liking me, the whole club could be packed with people loving me, but I'd be obsessed with that one person.

If you feel compelled to respond every time you're criticized it reveals just how much you've built your identity on being right.

Obviously, circumstances alone do not make us happy or unhappy. It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings. Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven is within you. That is where the kingdom of hell is, too.

You must not only learn to live with tension, you must seek it out. You must learn to thrive on stress.

You are never really prepared for criticism.

I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.

Every time I'd get a critique or some redirection, I'd always just take it very personally. Now I have no problem with it.

I think some of the funniest and most artistic people I know are the ones who had a hard time at school. They often have humility and artistry. So, as much as I feel bad for kids who have to go through a rough childhood, I believe that if they can turn it around, it's going to make them better people later on.

Criticism, even when you try to ignore it, can hurt. I have cried over many articles written about me, but I move on and I don't hold on to that .

I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just didn't work out. My mind, my body wouldn't let me.

If you're offended, it's your problem.

I am mentally strong, but physically I'm constantly unwell. I internalise a lot of things, and if something stresses me or disturbs me, I don't talk about it and make myself sick with it.

I was not used to criticism.

The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.

Generally I don't care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself. When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.

It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

Everybody is going to have their critics. It's easy to get discouraged in life.