Raphael Varane

During my second year at Madrid, Jose Mourinho gave me a kick up the backside. I wasn't doing well, I wasn't managing to do what he wanted me to out on the pitch. So he chided me, saying: 'Why don't you run in training?' My first reaction was to mutter, 'Oh come on... ' But I knew he was right, I had more to give.

French Athlete

F. Sionil Jose

I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But I am sad that I cannot write in my native Ilokano. History demanded this; if it isn't English I am using now, I would most probably be writing in Spanish like Rizal, or even German or Japanese.

Filipino Writer

Chide is softer and less severe than harsh scolding, often used among friends or family.

Mild Disapproval

The purpose of chiding is to correct someone's behavior or actions rather than to punish.

Corrective Intent

When someone chides, it's usually with a constructive approach, hoping for positive change.

Constructive Nature

 when you see a really good one, you kind of all of a sudden wish the speaker was your best friend, don't you? Like, just for a day. They seem like a nice person. You'd take a bike ride, maybe share an ice cream. You'd certainly learn a lot. And every now and then they'd chide you, when they got frustrated that you couldn't really

How sampling transformed...

 more control over their lives the point is we have to let our children succeed on their own terms and yes on occasion fail on their own terms I was talking to Warren Buffett's banker and he was chiding me for a lot letting my children make mistakes with their allowance and I said but what if they

Agile programming -- for...

 brought to the center of the village the veil will cover her face until the ceremonies are over other young women playfully chide her for trading the joys of youth for the married life you're