"how much easier it is to be critical than to be correct." -benjamin disraeli
"if you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase." -epictetus
"do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. you'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." -eleanor roosevelt
"human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives." -william james
"any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do." - dale carnegie
"above all things, never be afraid. the enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment." -andre maurois
"it is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers." -james thurber
"that you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong." -william j. h. boetcker