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

To escape criticism — do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. Elbert Hubbard

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain- and most fools do. Dale Carnegie

They can not take away our self respect if we do not give it to them. Mahatma Gandhi

Better to be a lion for one day, than a hundred years as a maggot. Benito Mussolini

Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers. Aristotle

I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. Douglas MacArthur

Try not. Do... Or do not. There is no try.

“Yoda” in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

I don’t know if the optimists or the pessimists are right. But the optimists are going to get something done. Craig Venter

It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don’t say it. Sam Levenson