The Courage To Be Original...Shania Twain

"I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful."

--Shania Twain 

Go Within...Will Self

“A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.”
 

--Will Self

Advice On How To Avoid Criticism...Artistotle

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. 

--Aristotle

A Positive Outlook...Maya Angelou

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” 

--Maya Angelou

The Right Way To Criticize...Mary Kay Ash

"Criticize the act, not the person."

--Mary Kay Ash (1918-2001), Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics