On critics

Unless the bastards have the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore them.

John Steinbeck

Praise can be your most valuable asset as long as you don't aim it at yourself.

O A Battista

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

James Michener

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Horace Greeley (1811-1872)

He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Proverb