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<> "Illegitimati non carborundum!"

— pseudo-Latin for  "Don't let the bastards grind you down!"




<> "Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain — and most fools do."

— Dale Carnegie




<> "Reckless words pierce like a sword."

— Proverbs




<> "A thick skin is a gift from God."

— Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

 




<> "Take up the whole armor of the Lord ... and the shield of faith."

— St. Paul to the Ephesians




<> "Don't take anything personally."

— Native American philosophy




<> "Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful."

— Friedrich Nietzsche

 

 

 




<> "He who angers you conquers you."

— Elizabeth Kenny

 

 




<> "Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger."

— Franklin P. Jones




<> "How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct."

— Benjamin Disraeli




<> "To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing."

—Elbert Hubbard  (1856 - 1915)

<> Humility is the ability to take life's insults 
and not be psychologically harmed by them.  

—Joan Chittister

<> "That which does not kill us makes us stronger."

— Friedrich Nietzsche

 

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