When your critics raise hell keep building your heaven.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
If you listen to critics for too long, you will become deaf to success.
Critics are loud, but success is louder.
People only stone a tree that is full of ripe fruit.
One who throws stones at others has less to use to build his own house.
A rose does not lose sleep because it was mocked by weeds.
Because the moon is not jealous of the sun, it benefits from its light.
It is in vain to stone the sky, no matter how big the rock is.
If roses were not special weeds would not envy them.
In order to bring down the great, you have to be able to reach the stars.
You have not accomplished anything significant if no one envies you.
To be envied for your giftedness is better than to be accepted for your untalentedness.
Rising amateurs always intimidate falling masters.
Critics do not determine how high an eagle flies.
If you throw ice at the sun, it will melt; if you throw spears, they will burn; and if you throw bricks, they will crumble. The sun is invincible; all that comes before it is consumed.
You will never be free until you free yourself from the prison of other people's opinions of you.
Do not hold grudges against those who try to keep you down; the higher you go, the smaller they become. Do not trust those who try to push you down once you are up;the more envious they are, the more dangerous they become.
Envy is admiration laced with resentment.
When the sun rises it casts a shadow on what does not shine as bright as it.
