Posts by Ann Ruane

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
—Abraham Lincoln

You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.
—John Wooden

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.
—Frank A. Clark

Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you’ll be criticized anyway.
—Eleanor Roosevelt

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
—Ayn Rand

Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way.
—Sherry Argov

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what’s right.
—Brigham Young

We cannot have real independence unless the people banish the touch-me-not spirit from their hearts.
—Mahatma Gandhi