If a man takes off his sunglasses I can hear him better.
Don't fight a fact, deal with it.
Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.
Perfectionism is slow death.
We feel understood by people who like us; misunderstood by people who don't -- and those feelings are probably realistic.
Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues.