If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Know or listen to those who know.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Wherever you are - be all there.
I have learned not to read reviews. Period. And I hate reviewers. All of them, or at least all but two or three. Life is much simpler ignoring reviews and the nasty people who write them. Critics should find meaningful work.