Thank you for this post, and a great quote worth remembering. Recently, a mentor shared a quote from a speech by Roosevelt (the excerpt is called 'The Man in the Arena'), which has freed me to be able to have a balanced perspective about criticism. I wrote about my reflections on facing criticism and shared the quote here: https://subhabb.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/unbound-from-here-on/ and it has taken me to a different level in my leadership role. It is ultimately about the beliefs and principles that drive our work and the learning and growing that happens along the way!