Good Balance

It has come to my attention as of late that people have been giving advice to others along the lines of: Don't bother worrying about what they think. I can see the usefulness of telling someone that, but I don't exactly agree with the implied meaning of it. Granted, worrying too much about what others think of you will make you a worry wart, but caring too little of what others think of you may lead to being a fairly large jerk. I read a quote in a big book o' quotes that I had lying around that I think gets the same general point across, without making it seem like you should literally not care at all. The quote was "If you take care of your character, your reputation will take care of itself." My book didn't have a name to go with the quote, but I wish it did. I think that might be a better thing to say instead of the former advice, simply because the former makes it sound like you shouldn't even bother trying, when in reality, you should. You just also have to realize that even if you are doing the rightest of the right thing, somebody isn't gonna like it.