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35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

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As kids we have to listen to our parents because we care. Soon our various relatives, friends, mentors and even people we barely know tell us how to live our lives, because we care. If you want to swim right, they tell you left is the way. And then begins the flurry of doubt that maybe what you want to do, or are doing, is wrong as if all the self doubt wasn’t enough.

So here we bring to you 35 quotes that will lead you to where you want to be, all the time telling you to take that leap of faith. Don’t care about what they want. Worry about yourself today. After all, self-care is the best kind of care that you can give.

35 Quotes About Not Caring What People Think Too Much

1. “The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.” ― Virginia Woolf

35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

    2. “A dame that knows the ropes isn’t likely to get tied up.” ― Mae West

    35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

      3. “You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It’s their mistake, not my failing.” ― Richard P. Feynman

      35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

        4. “Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”—Lao Tzu

        35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

          5. “Never dull your shine for somebody else.” ― Tyra Banks

          35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

            6. “If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and I’ll say it.” ― John Lennon

            35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

              7. “I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.” ― Michel de Montaigne

              35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                8. “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”— Dr. Seuss

                35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                  9. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. “― Suzy Kassem

                  35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                    10. “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”— Oscar Wilde

                    35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                      11. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”—Steve Jobs

                      35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                        12. “Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.” ― Tina Fey

                        35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                          13. “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.”— Albert Einstein

                          35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                            14. “Some people say you are going the wrong way, when it’s simply a way of your own.”— Angelina Jolie

                            35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                              15. “I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.”— Coco Chanel

                              35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                16. “Don’t worry about who doesn’t like you, who has more, or who’s doing what.” ― Erma Bombeck

                                35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                  17. “There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.” ― Marianne Williamson

                                  35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                    18. “Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you.” ― Cynthia Kersey

                                    35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                      19. “No name-calling truly bites deep unless, in some dark part of us, we believe it. If we are confident enough then it is just noise.” ― Laurell K. Hamilton

                                      35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                        20. “When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I’m already better than them.” ― Marilyn Monroe

                                        35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                          21. “Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.” ― Tina Fey

                                          35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                            22. “I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” ― Charlotte Brontë

                                            35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                              23. “I want to be around people that do things. I don’t want to be around people anymore that judge or talk about what people do. I want to be around people that dream and support and do things.” ― Amy Poehler

                                              35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                                24. “You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.” ― Olin Miller

                                                35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                                  25. “There is nothing more attractive than confidence, once she sees her own beauty, everyone else will.” ― Habeeb Akande

                                                  35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                                    26. “Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

                                                    35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                                      27. “People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not.” ― Wayne Gerard Trotman

                                                      35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                                        28. “So many people along the way, whatever it is you aspire to do, will tell you it can’t be done. But it all it takes is imagination. You dream. You plan. You reach.”― Michael Phelps

                                                        35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                                          29. “Well, laddie, if you’ve let an old buzzard like me hurt your confidence, you couldn’t have had much in the first place.” ― Tamora Pierce

                                                          35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                                            30. “Most people just want to see you fall, that’s more reason to stand tall.” ― Emma Michelle

                                                            35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                                              31. “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” ― Aristotle

                                                              35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                                                32. “He thinks himself rather an exceptional young man, thoroughly sophisticated, well adjusted to his environment, and somewhat more significant than any one else he knows.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald

                                                                35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                                                  33. “When I was growing up I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific.” ― Lily Tomlin

                                                                  35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                                                    34. “One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” ― Sigmund Freud

                                                                    35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                                                      35. “My dear, I don’t give a damn.” ― Margaret Mitchell

                                                                      35 Quotes On How To Care Less About What Others Think

                                                                        Final Thoughts

                                                                        If you care too much about what others think, you’ll be unhappy. These quotes about not caring what people think too much are great reminders. Here’re more tips to help you focus on yourself more: 10 Things to Remember if You Care Too Much About What Others Think

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