David Eddings Quotes

If you are sure you are right, you need not worry what the world thinks.

Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are.

To be satisfied with the acquittal of the world, though accompanied with the secret condemnation of conscience, this is the mark of a little mind; but it requires a soul of no common stamp to be satisfied with its own acquittal, and to despise the condemnation of the world.

We can never do the right thing as long as we are out to please someone else.

Being called gorgeous is not a bad thing! But at the same time, I don’t want to thrive on people’s opinions of me.

He alone who walks strict and upright, and who, in matters of opinion, will be contented that others should be as free as himself and acquiesce when his opinion is freely overruled, will attain his object in the end.

Be brave and fearless to know that even if you do make a wrong decision, you're making it for a good reason.

Other people's opinions do not determine your potential.

If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.

In self-trust all the virtues are comprehended.

When we are truly confident and secure, the opinions of others cannot control us.

We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.

People are always going to say stuff about you and there are always going to be crazy rumours out there, but as long as you know the truth, you're fine.

The measure of any man's virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices, to control him.

Revolutionary leaders have to care more about what they think of themselves than what the world thinks of them.

From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It is what enables the soldier to die alone, the political prisoner to resist, the singer to sing her song, hardly appreciated, on a side street.

The glory of the good is in their consciences, and not in the tongues of men.

I learned that I had to believe in myself and not just to be comfortable with the opinions of others. I'm just more in control; I finalize everything.

And I realized that I’d tolerated him this long because of self-doubt.

The approbation of others is a stimulus of which one must sometimes be wary. The feeling of one's own strength makes one modest.

Self respect beats social approval, every time.

I don't need to get any validation by someone else who sits next to me in first class. If you think a seat in first class makes you a star, then you're not one.

What other people think of me is none of my business. One of the highest places you can get to is being independent of the good opinions of other people.

A meaningful life is not a popularity contest. Do what in your heart you believe to be the right thing, and you may or may not get immediate approval from the world. Do it anyway.

I don't have anything to prove ever, ever in my life. If I have something to prove, what does that mean for everyone else? And I think everyone should have that attitude. You just have to prove to yourself that you can go out there and be the best that you can be and not prove anything to anyone.