Thomas a Kempis Quotes

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.

Away with the world's opinion of you-it's always unsettled and divided.

Intrinsic security doesn't come from what other people think of us or how they treat us. It doesn't come from our circumstance or out position. It comes from within. It comes from accurate paradigms and correct principles deep in our own mind and heart. It comes from inside-out congruence, from living a life of integrity in which our daily habits reflect our deepest values.

People care about my fame, not me. But that's fine. I have my own life.

My mama told me it's not what they call you - it's what you answer to.

Whether I'm single or in a relationship, I'm the same person. The same human being.

The best way to avoid falling prey to the opinions of others is to realize that other people's opinions are just that - opinions. Regardless of how great or terrible they think you are, that's only their opinion. Your true self-worth comes from within.

Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live.

Everybody is going to have an opinion on you; not everyone is going to like you. You can't live your life based on other people's opinions of you or let that change what you do or how you feel about yourself, because then you're not living.

I am fine because somebody's opinion can't become my reality.

I didn't need the belt to validate me.

At the end of the day, the way I go about it is don't let somebody else's opinion of you define who you are. Don't let other people's thoughts or whatever it is be true.

Winning or losing an argument, receiving an acceptance or rejection, is no proof of the validity or value of personal identity. One may be wrong, mistaken, or a poor craftsman, or just ignorant - but this is no indication of the true worth of one's total human identity: past, present and future!

You have to be your own person. You can't let people's opinions determine how you think about yourself. There's a difference between identity and self-identity.

I've given up trying to understand what people think about me.

If you don't live by the praise of men you won't die by their criticism.

If I'm not comfortable in my own skin or confident in who I am, then I'm going to pick parts based on how people are going to view them, not based on what I find challenging or entertaining.

Stop being tomented by everyone else's reaction to you.

I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than how others saw me.

It is not insult from another that causes you pain. It is the part of your mind that agrees with the insult. Agree only with the truth about you, and you are free.

People can call you many different things, but you are not what people call you. You are what you answer to.

The main thing you can change is how you perceive yourself. Stop looking in the mirror and realize that youre living for yourself, not other people.

Until we accept and approve of ourselves, no amount of approval from others will keep us permanently secure.