Les Brown Quotes

If there are negative people around me, I just try to distance myself from that.

Anyone who starts piercing the bubble of happiness, get 'em out of your life.

I don't care about people who don't care about me. If people are negative or mean, then that's their issue. Screw them.

Standing up for yourself doesn't always involve verbal confrontation. Sometimes it's about not wasting energy on people who are negative.

Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.

You can find negative people everywhere you go. The last thing in the world you want to do is talk to them, because all they're gonna do is cement pessimism in you!

I got enemies, I got a lotta enemies. Got a lotta people tryna drain me of my energy.

Toxic people defy logic. Some are blissfully unaware of the negative impact that they have on those around them, and others seem to derive satisfaction from creating chaos and pushing other people's buttons.

I believe you have to get rid of toxicity in any company. Don't care how smart, how talented, how long they have been there. If someone is going to create a toxic environment, you have to make a change.

As soon as you start listening to the gossip surrounding you, you just get dragged down by it.

I can't be around someone who is negative because I am such a positive person. If you are mean, then we don't speak.

When wrong people leave your life, wrong things stop happening

Be careful with whom you associate, especially when you feel emotionally vulnerable, because negative people can steal the dream right out of your heart.

Sometimes the people who mean you harm, are the ones that say they love you.

Do not waste your time with people who have shown you they really mean no good for you.

You're always feeling powerless in life. If you're in an abusive relationship or working for what we call a psychotic boss sometimes the only option is to leave because you're emotions get so entangled with these manipulative people that staying there you're just helpless because they're good at passive aggressive games and you're not, so you have to leave.

I had people in my life who were insane and negative, but they taught me how not to be, how I didn't want to end up.

There is nothing wrong with avoiding people who hurt you.

When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.

Be easy on yourself. Have fun. Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who doesn't make you feel good, kick them to the curb. And the earlier you start in your life the better. The minute anybody makes you feel weird and non-included or not supported, you know, either beat it or tell them to beat it.

Don't let the worst people you know dictate your behavior.

Be careful with whom you associate. Loser's rub off!

I won’t snatch, harm, or scare to death people with you or use checking up on you as an excuse to cause trouble. You’re worse than my mother, Rachel.” “Mine, too,” Jenks muttered.

Negative people deplete your energy. Surround yourself with love and nourishment and do not allow the creation of negativity in your environment.

Some people just make me feel mentally endangered. Whatever dark stuff is going on in their head, it's coming at me and I need to escape.