Jack London Quotes

Self respect beats social approval, every time.

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

I don't need anyone to validate me.

My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.

I care what people think, but that doesn't change what I say. I am who I am.

I'm not a wimpy kid at all. I don't care what other people think - I only care what I think about myself.

I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself.

You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.

I don't think I need to prove anything to anybody.

I do not live for people, for what they think, for them to say that I'm nice, good, the best, perfect. Everyone has their opinion. And I respect that.

I don't compare myself with anybody.

When someone tells me that I'm not real, I say to them, 'Well, what about me isn't real?' I have not changed my figure. This is who I am.

Live your life to its fullest potential and don't really care too much about what other people think of you.

I don't compare myself with anyone.

As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They aren't concerned about yours. They're too busy worrying about what you and other people think of theirs.

Don't be too concerned about what others think of you. It's what you think about yourself that matters!

Don’t judge yourself by others’ standards…have your own. And don’t get caught up into the trap of changing yourself to fit the world. The world has to change to fit you. And if you stick to your principles, values and morals long enough, it will.

If it is something that is right for human beings, then I don't care if other people criticize. You cannot please everyone in the world.

Let others determine your worth and you're already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves.

We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.

I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself.

No matter what anybody says, what matters most is what you think of yourself.

The picture you have of yourself, your self-esteem, will have a profound effect on the way you see the world and the way your world sees you.

A man can bear a world's contempt when he has that within which says he's worthy. When he contemns himself, there burns the hell.

I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me.