Kanye West Quotes

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

You can't please everyone, so proudly exclude people.

We really damage our own confidence when we put ourselves down, so I try not to.

The minute I spend any energy defending myself, explaining myself, or in the worst case scenario, trying to please those who are criticizing me, I will, you know, just fall off a cliff.

Don't live your life to please other people.

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

Don't tell me I'm crazy. I'm out here acting natural.

Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.

If we continue to devalue ourselves we cannot realistically expect respect from others.

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.

I'm not better than anyone, and I'm not trying to convince people to live by my standards of what's right. I'm trying to convince them to live by their own.

I’m proud of the work that I’ve done. I don’t care what people label me as.

If you believe in your value, how could it possibly be appropriate to hide it from people who need it?

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people

It's humiliating to have to explain your value.

A little bit of irreverence is necessary to have any self-esteem at all. Not irreverence for people, but rather, for what other people think.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

I think I'm a living embodiment of, 'Don't try to push me around or squash me,' whether its how I talk to a record label or in my relationships.

Don't change for nobody.

If you are confident in yourself and however you want yourself to be presented, and you're doing well and doing it because you want to do it and not because someone is pressuring you, then more power to you.

I don't care what other people think. I don't think it matters.

I realized that I've lived half my life already, and it's time to believe in - and stand up for - myself.

People better get used to the idea that I exist.

You kind of create your own moral universe. It's like, well, I like myself. If other people don't like me, then whatever. I'm out of here.

I understand about the relative strengths of people, and I don't think people have to be anything. They can be nothin' if they want to be.