Faith Salie Quotes

I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I'm not, and there's no use wishing.

I'm convinced I got signed because of who I am. And it makes me sad.

I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me.

Half of my anxiety is about whether people are going to like me.

Don't do things just to impress others or just because you're scared you won't have any friends.

When you come from where I come from, you're trying to get approval for something - you don't know what.

I'm not the sort of person who if everyone thinks you're fabulous you thrive on it.

I never pictured myself being liked by anybody.

The need to make sure everyone knows all of the great stuff about us is usually an insecurity in itself.

I've never felt the need to show that I am either clever or tall because I'm not.

I remember being in high school and this guy saying to me, 'You'd actually be good-looking if you didn't joke around so much.' That affected me, and so I stopped joking around, and I stopped being a goof because I thought people would like me better.

I don't mind not being cool.

If anything, we should feel sorry for the people who want us to feel bad about ourselves, because they are the ones struggling for approval. In middle school, bullies tortured other kids because they thought it would make people like them more.

Insecurity is a natural part of human nature, and there are times we feel our stories are not worth telling, so we turn to the people we admire for strength. If we dress like someone everyone thinks is cool, perhaps we'll be seen as cool.

I don't have the confidence to be a personality.

If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.

Look, I don't care if anyone likes me when it comes to my work. But I can be massively insecure in other parts of my life.

I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story.

My opinion about myself is so based on what other people think of me.

I've gone through my whole life caring deeply what people think of me.

I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.

I don't know if I've ever cared much what others think.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

If I were old, fat and ugly, I don't know if anybody would be interested in me.

I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.