J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

What other people think of me is none of my business. One of the highest places you can get to is being independent of the good opinions of other people.

As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.

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

I've never really allowed anyone else to tell me whether I'm good or not.

They're just opinions, what people say about you. None of that stuff's true. The only thing that matters is what you think of yourself.

I find that I'm not as worried anymore about what other people think. That's a comfortable place to be. And I'm starting to let go of the feeling that I need to push myself to do things I don't want to do - an impulse that has always been linked to the feeling that I'm not enough.

I don't hold on to fear as much as I used to, because I've learned a lot about genuinely not caring what strangers think about me. It's very liberating. It's very empowering, and I've learned a lot of that from Jay-Shawn Carter-Z, because his approach to life is very internal. It's a very good lesson to learn.

No matter where you are in life, you'll save a lot of time by not worrying too much about what other people think about you. The earlier in your life that you can learn that, the easier the rest of it will be.

If you don't care about what people think, you already passed the first step of success.

The advice that I wish I would have given myself is to not care about what other people are thinking.

It doesn't matter what people think of me. I've lived my life.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

I've become more confident as I have got older. I care less what others think.

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

I was so adamant about proving myself for so long and I've gotten to the point where I don't have to do that as much.

Unlike a lot of people, I don't need the affirmation or anything.

I don't really care any longer what other people think.

I don't need anyone to validate me.

The older I get, the more I don't care what people think or what people say. I just do what moves me.

I've stopped caring what people think.

I've changed. I'm not worried about what people think, because I think people think what they want to think anyway.

When I was younger, I was more self-conscious about living up to or surpassing the expectations of others. But as you get older, you start to build confidence.

I was able to start building my confidence and know that I don't need anybody to be happy.

I have nothing to prove to anyone but myself.

I don't need validation from people at all.