Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes

Most people think everybody feels about them much more violently than they actually do; they think other people's opinions of them swing through great arcs of approval or disapproval.

Being considered beautiful at a young age sends confusing signals. You think people only like you because of your beauty.

It is extremely ironic that the more we care about what people think about us the less we care about people, and the less we care about what people think about us the more we begin to care for others

You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.

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.

In terms of what people think about me, the truth of the matter is, I guess I care to a certain extent, but not enough to try to go out in the public and plead for some kind of new understanding of me.

Maybe that's why there's an insecurity sometimes in acting, because it's not like there's a correlation between hard work and how people receive you.

I'm not one to hide anything, but I don't feel the need to comment directly on [my relationships]... I think it would be a shame to not live in the moment and not enjoy everything that's happening in fear of other people's opinions.

Care less about what other people think because at the end of the day, everyone is so worried about themselves & how they are coming across that nobody is actually judging as much as y'all think they are.

What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another matter.

What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.

We wouldn't care so much what people thought of us if we knew how seldom they did.

I am a very open person, and I'm always nervous of being misconstrued. Sitting in the middle of a restaurant makes me nervous. I feel like I'm being judged. And it's funny that I should feel that way.

Consider what people think of you, but don't be afraid of what people think of you.

The thing I believe is we are good if our peers think we're great. But we are great if the real world thinks we're good. And there's a huge difference.

I do care about what people think about me sometimes, and sometimes it affects me in a negative way.

I do, in a strange way, care deeply what people think.

To really be known and really let someone else be known is very vulnerable. It's a weird thing. Just being an actress in Hollywood is very vulnerable. To let all these other people decide whether you're really of value or not, you have to really be strong to know that, of course, they have a right to their opinion, but their opinion doesn't matter as far as yourself.

I worry that's what people are going to think about me if they kind of go backwards. But if that didn't happen to you, I'll feel better.

You can't worry what people think.

I think there are certain people that you'll always want to impress no matter how much success you have.

If you go too far down the rabbit hole of what people think about you, it can change everything about who you are.

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've given up trying to understand what people think about me.

the psychological need to believe that others take you as seriously as you take yourself. There is nothing particularly wrong with it, as psychological needs go, but yet of course we should always remember that a deep need for anything from other people makes us easy pickings.