Neil Strauss Quotes

I see people giving me looks because I'm so opinionated. That hurts my feelings, but at the end of the day I have to live with me and respect myself. And I've done enough things in my life where I was confused and didn't respect myself that I will not do it any more.

It hurts like hell when the world won't invest in you. But it's excruciating, almost more than you can bear, when you don't believe and invest in yourself.

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

What other people think of me is none of my business. Sometimes, it hurts my feelings, but I have to just keep going.

I am good at walking away. Rejection teaches you how to reject.

If you think I'm going to cry all over your chest because you don't feel the same way, you're wrong. I don't beg for anybody's love.

Often our self-esteem is bruised by criticism.

Rejection is inevitable. Let it hit you hard for a moment, feel the hurt, and then move on.

I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?

I have faced rejection in this business because of my appearance, but that has only made me stronger and more determined.

If you don't like me, it's your problem.

Eartha Mae is very shy. She's scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection. Relationships can be rather uncomfortable for her. But, as Eartha Kitt, it's fine. I can accept and reject any time I want to. Do I ever reject? Not really. Although people think I do!

Realizing that we've surrendered our self-esteem to others and choosing to be accountable for our own self-worth would mean absorbing the terrifying fact that we're always vulnerable to pain and loss.

It really doesn't matter to me what people say about me anymore.

I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.' But sure, criticism can sometimes still get to me. Some things are so malicious, they knock the wind out of you.

If a person doesn't like me or doesn't like my game, OK, that's how they feel. Can't be upset with it.

The fact that people don't like me doesn't bother me.

Can't nobody handle me.

I have had it all over the years, being told I'm not good enough. So whenever the chance comes I always try and prove I should be starting.

I've always felt a strong urge to prove myself.

Sometimes I might meet people, and they might just not like me, not want to get to know me. And that's OK. They're boring as hell anyway.

...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around.

So what. He was made of awesome. Anyone who couldn't see that wasn't smart enough to be with him, anyway.

In some way I felt I was never good enough until I started fighting. I was always striving to show my worth and value.

...you don't care because you're all that and I'm just an artery in a dress.