Augusten Burroughs Quotes

If you worry about what other people think of you, then you will have more confidence in their opinion than you have in your own.

I think I prioritize other people's opinions of me very highly, which is not necessarily a good thing - it's a thing that causes a lot of anxiety.

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

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

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

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

As women, I think we're used to looking around to see what people think about this, who's approving of us, who's criticizing us, and whether we have to internalize their thoughts on us.

I want people to like me, and I care what they think.

Sam doesn't hesitate for a minute. 'You say, "Mr and Mrs Tavish, you're making me feel inferior. Do you really think I'm inferior or is it just in my mind?

I manage to think twice about everything / Why will they like me as they do / Or not as they do / Why will they praise me as they do / Or praise me not not as they do.

She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself.

She said that by introducing me to all these great things, Mary Elizabeth gained a “superior position” that she wouldn’t need if she was confident about herself. She also said that people who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don’t, nothing will work out the way they want.

If I could just get over my issues of wanting people to like me.

Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'.

Many people allow their need for other people's approval to control their lives. They spend their lives worrying about what others think of them.

When a nice girl overcompensates, her behavior says, “What I have to offer isn’t enough, and who I am isn’t enough.

Haven't you learned anything, not even with the approach of death? Stop thinking all the time that you're in the way, that you're bothering the person next to you. If people don't like it, they can complain. And if they don't have the courage to complain, that's their problem

I had a pretty poor self-image for a long time. I broke into acting as a model in New York. I was never anything like a "supermodel," but I made a living at it for a couple years. The thing was, I was convinced that I was tricking everyone into thinking I was attractive.

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.

I wanted everybody to like me. I thought I was one shuck and jive away in every direction.

I was always rather outspoken. I worried about what people thought of me but there really wasn't room for a lot of self-doubt.

As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff.

Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.

It is definitely somewhat a crutch of feeling that you have to please others in order to be accepted.

I think I'm really powerful. They'll smash me, probably.