Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
- Topic: Criticism, Thinking
- Location: Arches National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself.
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They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
The lion doesn't turn around when the small dog barks.
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
The day you stop caring what other people think of you, is the day your life begins.
To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.
Being aware of a single shortcoming within yourself is far more useful than being aware of a thousand in someone else!
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!
When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.
The way you habitually think will determine your destiny.
It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
