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.
Interpretation
Value your own opinions over others' judgments.
This quote emphasizes the importance of self-reliance and the idea that one should not be overly concerned with the thoughts and opinions of others. By prioritizing our own self-perception and values, we can achieve true independence and inner peace.
In practice
During a motivational seminar, to encourage self-acceptance.
What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won't always be bleak, there's a way to rise above the present circumstances. Hope is an internal awareness that you do not have to suffer forever, and that somehow, somewhere there is a remedy for despair that you will come upon if you can only maintain this expectancy in your heart.
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Live forgiveness every day rather than just talking about it on Sunday.
Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'
Conflict is a violation of harmony. If you participate in it, you're part of the problem, not the solution.
My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.
Many writers will get a contract by selling chapters and outlines or something like that. I wrote the entire novel, and when it was all finished, I would give it to my agent and say, 'Well, here's a novel; sell it if you can.' And they would do that, and it was good because I never had anyone looking over my shoulder.
I've reached the age of self-knowledge, so I don't know anything. People who claim that they know something are responsible for most of the fuss in the world.
Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
Like Jesus, every human being has enough memories in his past to occupy his time and thoughts continually. It is not the remembrance of these incidents but the reliving of them that creates havoc in our souls.
And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
Remember, in the vast infinity of life, all is perfect, whole, and complete... and so are you.
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