Category: Quotes

“The conformist is filled with the need for approval. He can never get enough. He runs from one person to another seeking compliments and endorsements for his behavior and actions. As a child, he turned to parents and teachers; when he started to work, to his boss and fellow workers; in marriage, he turned to his mate. He must always have someone around to pat him on the head and tell him he is doing a good job. This bolsters up his poor self-esteem.”- Robert Anthony, The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self-Confidence

“The people who receive the most approval in life are the ones who care the least about it–so technically, if you want the approval of others, you need to stop caring about it.”- Wayne W. Dyer, Your Ultimate Calling

“What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”- Confucius, Wisdom of Confucius

“You don’t attract narcissists because something is wrong with you. You attract narcissists because so much is right with you.” – Rebecca Zung

“A narcissist wants the authority of a king while having the accountability of a toddler.” – Haryo Aswicahyono

“I didn’t leave because I stopped loving you. I left because the longer I stayed, the less I loved myself.” – Rupi Kaur

“Narcissists try to destroy your life with lies because they know theirs can be destroyed with the truth.” – Rebecca Zung

“Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people, and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference.”—Jane Fonda

“Sometimes I pretend to be normal. But it gets boring. So I go back to being me.”—Ain Eineziz

“To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.”—Alan Cohen