“Worry less about what other people think about you, and more about what you think about them.”
Fay Weldon (1931) English author, essayist and playwright
Source: Saga, Vol. 2
“Worry less about what other people think about you, and more about what you think about them.”
Fay Weldon (1931) English author, essayist and playwright
Andrea Dworkin (1946–2005) Feminist writer
Nervous Interview http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/dworkin/WarZoneChaptIIA.html (1979). Dworkin wrote both the questions and the answers
“You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball coach
Variant: Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
“I never think about what I want. It's about what you want to give to other people.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
As quoted in The Money Adventure (1998) by Egbert Sukop, p. 128
Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Miley Cyrus (1992) American actor and singer-songwriter
OK! Magazine http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/4676 (February 20, 2008)