Nahj al-Balagha
Context: A man sarcastically started praising Imam Ali, though he had no faith in him and Imam Ali hearing these praises from him said "I am less than what you tell about me but more than what you think about me."
“About me, nothing worse they will tell you, my love, than what I told you”
“Worry less about what other people think about you, and more about what you think about them.”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.”
Source: A Wild Sheep Chase
Quoted by Owen Myers in The subversive genius of RuPaul http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/24914/1/the-subversive-genius-of-rupaul (2015)
“What do you think about me is not my business the important thing is what I think about myself…”
Source: Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom
"‘6 bold statements of Nikita Gokhale’" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/6-bold-statements-of-Nikita-Gokhale/6-bold-statements-of-Nikita-Gokhale/photostory/45617534.cms.TimesOfIndia.com. December 23, 2014.
Quoted in A Ford Not A Lincoln (1975), Richard Reeves, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ch, 1 ; as cited by The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations (1993), ed. Robert Andrews, Columbia University Press, p. 707 ISBN 0231071949
1970s
