I think my whole life, I put a lot of energy into pleasing other people, and trying to make jokes, and trying… — Sasha Spielberg Copy Share Image
The more you try to please people, the more they get control of you and you'll end up hurting yourself. — Chanda Kaushik Copy Share Image
“Being a king was not about pleasing people. It was about controlling them.” — Elizabeth Chadwick Copy Share Image
There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying. — Robert Mitchum Copy Share Image
Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people. -Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent — Publilius Syrus Copy Share Image
No man can rob successfully over a period of years without pleasing the people he robs. — Theodore Sturgeon Copy Share Image
You can't worry about pleasing other people; you have to please yourself. — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
The only thing you can worry about is pleasing yourself and that's probably more impossible than pleasing other people. — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
“I got to believe that the people who can really be trusted are those who have kept their promises, not under the… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I suppose my life has always been about pleasing people, making sure they're all right, doing the right thing. Then, suddenly, you… — Emilia Fox Copy Share Image
Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working really hard and pleasing people, which is probably related to my father in… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
“Never attempt to please everybody; it’s simply impossible. Try to please your constituency, your fans, your close friends; they will win over… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“I surrendered myself to the cages of others' expectations, cultural mandates and institutional allegiances. Until I buried who I was in order… — Glennon Doyle Copy Share Image
It's always something; it's never going to be something that's pleasing. People will always find something to say, and once you become… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
Oh, my God. What if you wake up some day, and you're 65 or 75, and you never got your novel or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“There may be certain areas of your life where it’s easy to behave according to your values, and there may be other… — Amy Morin Copy Share Image
I'm not here to prove or to scream or to remind people. As long as I know that I achieved things in… — Anna Kournikova Copy Share Image
“Everybody has something to do, but some people will always seek to detract and destruct others! However, always remember, how people perceive… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
Trying to be liked is a natural desire for us. When run after how people perceive us and how they should like… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
I didn't know enough as a writer to understand why I needed to do this, but I understood in a very gut… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“The food, as usual in Belgium, was of a nondescript occasional character; indeed I have never been able to detect anything in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The thing about doing concerts is that it's doing a live show. It's on my schedule. It's songs I want to sing.… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Don't let the expectations and opinions of other people affect your decisions. It's your life, not theirs. Do what matters most to… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
“Monk had a brief vision of what it must be like to be a women on her own, obliged to work at… — Anne Perry Copy Share Image
How can you worry about pleasing people [critics] and what they're going to think? How can you do anything creative if the… — Elliot Easton Copy Share Image
“Cornelius Vanderbilt and his fellow tycoon John D. Rockefeller were often called 'robber barons'. Newspapers said they were evil, and ran cartoons… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
We need to create a new revolution, and to do that, don’t waste your life: stop pleasing people, and become who you… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
You're not going to please everyone, but then, it's not about pleasing people: it's about winning rugby games. — Alun Wyn Jones Copy Share Image
Even if I get dressed in a way that is pleasing to people, I know I will get trolled. — Urfi Javed Copy Share Image
Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people. — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
“If pleasing people is your goal, you will be enslaved to them. People can be harsh taskmasters when you give them this… — Sarah Young Copy Share Image
I'm tired of getting lied to, tired of being used, tired of fake people, tired of pleasing people, tired of judgmental people.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we were kids, the work we did wasn't about acting. It was about pleasing people and making kids smile. — Mary-Kate Olsen Copy Share Image
What if you wake up some day, and you're 65... and you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image