Rise Above the Noise Quotes
Critics are loudest from the cheap seats. The man who stays locked on his work while others talk ends up building what they said could not be done. This Potential path holds history's sharpest quotes on rising above criticism. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“Sometimes, people who hate on your dream aren’t really mad about your dream. They’re mad because you’re making them jealous.”
“If you want to be successful, you need to study success, not hate it or be envious of it. If you are envious, then you will distance yourself from success.”
“In life, you will always have 30 percent of people who love you, 30 percent who hate you and 30 percent who couldn’t care less.”
“We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.”
“Do not heed by whom a thing is said, but rather what is said.”
“Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.”
“More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much.”
“Positivity is just as clickbait as negativity.”
“You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.”
“Today we live in a world now where it is easy to confuse truth and popularity.”
“We cannot live being obsessed with what other people think about us. It’s impossible to live like that. Not even God managed to please the entire world.”
“Envy is a declaration of inferiority”
“Fashion condemns us to many follies, the greatest is to make oneself its slave.”
“Listen to your critics; they will keep you focused and innovative. But don’t waste time responding to them.”
“It is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar.”
“You’ve only got so much energy to allocate to your life. Don’t waste it worrying about what other people think. Being a human, the impulse will be there, but get very, very good at ignoring that impulse.”
“I generally find that comparison is the fast track to unhappiness. No one ever compares themselves to someone else and comes out even. Nine times out of ten, we compare ourselves to people who are somehow better than us and end up feeling more inadequate.”
“If someone is hostile in the delivery of their feedback, remember that it is an expression of their level of fear, not your level of incompetence or unlovability.”
“The ambitious are criticized by those that have given up.”
“You will never be admired without being criticized first.”
“What others think about you is none of your business.”
“Unjust criticism is usually disguised compliment. It often means that you have aroused jealousy and envy.”
“One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.”
“The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity.”
“It is only by questioning what people take for granted, what people hold to be true, that we can break through the hypnosis of social conditioning.”
“Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.”
“When we spend our time looking at what other people do or what they have, we deprive ourselves of the opportunity to see our own value.”
“When people are presented with the alternatives of hating themselves for their failure or hating others for their success, they seldom choose to hate themselves.”
“People will forgive you for being wrong, but they will never forgive you for being right - especially if events prove you right while proving them wrong.”
“Save your explanations for those who are determined to understand you. Give your silence to those that are determined to misunderstand you.”
“The black sheep in any group is often just the person who sees through everyone else’s bullsh*t.”
“The version of you that people create in their mind is not your responsibility.”
“Criticism is easy; achievement is difficult.”
“I never admire another’s fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.”
“You can accept feedback without taking it personally. What is this moment teaching you?”
“You don’t have to eat everything that is served to you. You can respond to criticism without digesting criticism. Take what’s useful, do your best to improve, and leave the rest.”
“Comparison is a poor use of energy. You were not meant to inhabit someone else’s story. You have your own work to do. The goal is not to beat their life, the goal is to live your life. Keep your eyes on your own paper.”
“It’s more productive to focus on whether you are fulfilling your own potential than comparing yourself to someone else.”
“Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.”
“Don’t listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people’s failures.”
“Don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do.”
“What makes people weak? Their need for validation and recognition, their need to feel important. Don’t get caught in this trap.”
“Face your path with courage, don’t be scared of people’s criticism. And, above all, don’t let yourself get paralyzed by your own criticism.”
“The best way to live a miserable life is to pay attention to what other people are saying about you.”
“Comparison, a great teacher once told me, is the cardinal sin of modern life. It traps us in a game that we can’t win. Once we define ourselves in terms of others, we lose the freedom to shape our own lives.”
“Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.”
“I have to feel myself doing what’s right. If I’m the arbiter of that instead of letting the guy on TV be that or someone who doesn’t know me at all, then I think that’s a much better way to live.”
“As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.”
“We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more serious identity theft is to get swallowed up in other people’s definition of you.”
“The solution is to gradually become free of societal rewards and learn how to substitute for them rewards that are under one’s own powers.”
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