Cheryl Strayed Quotes

Don't take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you.

Don't take anything personally. Even when a situation seems so personal, even if others insult you directly, it has nothing to do with you. Their point of view and opinion come from all the programming they received growing up. When you take things personally, you feel offended and your reaction is to defend your beliefs and create conflict. You make something big out of something so little because you have the need to be right and make everybody else wrong.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

The way that other people judge me is none of my business.

I try not to take things too personally, because most of the time, people aren't even thinking about anyone else but themselves.

When you make it a strong habit not to take anything personally, you avoid many upsets in your life. Your anger, jealousy, and envy will disappear, and even your sadness will simply disappear if you don't take things personally.

Remember, no one can hurt your feelings without your permission

If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn't mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else's bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?

The people who don't like me are completely irrelevant to me, just as I'm irrelevant to them.

What other people think of me is their problem - not mine.

If rejection destroys your self-esteem, you're letting others hold you as an emotional hostage.

My dad always says, some people will treat you badly and you can't help that. But how you handle it and how it makes you feel, that's up to you.

Stop being tomented by everyone else's reaction to you.

That's something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people think. When I walk through that door, it's about home. If I didn't do that, I'd become consumed by one thing only and damage the people who love me. And it would damage the work.

...Nothing that your partner does is personal. Your partner is dealing with her own garbage. If you don't take it personally, it will be so easy for you to have a wonderful relationship with your partner

Don’t let someone who has a bad attitude give it to you.

Why am I so often at the mercy of those who don't deserve to control my life?

I can be hurt, she said, only by people I respect.

When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior.

I see people giving me looks because I'm so opinionated. That hurts my feelings, but at the end of the day I have to live with me and respect myself. And I've done enough things in my life where I was confused and didn't respect myself that I will not do it any more.

People will say what they want to say, and it's okay. And my life will go on, and I need to focus on my life. So, do I need to defend that I'm a decent woman? I sure hope I don't. I know I am.

I came to realize that if people could make me angry they could could control me. Why should I give someone else such power over my life?

Unhappiness can be like a virus spreading from one person, to the next person, to the next one and so on. When someone is mean or rude to you, do not let their unhappiness infect your own life. If you are the unhappy one, please quarantine yourself so you do not infect others!

Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'