34 Quotes About People-pleasing

"Calling something a lie implies that one has the truth in one's mouth and swallows it. What if one can only speak -- only think -- what one suspects another person wants to hear? Then where is the truth? How does one learn to think it?"

"Nothing too good can come out from people always agreeing with you."

"People-pleasers feel they must constantly be performing acts of service to others to gain acceptance. That requires a lot of work, effort, and energy. From the book: Removing Your Shame Label."

"I surrendered myself to the cages of others' expectations, cultural mandates and institutional allegiances. Until I buried who I was in order to become what I should be. I lost myself when I learned how to please."

"Sometimes you aren’t listening to your body because you’re listening to everybody else’s expectations."

"True acceptance doesn’t require you to fit in or change who you are. It doesn’t have to be sought; it’s given to you."

"Be wary of the praise of men; don't let it pump you up unnecessarily and don't let it paralyze your progress"

"So she prayed, Lord, give me patience. She knew that was not an honest prayer, and she did not linger over it....it cost her tears to think that her situation might actually be that desolate, so she prayed again for patience, for tact, for understanding--for every virtue that might keep her safe from conflicts that would be sure to leave her wounded, every virtue that might at least help her to preserve an appearance of dignity, for heaven's sake."

"People pleasing and putting others first literally diminished my mental, emotional, spiritual and physical well-being. Overwhelmingly, most emotionally wounded people demonstrate this trait. Many of us have been programmed to put others first; to be of service to others before we serve ourselves."