34 Quotes About People-pleasing

"I am NOT the BRAND AMBASSADOR of TAMIL LANGUAGE and TAMIL PEOPLE, TIRUMAAL SRI MURUGA PERUMAL"

"See no good, hear no good, speak no good; and the people will eventually find you good!"

"We've become conditioned to compromise and shrink ourselves in order to be liked. The problem is, when you work so hard to get everyone to like you, you very often end up not liking yourself so much."

"If you find yourself craving approval, you are low on self-love. Stop grasping for a few scraps wherever you can. Go home and make yourself a feast. Love yourself deeply today."

"Children who feel unloved and unprotected are like a half-filled cup. They become incapable of ‘filling up’ because they have come to believe they are unworthy of love. They try to please others, give to others, and care for others in a desperate hope that they may make themselves worthy."

"People don’t notice the things we do for them until we stop doing them."

"I can't help it. I want everybody to love me and it hurts so when anybody doesn't."

"People pleasing does make it easier to ignore the red flags of abusive relationships at the very early stages especially with covert manipulators. We can also become conditioned to continually “please” if we’re used to walking on eggshells around our abuser."

"Because children take everything personally, they believe that if they are being mistreated, it's because they haven't been “good enough.” Being good as an adult makes them believe, incorrectly, that they have some control in life. They think that they will be rewarded for their goodness and that it will protect them from harm."