169 Quotes About Public-opinion

If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.

It is not always easy. Your successes are unheralded -- your failures are trumpeted. I sometimes have that feeling myself."[Speech at CIA Headquarters, November 28, 1961]

There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.

Ich hörte, dass Karl May der Öffentlichkeit so lange als guter Schriftsteller galt, bis irgendwelche Missetaten aus seiner Jugend bekannt wurden. Angenommen aber, er hat sie begangen, so beweist mir das nichts gegen ihn - vielleicht sogar manches für ihn. Jetzt vermute ich in ihm erst recht einen Dichter!"(Neues Wiener Tagblatt, 20 November 1935)

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.

I will no longer let the fear of vicious comments or replies stop me from speaking what I believe to be right. I will also never give a message that everybody will agree with. I know that even my most faithful followers will never agree 100% with what I say. I also know that they know that and are fine with it.I am done letting the bullies win. They won’t anymore. Not here.

The virtues of your character is more important the public opinion.

Respect means: even in your absence people speak good of your person

It’s not the public opinion of what you are that matters, but the private personality of who you are!