Please all, and you will please none.
— Aesop
Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself-forget about the impression you are trying to make.
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.
People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I just parked, and the dust would just build up on them.
It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.
The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
Reproof on her lips, but a smile in her eyes.
My advice to you concerning applause is this: enjoy it but never quite believe it.
Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying.
The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you.
I have no methods; all I do is accept people as they are.
Everybody has the right to be left alone but nobody has the right to demand approval.
At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.
Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.