Don't conform for the sake of pleasing others. Mold yourself into the person that you want to be. Votes: 2
Dr. SeussSome people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing. Votes: 1
Francois de La RochefoucauldAny writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others. Votes: 1
Marianne MooreTo be exempt from the Passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing Solitude. Votes: 1
Richard SteeleWine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others. Votes: 1
Samuel JohnsonTrying to please others before pleasing God is inverting the first and second great commandments. Votes: 0
Lynn G. RobbinsWrite to Please Yourself. When You write to Please Others You end up Pleasing No one. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinTo be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude. Votes: 0
Joseph AddisonAn effort made with ourselves for the good of others, with the intention of pleasing God alone. Votes: 0
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-PierreThe things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours, is more pleasing to others Votes: 0
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