When we are set free from the bondage of pleasing others, when we are free from currying others'approval-then no one will be able to make us miserable or dissatisfied. And then, if we know we have pleased God, contentment will be our consolation.
Don't conform for the sake of pleasing others. Mold yourself into the person that you want to be.
I began to enjoy my own generosity; I felt the pleasure of pleasing others, especially as this was accompanied by money-power. I was paying for them; they were grateful, they had to be; and they could no longer see me as a failure.
To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
The great difficulty is that you cannot be nice. If you want to take back the power, you have to behave in ways that are not conforming and will not be about pleasing other people.
I think it's really important to follow your intuition and gut, and try not to do things just for the sake of pleasing other people.
A man's fortune is frequently decided by his first address. If pleasing, others at once conclude he has merit; but if ungraceful, they decide against him.
Be known for pleasing others, especially if you govern them. Ruling other has one advantage: you can do more good than anyone else.
Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.
Following our inner guidance may feel risky and frightening at first, because we are no longer playing it safe, doing what we 'should' do, pleasing others, following rules, or deferring to outside authority.
You can't worry about pleasing other people; you have to please yourself.
