100 Mind Your Own Business Quotes

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1. "What others think of me is none of my business." — Eleanor Roosevelt

2. "Before you judge my life, my past, or my character, walk in my shoes, walk the path I have traveled, and live my sorrow, my doubts, my fear, my pain, and my laughter." — Unknown

3. "Focus on your journey, not the destination." — Greg Anderson

4. "Keep your attention focused on what is truly your business, and let everything else go." — Epictetus

5. "The less you respond to negative people, the more peaceful your life will become." — Unknown

6. "Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice." — Steve Jobs

7. "I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine." — Bruce Lee

8. "Live and let live." — Traditional proverb

9. "Stay in your lane. Comparison kills creativity and joy." — Brené Brown

10. "Your opinion of me is none of my concern." — Unknown

11. "Mind your own business and don't judge." — Unknown

12. "The greatest wealth is to live content with little." — Plato

13. "Let people do what they need to do to make them happy. Mind your own business, and do what you need to do to make you happy." — Leon Brown

14. "I have enough to do managing my own affairs without being concerned with those of others." — Unknown

15. "Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." — Dream Hampton

16. "Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions." — Will Smith

17. "Let go of what people think. I don't need anyone's permission to be myself." — Unknown

18. "Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner." — Lao Tzu

19. "If it doesn't concern you, don't concern yourself with it." — Unknown

20. "It's none of my business what others think of me." — Dr. Wayne Dyer

21. "Better to mind your own business and focus on your own path." — Unknown

22. "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." — Eleanor Roosevelt

23. "How you live your life is your business. How I live mine is mine." — Unknown

24. "You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet." — Franz Kafka

25. "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." — John Wooden

26. "Your focus determines your reality." — George Lucas

27. "Those who move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out." — Gordon B. Hinckley

28. "When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering." — Miguel Ruiz

29. "The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday." — Unknown

30. "Let people judge you. Let them misunderstand you. Let them gossip about you. Their opinions aren't your problem. You stay kind, committed to love, and free in your authenticity. No matter what they do or say, don't you dare doubt your worth or the beauty of your truth. Just keep shining like you always do." — Scott Stabile

31. "What other people think of you is not your business. If you start to make that business your business, you will be offended for the rest of your life." — Deepak Chopra

32. "Rivers don't drink their own water; trees don't eat their own fruit. The sun doesn't shine for itself; flowers don't spread fragrance for themselves. Living for others is a rule of nature." — Pope Francis

33. "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." — Mahatma Gandhi

34. "Sweep in front of your own door before you sweep in front of your neighbor's." — Swedish proverb

35. "Live your life for you not for anyone else. Don't let the fear of being judged, rejected or disliked stop you from being yourself." — Sonya Parker

36. "Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear." — Paulo Coelho

37. "The only thing that's keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself." — Tony Robbins

38. "When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." — Lao Tzu

39. "The best way to predict your future is to create it." — Abraham Lincoln

40. "Gossip dies when it hits a wise person's ears." — Unknown

41. "Focus on your goals, not your fear. Focus like a laser beam on your goals." — Roy T. Bennett

42. "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought." — Matsuo Basho

43. "If it costs you your peace, it's too expensive." — Unknown

44. "The problem is you're too busy holding onto your unworthiness." — Ram Dass

45. "The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race." — Bob Marley

46. "Be selective with your battles. Sometimes peace is better than being right." — Unknown

47. "Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for." — Oliver James

48. "The quieter you become, the more you can hear." — Ram Dass

49. "The most important conversation is the one you have with yourself." — Unknown

50. "Don't let small minds convince you that your dreams are too big." — Unknown

51. "Control your own destiny or someone else will." — Jack Welch

52. "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

53. "Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions... Do your thing, and don't care if they like it." — Tina Fey

54. "The best revenge is massive success." — Frank Sinatra

55. "Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure." — Oprah Winfrey

56. "Never dull your shine for somebody else." — Tyra Banks

57. "You were born an original. Don't die a copy." — John Mason

58. "You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love." — Nicholas Sparks

59. "If people are talking behind your back, be happy that you are the one in front." — Unknown

60. "Don't let yesterday take up too much of today." — Will Rogers

61. "People who mind other people's business are usually neglecting their own." — Unknown

62. "Comparison is the thief of joy." — Theodore Roosevelt

63. "Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got." — R. Brault

64. "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." — Oscar Wilde

65. "We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like." — Dave Ramsey

66. "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." — Steve Jobs

67. "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." — Maya Angelou

68. "There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path." — Buddha

69. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." — Eleanor Roosevelt

70. "None of your business what other people say or think about you." — Unknown

71. "Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself." — Marcus Aurelius

72. "Your ego is not your amigo." — Unknown

73. "It's not your job to like me—it's mine." — Byron Katie

74. "A fish lives in water. A bird lives in the air. Man lives in his soul." — Unknown

75. "Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind." — Buddha

76. "Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." — Buddha

77. "If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down." — Unknown

78. "When people try to bury you, remember you are a seed." — Unknown

79. "Some people are so poor, all they have is money." — Patrick Meagher

80. "Don't explain yourself. Your friends don't need it and your enemies won't believe it." — Unknown

81. "Those who do not move, do not notice their chains." — Rosa Luxemburg

82. "Go where you are celebrated, not where you are tolerated." — Unknown

83. "The mind is everything. What you think you become." — Buddha

84. "Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it." — Bruce Lee

85. "The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you." — Carl Jung

86. "The hardest walk is walking alone, but it's also the walk that makes you the strongest." — Unknown

87. "When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical." — Unknown

88. "Your life is your message to the world. Make sure it's inspiring." — Unknown

89. "Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come." — Unknown

90. "The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think." — David Icke

91. "Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness." — Jean Vanier

92. "When you know your worth, no one can make you feel worthless." — Unknown

93. "Don't mix bad words with your bad mood. You'll have many opportunities to change a mood, but you'll never get the opportunity to replace the words you spoke." — Unknown

94. "Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do." — Benjamin Spock

95. "The more you know yourself, the less you have to fear." - Unknown

96. "One of the greatest mental freedoms is truly not caring what anyone else thinks of you." — Unknown

97. "If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be." — Maya Angelou

98. "When you prioritize pleasing others over your own happiness, you've essentially signed up to be an unpaid emotional caretaker." — Unknown

99. "Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general." — Germany Kent

100. "Mind your own business and you'll stay busy enough." — Unknown

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