By not caring too much about what people think, I’m able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed. Albert Ellis
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Care about what other people think, and you will always be their prisoner. Lao Tzu
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Caring about something can make you do things you shouldn’t. Kathryn Holmes
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Caring what others think is the biggest jail one can put oneself in. Durjoy Datta
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Do not ask for permission. Don’t care about what others think, or that you have to ask anyone anything to do what you want. Do not explain yourself. Burn your own blazing path and discard all those who weigh you down.
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Don’t try to please everyone, you will lose yourself. Don’t care about the people who don’t like you.
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Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it. Tina Fey
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Here’s my cup of care. Oh, look, it’s empty.
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Age is a wonderful thing. The older you get, the less cares you have about the world, and life starts to become more interesting.
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Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.
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At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven’t been thinking of us at all. Ann Landers
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. Dr. Seuss
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Care less about the words and more about the actions. True love is found not in what we say, but what we do.
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Care less; smile more.
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Do what makes you happy and don’t care what others think.
Don’t be embarrassed by who you are. They’re going to judge you no matter what you do.
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Don’t be mad because I don’t care anymore. Be mad because I once did, and you were too blind to see.
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Don’t care if someone hates you, people usually hate the one who is better than them.
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Don’t care what other people say, just be yourself.
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Don’t hold onto something if you know it’s no longer there.
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Enjoy life… there’s plenty of time to be dead.
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Even though you’re growing up, you should never stop having fun.
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Everything you’ve ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear. George Addair
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Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care.
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Forget about what everyone else thinks and says. If it makes you happy, do it.
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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
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Happiness is not caring what others think of you.
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Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it…Success will happen precisely because you had forgotten to think about it. Viktor Frankl
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Heartbreaks are quite interesting because we cry about not being able to care about the other person.
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I am certainly not heartless. It just refuses to beat for those it does not care for. Ignore Attitude Don’t Care Quotes
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I am not here for the pleasure of others but for myself, so I don’t care.
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I am not here to please anyone but myself. So send all your complaints and address them to I don’t care.
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I am so done with everything you do to me. As of this moment, I don’t care.
The Art of Ignoring Quotes
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I can’t be bothered to care for something so not fabulous.
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I can’t care about something so distasteful. It’s not my style.
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I can’t care for those who cannot care for me.
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I can’t fight for something I don’t care about.
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I can’t waste my time caring for things I really don’t care for.
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I cannot care for something that has broken my heart and bitten my hand.
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I care not for the follies of my peers. I stay true to myself.
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I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character! Theodore Roosevelt
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I cared while you pretended, and now that you do, I don’t. Not anymore. Not ever.
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I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself. Michel de Montaigne
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I don’t care about age; it is stupid! Some adults act like toddlers, and some children are wise beyond their years.
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I don’t care about the consequences when I do something that my heart demands to be done.
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I don’t care about the world. I will follow my dreams till my last breath.
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I don’t care about your opinion. You are not a person who can understand my dreams.
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I don’t care if anyone doesn’t like me, I wasn’t put on this earth to entertain everyone. Oreki
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I don’t care if anyone thinks that I am wrong. I am not born to prove myself to useless people.
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I don’t care if I fail a thousand times. I will still get up and chase my dreams.
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I don’t care if I’m selfish. After putting people first for the longest time and being disappointed, I deserve to do whatever makes me feel happy.
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I don’t care if no one is by my side. I will still be happy with myself.
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I don’t care if you don’t care.
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I don’t care if you never speak to me again as long as you remember me for a lifetime.
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I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true. Truman Capote
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I don’t care what others think about me; I enjoy my life with my own rules.
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I don’t care what people think about me. I know who I am and I don’t have to prove anything to anyone.
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I don’t care what people think of me. I don’t even care what happens to me. Lil Peep
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I don’t care what people think or say about me, I know who I am. Jonathan Davis
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I don’t care what will happen next, but I will conquer it and achieve what I desire.
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I don’t care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right. George M. Cohan
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I don’t care what you say to me. I care what you share with me. Santosh Kalwar
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I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all. Coco Chanel
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I don’t care what you think of me — unless you think I’m awesome, in which case you’re right! Carry on.
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I don’t care who I lose anymore — as long as I don’t lose myself again, I’m good.
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I don’t hold on to fear as much as I used to, because I’ve learned a lot about genuinely not caring what strangers think about me. It’s very liberating. Gwyneth Paltrow
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I don’t need to be in a relationship to be happy, and I don’t care what you think of me. Ignore Attitude Don’t Care Quotes
Quotes on Ignoring the Haters by Not Caring
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I don’t try to be candy-coated. I don’t try to walk on eggshells. I am what I am. Love me or hate me. Pink
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I have reached a point in life where I feel it is no longer necessary to try to impress anyone. If they like me the way I am, good. And if they don’t, it’s their loss.
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I just give myself permission to suck…I find this hugely liberating. John Green
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I know you want me to care. But I don’t.
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I know you want me to share your feelings, but right now I just don’t care.
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I no longer care about things I can’t change and people who won’t change.
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I no longer care who I lose, as long as I don’t lose myself.
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I pretend I don’t care, but deep down, I really still don’t care.
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I think I finally reached the point where I don’t care anymore. I’m a good person; I can’t force people to see my worth.
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If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and I’ll say it. John Lennon
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If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference. Abraham Lincoln
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If it makes you happy it doesn’t have to make sense to others. Prof. Feynman
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If you ever start caring too much about what others think, remember this: people are stupid.
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If you find the right person, don’t lose them. Don’t care about the world, and just hold them for life.
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If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets. Haruki Murakami
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If you want to live, stop asking permission. Do it now and regret it later. What other people think is none of your business. Ignore Attitude Don’t Care Quotes
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If you want to succeed, then stop caring about every small thing in life.
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If you’re brave enough to say ‘goodbye’, life will reward you with a new ‘hello’. Paulo Coelho
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Ignore those people who talk about you behind your back; that’s where they belong.
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I’ll be happy and I don’t care what people say of me I’ll just be happy.
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I’ll just be real. I’ll just be myself. Just me. Nothing more.
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I’m not heartless. I’ve just learned to use my heart less.
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I’m starting to get used to this feeling of not caring about anything. J. A. Redmerski
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I’m the one not caring. I’m the one pretending the Earth isn’t shattering all around me because I don’t want it to be. Susan Beth Pfeffer
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Inner peace is another way of saying I no longer care.
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It is not only a matter of not caring who knows- it is also a matter of knowing who cares. Idries Shah
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It may be hard and disappointing, but I don’t care. My dreams are what keep me going.
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It means nothing to me. I have no opinion about it, and I don’t care.
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It’s not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and to make your happiness a priority. It’s necessary. Mandy Hale
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It’s not wrong not to care. It can’t be that bad if it makes you happy.
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Just because you don’t care for someone doesn’t mean you lack feelings. It just means those feelings no longer apply to them.
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Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way. Jack Kornfield
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Letting go doesn’t mean you stop caring. It means you got tired of trying to force someone to care about you.
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Life is better when you stop caring too much.
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Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain. Vivian Greene
Letting Go of Judgment of Others (Quotes)
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Life will become more simple when you mind your own business.
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Life’s one great lesson was: Do not care. Not caring was a person’s real protection. Francine Pascal
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Live your life the way you want to and don’t care what others think; it’s your life, not theirs.
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Love me, hate me, I don’t care anymore.
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Love the one you want to, and don’t care about what others think.
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Love your own company and forget about the world — it’s the best feeling ever.
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My level of happiness rises as my level of care reaches zero.
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My mind is more peaceful when I don’t care about others.
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My mind’s at peace when I don’t care about others.
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Never dull your shine for somebody else. Tyra Banks
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Never forget: it’s your life, not theirs.
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Never forget that thoughts are not facts. Just because you think it, doesn’t make it so. Let go, stop caring, and enjoy your life. Ignore Attitude Don’t Care Quotes
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Not caring more about what other people think than what you think. That’s freedom. Demi Moore
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Not caring what people think about me is the best choice I ever made. Meyadha Maan
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Once I care, I don’t leave, once I leave, I don’t care.
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One of the best feelings in the world is when you stop caring about things that once bothered you.
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One of the greatest mental freedoms is truly not caring what anyone else thinks of you.
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People can get crazier as they get older. I can just be weird whenever I want, and there’s the freedom of not caring what people think. Candice Bergen
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People say I act like I don’t care. It’s not an act.
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Send your complaints to this address: I don’t care street.
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Sometimes in life, it becomes very important to stop caring and move on.
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Sometimes love needs a rest from caring, and so bears for an intolerable few hours the guilt of not caring. Robert Breault
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Sometimes the best way to solve a problem is to just stop caring.
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Sometimes the only choice left to do is to stop caring. Make peace and move forward no matter how it hurts, because there is no reason to stay anymore.
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Sometimes the only way to achieve a goal is to stop caring about it so much.
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Sometimes the only way to get somebody’s attention is to stop giving them yours.
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Sometimes you have to give up on people. Not because you don’t care, but because they don’t.
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Sometimes, you just have to stop caring. You have to turn off all emotions and feelings to protect yourself from getting hurt.
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Sorry for not caring what you think. I’m busy being happy.
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Stop caring about what people think about you. Live your life. Chase your dreams.
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Stop caring what people think. Stop taking caution in your actions.
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Listen to what you want. Do what you want. This is your life. Live it.
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Stop worrying about people who aren’t worried about you.
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The best thing I did with my life was to throw away all the garbage people kept pushing at me and stopped caring.
Quotes to Ignore and Weather Criticism by not Caring
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The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages. Virginia Woolf
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The funny thing is, I’m so used to not caring what anyone says, good or bad, that unfortunately even when people say good things I wish it made me feel good, but it doesn’t.
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The less I care, the happier I am.
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The moment you stop caring is the moment when things get better.
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The more you care about what others think of you, the more you will feel like an image created for their enjoyment. You are real and you are yourself, so stop caring and live.
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The only way to free your mind is to stop caring about what others think.
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The right mixture of caring and not caring – I suppose that’s what love is. James Hilton
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The trick is not caring what EVERYBODY thinks of you and just caring about what the RIGHT people think of you. Brian Bendis
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Their judgments doesn’t define who you are: it defines who they are.
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There are five signs of righteousness: a gentle disposition and a soft heart, shedding tears of regret, ascetism and not caring about the world, being unambitious, and having a conscience. Shaqiq al-Balkhi
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There’s a lot of sh*t I just don’t care about anymore. Ignore Attitude Don’t Care Quotes
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There’s a very fine line between not listening and not caring. I like to think I walk that line every day of my life. Burnie Burns
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There’s something great about loving what you love and not caring if it’s unpopular. Kristen Bell
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This is a less stressful and healthier way of living life where you are happy in your own world even if you are alone.
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This is a public service announcement letting you know that I no longer care.
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What other people think of you is none of your business.
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When everything goes south and the sh*t hits the fan, the best choice is often to stop caring and move forward.
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When I’ve had enough, I stop. I just get to the point where I don’t care.
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When people give you garbage, throw it away.
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When you are truly comfortable in your own skin, not everyone will like you, but you won’t care one bit.
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When you stop thinking about others, you stop changing yourself for others. You don’t care anymore what they think of you and start counting on who you are in reality.
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You are real. You are you. And you are enough. Stop caring what others think.
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You don’t have to care about everything around you. Some things are best left ignored.
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You either like me or you don’t. It took me twenty-something years to learn how to love myself, I don’t have that kinda time to convince somebody else. Daniel Franzese
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You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It’s their mistake, not my failing. Richard P. Feynman
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You secretly don’t like me. I openly don’t care.
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You’re constantly trying to strike a balance between respecting something and not caring about it. Madonna
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Your life isn’t yours if you always care what others think.
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Your uniqueness is your own business. Do not care about those who wish to put you into a box.
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Zero f**cks given.
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Stay low-key and let them assume.
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Your self-worth is not determined by others.
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The best revenge is no revenge. Move on and be happy.
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It’s not your job to like me; it’s mine.
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Happiness is found when you stop comparing yourself to others.
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Not caring what people think is the best choice you will ever make.
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The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love them.
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Don’t let the world change your smile; let your smile change the world.
The Zen of Non-Attachment: Finding Inner Serenity by Not Sweating the Small Stuff
In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, it’s easy to get caught up in the minutiae, worrying about every little detail, and becoming emotionally entangled in situations that ultimately hold little significance. But what if there was a way to break free from this cycle and find inner serenity? Enter the concept of “non-attachment.”
Non-attachment, often associated with Zen Buddhism, is a powerful philosophy that encourages us to let go of our need to control, possess, or cling to things and outcomes. By not sweating the small stuff, we can unlock a profound sense of inner peace and freedom. This age-old wisdom teaches us that when we learn to detach from the trivial, we make room for what truly matters in our lives.
Imagine a situation where you’re stuck in traffic, late for an important meeting. The small stuff would involve frustration, anger, and anxiety. But by practicing non-attachment, you can accept the situation as it is, understanding that your emotional turmoil won’t change a thing. This mindset shift allows you to remain calm and focused, finding serenity in the midst of chaos.
Non-attachment also applies to our relationships. Often, we attach ourselves to people’s opinions and judgments, seeking validation and approval. However, this need for external validation can lead to disappointment and heartache. By not caring excessively about what others think, you can cultivate more authentic and harmonious connections with those who appreciate you for who you truly are.
One of the fundamental aspects of non-attachment is the realization that everything is impermanent. Our possessions, our circumstances, and even our own selves are constantly changing. Understanding this impermanence can help us detach from the fear of loss, allowing us to appreciate the present moment.
The beauty of non-attachment lies in its simplicity. It doesn’t require grand gestures or a major life overhaul. It’s about shifting your perspective, reminding yourself that most things we fret over are, in the grand scheme of life, inconsequential.
When you stop sweating the small stuff, you open yourself up to a world of possibilities. You become more resilient in the face of adversity, less susceptible to stress, and more capable of finding joy in the everyday. Non-attachment is a pathway to inner serenity that empowers you to embrace life as it unfolds, without being burdened by the unnecessary baggage of worries and anxieties.
In the end, the Zen of non-attachment teaches us that true freedom and serenity can be found by letting go of the small stuff and embracing the profound beauty of the present moment. So, take a deep breath, release your grip on the trivial, and savor the peace that comes from not sweating the small stuff.