Perception Of Others Quotes:

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

- Virginia Satir

topic: Life, Being Yourself, Positive Thinking, Self Determination, Perceived Self

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

- Carl Jung

source: Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Memories, dreams, reflections”, Random House Inc

topic: Relationship, Leadership, Spiritual, Social Interaction, Inner Darkness

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.

- Ansel Adams

topic: Confidence, Creativity, Men, Building Confidence, Dictating

We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox.

- Nicholas Sparks

topic: Lost Love, Taken, People, Perception Of Others, Brash

The consistent finding of psychological research is that we are fairly accurate in our perceptions of others. It's our self-perceptions that are distorted because we look at ourselves in a rose-colored mirror.

- Jonathan Haidt

source: Jonathan Haidt (2006). “The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom”, p.66, Basic Books

topic: Mirrors, Self, Rose, Perception Of Others, Self Perception

The people in the world, and the objects in it, and the world as a whole, are not absolute things, but on the contrary, are the phenomena of perception... If we were all alike: if we were millions of people saying do, re, mi, in unison, One poet would be enough... But we are not alone, and everything needs expounding all the time because, as people live and die, each one perceiving life and death for himself, and mostly by and in himself, there develops a curiosity about the perceptions of others. This is what makes it possible to go on saying new things about old things.

- Wallace Stevens

topic: Old Things, Life And Death, People, Perception Of Others

I feel like people focus too much on what other people think of their lives and trying to appear like they have it all together rather than focusing on just being happy. You can't control the perception of others no matter how hard you try. Do things that promote personal growth and health. Genuine happiness is hard to miss.

- Melanie Iglesias

topic: Thinking, People, Focus, Perception Of Others, Genuine Happiness

That peace that we're after, lies somewhere beyond personality, beyond the perception of others, beyond invention and disguise, even beyond effort itself. You can join the game, fight the wars, play with form all you want, but to find real peace, you have to let the armor fall.

- Jim Carrey

source: Jim Carrey's Commencement Speech at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, www.mum.edu. May 24, 2014.

topic: Real, War, Lying, Perception Of Others

I believe that a smile is the attribute of a positive attitude, both for yourself and the perception of others.

- Jeffrey Gitomer

source: Twitter post from Feb 20, 2017

topic: Attitude, Believe, Perception, Perception Of Others

Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations

- J. William Fulbright

topic: Educational, Communication, People, International Relations, Perception Of Others

If I had been a different sort of person, maybe less impressionable, less intense, less fearful, less utterly dependent upon the perceptions of others - maybe then I would not have bought the cultural party line that thinness is the be-all and end-all of goals. Maybe if my family had not been in utter chaos most of the time, maybe if my parents were a little better at dealing with their own lives maybe if I'd gotten help sooner, or if I'd gotten different help, maybe if I didn't so fiercely cherish my secret, or if I were not such a good liar, or were not quite so empty inside... maybe.

- Marya Hornbacher

topic: Liars, Party, Goal, Perception Of Others, Thinness

If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop a sense of unease and uncertainty, adversely affecting every sector of American society, our economy and the perception of other nations.

- Richard V. Allen

topic: Moving, Perception, Victory, Perception Of Others

Adolescents, for all their self-involvement, are emerging from the self-centeredness of childhood. Their perception of other people has more depth. They are better equipped at appreciating others' reasons for action, or the basis of others' emotions. But this maturity functions in a piecemeal fashion. They show more understanding of their friends, but not of their teachers.

- Terri E Apter

topic: Fashion, Teacher, Maturity, Perception Of Others, Self Centeredness

People want to work with somebody who feels shame, who worries about the perceptions of others. Dishonesty is something we don't like in others.

- Frans de Waal

topic: People, Worry, Perception, Perception Of Others

One of the best ways of becoming an effective parent—or, for that matter, an effective human being—is to understand the perceptions of other people, to be able to “get into their world.

- Jane Nelsen

source: Jane Nelsen, Ed.D., Cheryl Erwin, Roslyn Ann Duffy (2007). “Positive Discipline: The First Three Years: From Infant to Toddler--Laying the Foundation for Raising a Capable, Confident Child”, p.44, Harmony

topic: People, Parent, Perception, Perception Of Others