One of the most liberating feeling you will have in your life is when you realize that not everyone is going to like you no matter how hard you try. No matter what, there will always be people who will dislike you and some who will like you. So the best way to deal with this situation is to stop bothering about other people so much. Come to a realization that it does not matter if they like or dislike you, as long as you like yourself, that’s all that matters.

Everything in life is energy and when you are too focused on if or not the other person likes you and are trying hard to keep them happy so they like you, you are wasting your energy. You can spend this energy in the right manner by redirecting it on yourself. Focus your energy on understanding yourself and on your goals, values and aspirations, so you can work toward living an authentic life instead of living a life of pretense.

The following is a list of quotes that will inspire you to stop worrying about everyone and if or not they like you and instead redirect your focus on things that matter.

The moment you realize not everyone is going to like you is the moment you take back your power.

Be happy that not everyone likes you because that is proof that you are living true to yourself.

Not everyone is going to like you so there is no point in wasting your energy trying to please everyone. Instead, focus your energy on being your true, authentic self.

Not everyone is going to like you, and that’s perfectly okay because your worth is not based on their opinion.

Not everyone will like you and that’s actually good because not everyone deserves a seat at the table of your life. It is reserved only for the most special people.

It is a fact that not everyone will like you, but it is also a fact that not everyone matters.

Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s fine. It’s not their journey to make sense of. It’s yours.

– Zero Dean

If you want to achieve anything in this world, you have to get used to the idea that not everyone will like you.

– Simon Sinek

Not everyone will understand you and that’s fine because the only one who needs to understand you is you. Get to know yourself. The greatest journey you will ever undertake is the journey of self discovery.

Not everyone will like you or take the time to understand you. Some people lack the capacity. Don’t worry; it’s okay. Their acceptance or rejection doesn’t change your worth one bit. Hold your head up and live your life regardless, knowing not everyone is worthy of you.

– Richelle E. Goodrich

I will not like everyone, not everyone will like me, and that is OKAY.

– Gudjon Bergmann, Yes! You Can Manage Stress

Remember, not everyone will like you (for various reasons), even if you did nothing wrong. If you expect everyone to like you and conform to their expectations, you wouldn’t be true to yourself, and your self-worth would suffer as a result.

– Camie L. Vincent

You are not designed for everyone to like you. When you realize that, you start living true to your design.

Not everyone will understand you. Not everyone will appreciate you. Not everyone will embrace you. Do not change for them. Just smile at them, and move along.

– Jessica Hagy

Not everyone will support you. If you take every insult or rude slur from people personally, you will always be offended for the rest of your life. So give up worrying about if people support you or not. If they do, it will show. If it doesn’t, who cares.

– Lorenzo Dozier

Hold onto who loves and honor you. Not everyone will know how to. Some souls don’t even know how to love and honor themselves, let alone you.

– Lalah Delia

Not everyone will notice the way you shine, but you will shine all the same in beautiful, natural ways irrespective of whether they notice or not.

Accept that not everyone will understand you. Live authentically, don’t dumb down or dull your shine just to “fit in” or “get along” with anyone, including friends and even family you’ve outgrown.”

– Kianu Starr

Embrace your uniqueness. Those who genuinely like you will stick around. Those who pretended to like you will leave.

Creativity and expression of one’s art can only be measured by the audience to whom it was intended for. Not everyone is going to like my “art” and I don’t really care about that.

– Anne-Rae Vasquez

Not everyone is going to like you or understand you. And that is okay. It may have nothing to do with you personally; but rather more about who they are and how they relate to the world.

– Susan C. Young

Not everyone is going to be kind to you, but be the best in all you do – not everyone will be honest and fair, but still continue to forgive and care.

– Charmaine J Forde

Be yourself and do what you love, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.

Be yourself. People don’t have to like you, and you don’t have to care.

And when I reveal my true heart, not everyone is going to approve. What I know now is that I don’t need them to.

– Alicia Keys, More Myself: A Journey

Authenticity begins when you realize not everyone is going to like you.

Not everyone is always going to like you. What impresses one person may turn another away. To thine own self be true.

– Susan C. Young

Not everyone will like you. Not everyone will be kind to you. Not everyone will agree with you. That does not mean you have to be unkind in return.

– Brianna Wiest

Not everyone will like you. Some people just want to take swipes at you. You need to trust yourself enough to ignore them.

– Francesca Serritella

Not everyone is going to like you. Good people don’t do good so that they’ll win popularity contests. They do good because it’s the right thing to do.

– Karen Rose

I also know that not everyone will like what I do, and that there are many people who do love my work, and so I write for them, and for my own pleasure, and try not to brood too much over those who have different tastes. And I have written enough books now that I know the self-doubt and the anxiety are part of the creative process, and drive me to keep trying to do better, and keep me from becoming too cocksure about my writing, which is a form of creative death.

– Kate Forsyth

It’s not everyone that likes RnB, Hippop or Hiplife. However, each of them has their fans. Meaning not everyone will like you as a person, your ideologies or your business. But if you persist and strategically position yourself, then you will attract a segment of the market that loves everything about you.

– Oscar Bimpong

In life not everyone will understand your journey and that’s okay. You are here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.

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