FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT BEING MISUNDERSTOOD

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“The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.” – Stephen R. Covey

“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.” – Bertrand Russell

“I’d rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.” – Kurt Cobain

“Do not judge my story based on the chapter you walked in on.” – Unknown

“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” – Maya Angelou

“To be great is to be misunderstood.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself.” – Earl Nightingale

“The true genius shudders at incompleteness – and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.” – Edgar Allan Poe

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” – André Gide

“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” – Friedrich Nietzsche SINGLE MOTHER QUOTES TO SON

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” – Stephen Hawking

“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.” – May Sarton

“Don’t waste your time with explanations, people only hear what they want to hear.” – Paulo Coelho

“I’m not confused. I’m just well mixed.” – Robert Frost

“We fear what we don’t understand.” – Andrew Smith

“People tend to judge others by their habits and themselves by their intentions.” – Albert Schweitzer

“The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone is likely to find themselves in places no one has ever been before.” – Albert Einstein

“It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It’s called living.” – Terry Pratchett

“You can’t please everyone, so focus on pleasing yourself and those who appreciate you.” – Unknown

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