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Mar 30, 2011 · Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”. In June of 1941 the aphorism appeared on a newspaper page dedicated to the topics of “Home, Church, Religion, Character” within a column titled “Sermonograms”. The words were credited to Eleanor Roosevelt [HNFI]. In February of 1944 the saying ...
- William Ellery Channing
This is one of my favorite quotations, but I have not been...
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- William Ellery Channing
- Reacting to Being Snubbed
- Not Reacting to Being Snubbed
- It’S About them, Not You
- Victims of Our Own Thoughts
- Displacing Reactive Thoughts with Compassion
One time when I worked in Community Education in Scotland I was heading to a training course with Kate, a colleague of mine. Neither of us drove, so we took the train, which involved a bit of walking at the other end. As it happened, we weren’t entirely sure where we were heading, and so Kate suggested that I ask a pedestrian who was walking on the...
In a contrasting example, the other day as I left the building where I live, a woman was heading in the opposite direction. I said “Good morning” to her as I passed. All I got in response was a startled gaze. Now I could have taken this personally. And in fact I could sense that part of me wanted to. But I very quickly realized that she probably di...
Even if someone directs anger or criticism against you, you don’t have to take it personally. The other person may be having a bad day or a bad week. Perhaps they are having a bad life! It may be that you’re just the person who happened to be near them when they had an outburst. So just reminding yourself of the phrase, “It’s about them, not about ...
Often, when someone treats us in a way we don’t like, we run through a very rapid set of thoughts, something like this: 1. That person treated me rudely. 2. Therefore they don’t respect me. 3. Therefore they don’t think I’m worthy of respect. 4. Therefore they think I’m worthless. 5. Therefore I don’t matter to others. And so you feel unhappy, beca...
When someone behaves toward us in a way that triggers thoughts of our inferiority, one antidote is to consider that they are suffering. This is a constant factor in all bad behavior. If the other person is suffering, and doesn’t have the self-compassion or mindfulness to deal with that, then they’ll tend to act out in ways that hurt others. By cons...
Feb 6, 2019 · It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself. What is to give light must endure the burning. Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it.
- Jone Johnson Lewis
If we can be secure and confident, others will not be able to make us feel insignificant or inferior. Of course, most of us will struggle with this. It is easy to recognize the truth of the ...
May 24, 2022 · Myth 3: “Controlling my emotions is denying how I truly feel”. People often see regulating emotions as trying to suppress how you initially feel. But that’s not the case. Sometimes emotions ...
- Claudia Cole
Jul 21, 2018 · How Others Can Make Us Feel. Perhaps the most frequent, and psychologically damaging, event we can experience is to have other people try to make us feel inferior to them.
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Did Eleanor Roosevelt really say 'nobody can make you feel inferior?
We all do it – ascribe out hurt feelings to other people’s words and action. But the fact is, no-one can MAKE you feel anything. Yes, other people may ‘trigger’ you, and yes, it’s natural to feel upset when they do. But it’s actually your beliefs about the situation – and specifically, the unconscious demands you hold – that are ...
