Quotes About Being Misunderstood

Here are the top 99 quotes about people not understanding:

1. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
2. “You will always be too much of something for someone: too big, too loud, too soft, too edgy. If you round out your edges, you lose your edge.” – Danielle LaPorte
3. “I’m not a stereotype. I’m not someone else’s version of who I should be. I’m me.” – Janelle Monae
4. “To be great is to be misunderstood.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
5. “The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.” – Unknown
6. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
7. “You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.” – Mahatma Gandhi
8. “The more you know yourself, the less you rely on others to tell you who you are.” – Kristin Hannah
9. “When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time.” – Laurie Halse Anderson
10. “If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” – Maya Angelou
11. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates
12. “It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.” – Andre Gide
13. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain
14. “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde
15. “People are afraid of what they don’t understand.” – Unknown
16. “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” – Oscar Wilde
17. “We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.” – Benjamin Franklin
18. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine
19. “Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.” – Janis Joplin
20. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
21. “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
22. “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” – Malcolm X
23. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
24. “Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.” – Winston Churchill
25. “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward
26. “The only way to have a good day is to start it with a positive attitude.” – Unknown
27. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
28. “People only see what they are prepared to see.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
29. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
30. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
31. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
32. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
33. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
34. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
35. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
36. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein
37. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
38. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
39. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
40. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
41. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
42. “The only way to deal with fear is to face it head on.” – Unknown
43. “The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” – Buddha
44. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker
45. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
46. “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Christopher Columbus
47. “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
48. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
49. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
50. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
51. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
52. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
53. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
54. “If you want to be happy, be.” – Leo Tolstoy
55. “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort
56. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
57. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
58. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
59. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates
60. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey
61. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
62. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
63. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
64. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi
65. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
66. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
67. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
68. “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
69. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
70. “The only way to have a good day is to start it with a positive attitude.” – Unknown
71. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
72. “People only see what they are prepared to see.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
73. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every