"Playing the victim role: Manipulator portrays him- or herself as a victim of circumstance or of someone else's behavior in order to gain pity, sympathy or evoke compassion and thereby get something fr..."
- George K. Simon Jr.
"Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory."
- Jim Carrey
"Don't be a pleaser of people just because of the fear of the losing your position. You cease to be a true leader when you do so!"
- Israelmore Ayivor
"Some of us are filled with a unique inner light. Others around us cease to exist because of it. The light opaques them. The outcome is, they will try everything in their power to tear it off, from you..."
- Efrat Cybulkiewicz
"The results of my work don't have much to do with me. I can only be in charge of producing the work itself. That's a hard enough job. I refuse to take on additional jobs, such as trying to police what..."
- Elizabeth Gilbert