Likable Quotes

“Confidence comes from managing our self-doubts and accepting the fact that we are working on bettering our imperfections, even while appreciating these imperfections as qualities that make us unique and likable.”
― Michelle Tillis Lederman, 11 Laws of Likability

“Did you realize you were capable of inspiring affection in others?"
"Only narcissists and layabouts, I thought."
He leaned back, a smile playing on his mouth. "You know, Em, you could make life so much easier for yourself if you tried to be liked once in a while.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

“People do business with people they like.”
― Michelle Tillis Lederman, 11 Laws of Likability

“Women liked Strike—she had come to realize that over the months they had worked together. She had not understood the appeal when she had started working for him. He was so very different from Matthew.”
― Robert Galbraith, Career of Evil

“Authenticity is who you are--your honest reactions, your natural energy.”
― Michelle Tillis Lederman, 11 Laws of Likability

“Being authentic will get you where you need and want to go, and it will be your path to building the most meaningful and enriching connections with others.”
― Michelle Tillis Lederman, 11 Laws of Likability

“Holding ourselves back may keep us safe, but it also means sacrificing how much we can grow and limiting what we can achieve.”
― Michelle Tillis Lederman, 11 Laws of Likability

“Authenticity comes from being true to the moment, in the moment.”
― Michelle Tillis Lederman, The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking . . . Because People Do Business with People They Like

“Perception is reality, and self-image is self-perception.”
― Michelle Tillis Lederman, 11 Laws of Likability

“Embrace your possibilities, not your potential failures. You get what you expect.”
― Michelle Tillis Lederman, 11 Laws of Likability

“Self-image is the basis for how you experience--and are experienced by--the outside world.”
― Michelle Tillis Lederman, 11 Laws of Likability

“An autobiography encouraging the reader to like the author is not a true autobiography. No one is likable from the inside out.”
― Colleen Hoover, Verity

“This is the Law of Likability: The real you is the best you.”
― Michelle Tillis Lederman, 11 Laws of Likability

“You know, everyone says the duchess is such a terrible mistress, but you don't seem to be that afraid of her."
"I'm not," Cinderella admitted. "I've seen real cruelty, and the duchess is not even close. She can be difficult, but her heart is in the right place. Besides, she likes Bruno, and since adopting him, she's been kind to me."
"Maybe, but I think there's more to it than Bruno," determined Louisa. "You just seem so cheerful, Cinderella- cheerful yet sad. I don't know how to explain it, but I bet people find it difficult being angry with you. I wonder if that's why the duchess likes you so much. Even Aunt Irmina does, even if she won't admit it.”
― Elizabeth Lim, So This is Love

“During my training, a supervisor once told me, "There's something likable in everyone," and to my great surprise, I found that she was right.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

“Garrance winks as Juju jumps onto my lap. "It appears that Juju likes you too."
Feeling out of sorts, I stroke the cat's head, look down at him. He's weighing my thighs down, and I like the way it feels, all warm. I also love his loud purrs. He's nothing like a rat. "The big lug is kind of growing on me," I say, stroking his chin, and Garrance grins.”
― Samantha Verant, The Spice Master at Bistro Exotique