73+ Best Attention Seeker Quotes: Exclusive Selection

Attention seeking behavior is to act in a way that is likely to elicit attention, usually to elicit validation from others. People are thought to engage in both positive and negative attention seeking behavior independent of the actual benefit or harm to health. Profoundly inspirational attention seeker quotes will challenge the way you think, and make your life worth living.

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Let dive into my favorite quotes and hope these deep quotes give you understanding and tips on how to avoid it and learn to be true to yourself.

Famous Attention Seeker Quotes

Trying to be offensive for the sole purpose of being offensive should always deem one the least offensive of offenders. Criss Jami

Narcissists are consumed with maintaining a shallow false self to others. They’re emotionally crippled souls that are addicted to attention. Because of this they use a multitude of games, in order to receive adoration. Sadly, they are the most ungodly of God’s creations because they don’t show remorse for their actions, take steps to make amends or have empathy for others. They are morally bankrupt. Shannon L. Alder

People can become addicted to fame, money, and attention as deeply as they become addicted to drugs. Dennis Prager

Boys seek attention, men demand respect. Habeeb Akande

It’s always worthless sort of person who puts himself out in order to get somebody else worked up. Riichi Yokomitsu

In a social media world, the danger is being overexposed and when something is overexposed it is no longer interesting if ever it was. Donna Lynn Hope

He who seeks only for applause from without has all his happiness in another’s keeping. Oliver Goldsmith

Everyone is trying to be famous and everyone is trying to trend. De philosopher DJ Kyos

I don’t want to be looked at and grab attention, that’s exhibitionism. I would rather be seen more for my intelligence, for my elegance, for not being just another girl seeking attention. I don’t want to catch someone’s eyes because those kind of attention spans are short and easily shifted to the next exhibitionist, I would rather stay in the memory as someone who refused to be a performer yet made an impact. Simmal Khan

In a social media world, the danger is being overexposed and when something is overexposed it is no longer interesting if ever it was. Donna Lynn Hope

If you reach out to your phone every few minutes, it isn’t the urgency you are catering to but your need to be needed by others, you are seeking attention while battling loneliness. Shahenshah Hafeez Khan

The hunger for attention is an enemy of self love. Edmond Mbiaka

People with an unbridled thirst for attention is usually very empty and trying to fill themselves at the expense of others. Amelia Rose

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. Alexander Graham Bell

Some people love attention so much that they usually wish for their rhetorical question to be answered. Mokokoma Mokhonoana

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. Vernon Howard

Not every emotion deserves the same attention. Ramana Pemmaraju

We only shout when we neglect what silence can do. Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Enough with climbing the greasy pole of validation! Grab hold of your backbone, toughen up your conviction. Abhijit Naskar

The sun announces its presence with light, not words; do likewise. Matshona Dhliwayo

In summary, the conclusion that having DID is generally rewarding is unfounded because the vast majority of the attention such patients receive is skeptical, critical, exploitative, or hostile; they are often ignored if they do present symptoms of did.

It is certainly possible that some individuals have attempted to feign the disorder. However, the hostile treatment that one would most likely receive would make feigning another disorder more rewarding. David H. Gleaves

He who seeks only for applause from without has all his happiness in another’s keeping. Oliver Goldsmith

It’s very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can’t exactly. David Walliams

A woman will always be insecure if she attaches her identity and sense of worth to the amount of male attention she gets. Anupama Garg

Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.Terry Pratchett

I’m terribly attention-seeking. It’s very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can’t exactly. David Williams

An amazing thing happens when you stop seeking approval and validation; You find it. Mandy Hale

If attention was a product on the market, a lot of people would spend their entire savings on it. Edmond Mbiaka

Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever once in a while. Curley’s Wife

Freedom on the inside comes when validation from the outside doesn’t matter. Richie Norton

She had full rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes heavily made up. George

Approval is a lover who will always break your heart. Sammy Rhodes

A woman will always be insecure if she attaches her identity and sense of worth to the amount of male attention she gets. Anupama Garg

I am the youngest of four children  three boys and one girl. I don’t think becoming an actor had anything to do with seeking attention, though. My relationship with my siblings when I was growing up was close and playful. David Harewood

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there. Pink

I realised when I sang at family parties and Christmases I’d suddenly get everyone’s attention, and, being the youngest of three, I thought what a brilliant attention seeking ploy it was. Kiki Dee

All bad behavior is really a request for love, attention, or validation. Kimberly Giles

That’s the motivation of an artist  to seek attention of some kind. James Taylor

Don’t seek approval. This may be the toughest suggestion for you to follow and the most important. T. J. MacGregor

I have always been the first on the dance floor. Before fame, people thought it made me a good laugh; now, people point and call me an attention seeker! I’m very aware of the way people can view me, but I’m very aware that I have to just enjoy my life. Jessie J

People with an unbridled thirst for attention is usually very empty and trying to fill themselves at the expense of others. Amelia Rose

Of course I’m naughty. I’ve always had to compete for attention, you see. Rachel Johnson

When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful. Caroline Myss

If you want to call attention to your good deed, it’s a self serving one. Why? Not only have you patted yourself on the back but you’re fishing for others to do the same. Donna Lynn Hope

People are naturally drawn like magnets to those who know who they are and cannot be shaken! Mandy Hale

We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us. Alain de Botton

The woman who does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet. Mohadesa Najumi

Quoting an old proverb. An empty cart rattles loudly, She said. Meaning, One who lacks substance boasts loudest. Alan Brennert

Of course I’m naughty. I’ve always had to compete for attention, you see. Rachel Johnson

People with an unbridled thirst for attention is usually very empty and trying to fill themselves at the expense of others. Amelia Rose

Seek respect, not attention. It lasts longer. Ziad K. Abdelnour

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. Vernon Howard

Needing approval is tantamount to saying, Your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself. Wayne W. Dyer

Stop looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love you have a treasure within that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer. Eckhart Toller

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. Confucius

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity. Dale Carnegie

When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful. Caroline Myss

Attention is a limited resource, so pay attention to where you pay attention. Howard Rheingold

When will you love yourself that other people’s approval no longer matters? Gillian Duce

As long as you look for someone else to validate who you are by seeking their approval, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You have to be whole and complete in yourself. No one can give you that. You have to know who you are what others say is irrelevant. Nic Sheff

Who are you trying to impress? Better yet, why? Frank Sonnenberg

Most people who seek attention and regard by announcing that they’re writing a novel are actually so devoid of narrative talent that they can’t hold the attention of a dinner table for thirty seconds, even with a dirty joke. Paul Fussell

Thirst for attention is a cry of loneliness. Toba Beta

Do not wait for someone else to validate your existence; it is your own responsibility. Jasz Gill

It is not a character fault or weakness or seeking attention. It is somebody who is ill. Jerry Reed

The constant attention is what is so difficult. Natalie Wood

If you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can’t need social approval to go forward. Otherwise, how would you ever do the thing that you are doing? Malcolm Gladwell

Not every emotion deserves the same attention. Ramana Pemmaraju