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You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get it in school.

With my friends, I don't feel pressure to be someone other than who I am.

Peer pressure is just that: pressure.

A certain number of people seek power over other people in a desperate attempt to find themselves. They fail, for self-discovery is spiritual in nature, not social or political. Authoritatively telling other people what to do is their distraction from an inner emptiness they can never fill.

You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what books you have on your shelves. People are encouraged to look to themselves first as opposed to being a part of society.

At the end of the day, just know that God made you, so you can be your own individual, and don't let people give you that peer pressure.

I have learned one thing in my life: If I put too much pressure on myself, then everything goes wrong.

People just don't realize how much peer pressure, the desire for peer acclamation, influences them.

When you're by yourself, you realize how much pressure you're under and how much work you have to do.

A solid sense of self will help a person to lead a full and happy life.