I came across some of the quotes I’ve randomly written down and decided to place them here so that I can toss the papers cluttering up my night stand:
CURRENT FAVORITE QUOTE: "Good decisions don’t make life easy, they make it easier." From the movie Forever Strong
This set of quotes come from the book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie. As I re-read them I realized that I really need to apply the words to my life more.
- "People justify & don’t take responsibility for criticism."
- "Judge not that ye be not judged!" (isn’t that a scripture?)
- "Change yourself (NOT OTHERS) – it is more profitable than trying to improve others & a lot less dangerous."
- Benjamin Franklin said, "I will speak ill of no man, … and speak all the good I know of everybody."
- "Father Forgets" by W. Linvingston Larned. "What has habit been doing to me? The habit of finding fault, or reprimanding – this was my reward for you being a boy…it was not that I did not love you; it was that I expected too much of youth. I was measuring you by the yardstick of my own years." (This story is touching and heartbreaking and stares us all in the face! Take a second to click on the link and read the whole thing)
- UNDERSTAND don’t condemn
- Charles Schwab said, "I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people, the greater asset I possess. And the way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation & encouragement."
- Martin Luther King said, "I judge people by their own principles – not mine."
- La Raochefoucauld "If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you."
- Listen! Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
- Have an increased tendency to think always in terms of the others person’s point of view…from that person’s angle.