Quick Quotes about other people
Self-help--Thinkerer
Self-help--Thinkerer
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- The reason quotes stick around is that they fit lots of things.
- So look them over.
- You may find one that fits you.
- Or somebody you know.
- You cannot change others without first changing yourself
- Do not think of people as labels. Think of people as people.
- If you seek the unity of life, do not seek on the mountain top. Seek in the midst of life.
- The meaning of life is to be human. The quest of life is to learn what it means to be human.
- Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who have found it.
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- Nobody gives you power. You take power. Or not. Your choice.
- Your success lies not in satisfying others but in satisfying yourself.
- The language of complaint starts with they. The language of solutions starts with I.
- We don’t just learn the rules, we make the rules.
- Who manages what you should do?
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- Success in being a good follower lies in picking the right leader.
- First law of expertise: Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.
- Everybody's job is nobody's job.
- Don’t try to stand out in the crowd. Stand somewhere else.
- Never buy the other fellow’s deal.
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- You shall be as God, knowing good and evil.–The Serpent.
- There are no unsuccessful people. Only unsuccessful choices.
- If you don’t choose, who will choose for you? It’s your choice.
- No action is taken until someone takes it.
- The only public part of the success story is the last act.
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- In the land of the blind, the one-eyed is king.
- Confidence is the secret passage to authority.
- Fixers believe they can fix. Complainers believe they can complain. They are both right.
- Children focus on what they can’t do. Adults focus on what they can do.
- Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
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- The trick in finding the right answers lies in asking the right questions.
- Those who say it can't be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
- Who tells you what you should focus on?
- A good professional is expensive, but an amateur can cost you a fortune.
- The key to getting people to follow you is to know where you are going.
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- The secret to getting cooperation is to think about other people's goals.
- Kids want to be something. Grown-ups want to do something.
- The race is not to the swiftest. The race is to the ones who know where they want to go.
- Life is not a zero-sum game.
- Pick your fights. Do not get too much practice at being defeated.
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- Keeping it simple is not as simple as you think.
- The man who smiles when things go bad has just thought of someone he can blame it on.
- Who’s to blame is a childhood game.
- Guilt is like a box of chocolates. You can’t pass it around without tasting it yourself.
- Sure I talk to myself. I like to talk to someone that understands.
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- We wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we knew how seldom they do.
- Worrying about what others think of you? Why is their judgment better than yours?
- Notice other people's moods. What would you like to tell them?
- Don't talk about what you were. Talk about what you are becoming.
- A meeting of minds is really a meeting of brain modules.
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- A planner speaks with active verbs.
- Talk does not change behavior. Practice changes behavior.
- Truth lies not in who says it but in who understands it.
- Focus on what you can do. Your friends will tell you what you can’t do.
- Do you think you’re who they say you are?
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- If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in bad company. (Jean Paul Sartre)
- You can resent the wins of others. You can enjoy the wins of others. Which choice do you make?
- You must stand on solid ground before you can help another person up.
- It is usually easier to solve other people’s problems.
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- If you don’t have goals, other people will provide them.
- Learn from the mistakes of others. You don't have time to make them all yourself.
- The more you understand yourself, the more you understand other people.
- The more you understand other people, the more you understand yourself.
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- If you follow in the footsteps of the wise ones, you will find only footsteps.
- To find what the wise ones found, you must seek what they sought.
- If you don' know where you're going, who will follow you?
- If you lend someone $20 and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
- The first sign of bad advice is that it starts with, "All you have to do is..."
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- You are your most important product.
- Never compete with anyone but yourself.
- You will never live up to what you think other people expect of you.
- Can you see your competitor as a collaborator?
- Cooperation grows out of shared goals.
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- Even God can't please everybody.
- Leader's laws: Never do a job you can shunt off to someone else.
- If you are bothered by what other people do, think back to before you knew everything.
- Give away your ideas. Make room for more. You know where to find them.
- What do the other people like to do?
- Listen first. Then decide.
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- Look for people who have ideas about what they can do.
- Always get the delivery time from other people.
- Always set a time to deliver and tell the other person.
- It is always better to have collaborators than competitors
- Don't be the subject of your project. Be the verb.
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- Don't worry about what's wrong with other people. Celebrate what's right with you.
- Those who resent your success would better spend their time on competing.
- The secret of project management is getting good people on the job.
- True arrogance is letting other people get the credit.
- Do not interfere when your adversary is digging himself into a hole.
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- Sin --a term used to condemn others without taking responsibility for the condemnation.
- Luck -- the explanation for the success of other people.
- "I'll pray for you." Religious term meaning "Don't expect any help from me. "
- "Good luck." Secular term meaning "I'll pray for you."
- You can get farther on concrete than you can on abstract.
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- Ethics: 1. Do no evil. 2. Never let anyone else define evil for you.
- Anger management: don't get mad. Get busy
- First law of marketing: Make it easy for people to do what you want them to do.
- The first question on any job: Do you know what the job really is?
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- When people don't do what you want, look for what you are doing wrong.
- You learn more from what you do than from what you are told.
- The way to look smart is to have friends that know more than you do.
- Try noticing what's right with other people.
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