It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.
The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.
Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.
That’s the real trouble with the world. Too many people grow up.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.
Be nice to people on your way up because you’ll meet them on your way down.
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.
We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.
Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day.
Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.
A journey is best measured in friends, not in miles.
So many people of wealth understand much more about making and saving money than about using and enjoying it. They fail to live because they are always preparing to live.
In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen, really seen.
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.