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Human Relations Quotes

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I like my tailor. He takes my measurements anew each time he sees me, whereas others expect me to fit old measurements.

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.

– Jane Austen

I don’t like that man. I’m going to have to get to know him better.

– Abraham Lincoln

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything.

– Billy Graham

Hold on loosely, but don’t let go. If you cling too tightly, You’re gonna lose control.

– D. Barnes, J.

He’s like a pillow. He reflects the last head that’s laid against him.

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.

– Abraham Lincoln

He that gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example builds with both; but he that give good admonition and bad example builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.

– Francis Bacon

Harsh counsel has no effect. It is like a hammer which is always repulsed by the anvil.

Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.

Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important.

Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.

Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy.

– Gretta Booker Palmer

Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.

Friendship is like a bank account. You can’t continue to draw on it without making deposits.

Friendship is like vitamins, we supplement each other’s minimum daily requirements.

Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it, but don’t swallow it.

– Hank Ketcham

Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.

– Earl Nightingale

Everyone is like a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Everyone needs some kind attention now and then.

– Christopher Robin

Everyone needs to know and feel he is needed…everyone wants to be treated as an individual.

– Jan Carlzon

Everybody you meet knows something better than you – find it and use it.

Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.

– Jr., Martin Luther King

Everyone has a preferred pathway to excellence and to err is human.

Every life is a work of art, shaped by the person who lives it.

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.

Embracing conflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration can lead to growth and fascination.

– Thomas Crum

EMOTION is Energy in MOTION.

Don’t worry over what other people are thinking about you. They’re too busy worrying over what you are thinking about them.

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