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Quotes About Others

No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't fake.
~ P. D. James
A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference ... it pardons shortcomings; it consoles failure. It recommends moderation.
~ Thornton Wilder
Let God love you through others and let God love others through you.
~ D. M. Street
My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so.
~ Robert G. Ingersoll
Service to others is the rent you pay for living on this planet.
~ Marian Wright Edelman
The service we render others is the rent we pay for our room on earth.
~ Wilfred Grenfell
Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.
~ John MacNaughton
In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.
~ Flora Edwards
The most infectiously joyous men and women are those who forget themselves in thinking about others and serving others.
~ Robert J. McCracken
The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, who am I for? And if not now, when?
~ Talmud
Everybody that listens to something hears it differently from their own perspective. And you can't please everyone. Don't even try. Please yourself first and then try to please those people around you that you feel know what you're doing.
~ Buddy DeFranco
We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.
~ William Hazlitt
I have more fun, and enjoy more finan­cial suc­cess, when I stop try­ing to get what I want and start help­ing other peo­ple get what they want.
~ Spencer Johnson
One of the most important goals to have may well be the goal to create the life you want without preventing other people from creating the life they want.
~ Timothy Carey
I drive a lot of joy from being able to help others and helping put them on the path that they want.
~ John Assaraf
Humility is what we want other people to have.
~ Mariah Nelson
Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
~ Khalil Gibran
While I am opposed to all orthodox creeds, I have a creed myself; and my creed is this. Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so. The creed is somewhat short, but it is long enough for this life, strong enough for this world. If there is another world, when we get there we can make another creed.
~ Susan Jacoby
Trust others to do the right thing. If you can't do that, trust yourself to survive what happens.
~ Susan Mallery
I always wanted to be an artist; being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others has been a bonus.
~ Jessie J
Since my boyhood, I have sought always to please, but out of a kindness in me, never out of fear or respect for what was in others.
~ Ben Hecht
I hope we don't export conflict from this planet into the others. None of the paradigms that define us here on earth - the borders, the parochialism, the divide, should mar our presence in space.
~ Rakesh Sharma
If we all desire love and acceptance, shouldn't we love and accept all others?
~ Rob Liano