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Treating others |
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 | The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 28 likes |
 | Treat a whore like a lady and a lady like a whore. — Wilson Mizner, 1876-1913, American playwright 26 likes |
 | Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength. — Edmund Burke, 1729-1797, British statesman & philosopher 14 likes |
 | I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 12 likes |
 | If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be. — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 11 likes |
 | Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 10 likes |
 | The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 8 likes |
 | I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. — Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach 8 likes |
 | Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 7 likes |
 | Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 7 likes |
 | Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours. — Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955, American self-help writer 7 likes |
 | Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ All's Well That Ends Well 6 likes |
 | Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley. — Sun Tzu, c. 5th cent. BC, Chinese general & military strategist 6 likes |
 | Human beings are never to be treated as a means but always as ends. — Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, German philosopher 5 likes |
| A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 5 likes |
| Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 5 likes |
 | It's not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts. — E. M. Forster, 1879-1970, British writer 5 likes |
 | If we use no ceremony towards others, we shall be treated without any. People are soon tired of paying trifling attentions to those who receive them with coldness, and return them with neglect. — William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic 5 likes |
 | Τhose who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best. Ως οίτινες τοις μεν ίσοις μη είκουσι, τοις δε κρείσσοσι καλώς προσφέρονται, προς δε τους ήσσους μέτριοί εισι, πλείστ’ αν ορθοίντο. — Thucydides, 460-394 BC, Ancient Greek historian 4 likes |
 | The characteristic of a well-bred man is, to converse with his inferiors without insolence, and with his superiors with respect and with ease. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 4 likes |
 | Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy. — Publilius Syrus, 1st cent. AD, Roman author of maxims 4 likes |
 | To be rude to him was courtesy. — Dante, 1265-1321, Italian poet 4 likes |
 | To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 3 likes |
 | I think everybody should be nice to everybody. — Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, American artist 3 likes |
 | Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 3 likes |
 | Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your betters. — Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher 3 likes |
| Do as you would be done by, is the surest method of pleasing. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 3 likes |
 | Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer 3 likes |
 | If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember. — Khalil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese-American poet & philosopher 3 likes |
 | Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. — George Washington, 1732-1799, the first American President 3 likes |
 | If you treat people right they will treat you right ... ninety percent of the time. — Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945, American President [1936-1945] 3 likes |
 | When you want to be well-liked in the world, you have to let a lot of people teach you things that you know and they don’t. — Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer 3 likes |
| Writers, Composers, Painters, - also artists like directors and actors fall into the same category. They have to be handled with kid gloves, mentally and physically. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 3 likes |
 | It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 2 likes |
 | If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right. — Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer 2 likes |
 | To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 2 likes |
 | Don’t flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. |
 | A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men. |
 | It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken. |
 | What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other? |
 | Look for strength in people, not weakness; for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for. |
 | Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. — Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary |
 | When my friends are one-eyed, I look at them in profile. |
 | I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could. |
 | Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked. |
| The best way to make ourselves agreeable to others is by seeming to think them so. If we appear fully sensible of their good qualities they will not complain of the want of them in us. |
| A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. |
 | Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things. |
 | Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities. |
| Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends. |
 | Woman’s ideal: to be served in the little things, and to serve in the big ones. |
 | When a man is ashamed of himself, he is ruthless to others. |
 | All people are different. That's why everybody should be treated the same. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
 | The first thing you have to do if you want to raise nice kids, is you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they're property. |
 | Remember that all is One... and what you do to your neighbor, your friend or your foe, is a reflection of what you think of your Creator. |
| Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime. |
| The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. |
 | To treat another human being as if they’re expendable is the very definition of evil. — Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist |
 | It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are. |
 | I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside. |
 | Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. |
 | Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. |
Bible Quotes
 | Do to others as you would have them do to you. — Gospel of Luke ‐ 6:31 7 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners. — Fred Allen, 1894-1956, American comedian 3 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | What you hate don’t do to others. Ό συ μισείς, ετέρω μη ποιήσεις. — Cleobulus, 6th cent. BC, Ancient Greek Poet, one of the 7 sages 9 likes |
Proverbs
 | You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. 4 likes |
