Others Quotes

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not only raises his position, but in effect lowers the position of others.

The modes of expression of men of genius differ as much as their souls, and it is impossible to say that in some among them, drawing and color are better or worse than in others.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we thus encourage disorder and instability and thereby do incalculable damage to our own long-term interests.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Originality exists in every individual because each of us differs from the others. We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.

You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.

Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself.

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others.

I think I can help others just by my example.

I think you have to remember that Americans saw their purpose as so innately good that they could excuse the pain they would inflict on others to carry out those purposes. Because the purposes were so good, they would justify this pain we were inflicting on other people.

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples.

All people have a natural desire to be needed, to have their importance to others tangibly confirmed.

With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.

They lard their lean books with the fat of others work.

Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation.

If there are four equations and only three variables, and no one of the equations is derivable from the others by algebraic manipulation then there is another variable missing.

Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness.

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused.

It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.