17 Inspirational Quotes on People Skills

by HENRIK EDBERG on APRIL 10, 2007

After over 20 articles with inspirational quotes I thought I’d mix it up a bit and focus
each of the upcoming posts on more specific areas.

First up, one of the most important areas for pretty much everyone: people skills.

I hope you can get a bit of wisdom and inspiration out of these quotes and from the
people who have walked before us.

Arguing with a fool proves there are two.

Doris M. Smith
The less you speak, the more you will hear.
Alexander Solshenitsen
The art of being yourself at your best is the art of unfolding your personality into the
man you want to be. Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself,
for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude
toward others.
Wilfred Peterson
No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
Aesop
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out
by accident.
Charles Lamb
No one needs a smile as much as a person who fails to give one.
Unknown
A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they
want.
Madonna
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
Andrew Carnegie
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes
misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate.
Albert Schweitzer
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead
by midnight. Extend them all the care, kindness and understanding you can
muster. Your life will never be the same again.
Og Mandino
You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people
than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. Which is just
another way of saying that the way to make a friend is to be one.
Dale Carnegie
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle
 I make progress by having people around who are smarter than I am and listening to
them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something than I am.
Henry J. Kaiser
If you envy successful people, you create a negative force field of attraction that repels
you from ever doing the things that you need to do to be successful. If you admire
successful people, you create a positive force field of attraction that draws you toward
becoming more and more like the kinds of people that you want to be like.
Brian Tracy
A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A
boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it
interesting. A boss is interested in himself or herself, a leader is interested in the group.
Russell H. Ewing
The people with whom you work reflect your own attitude. If you are suspicious,
unfriendly and condescending, you will find these unlovely traits echoed all about
you. But if you are on your best behavior, you will bring out the best in the persons with
whom you are going to spend most of your working hours.
Beatrice Vincent
The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood.
Ralph Nichols