The people who
get on in this world are the people who get up and look for
the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find
them, make them.
— George Bernard Shaw
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine
when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their
true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
— Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Be nice to people on your way up because you’ll meet
them on your way down.
— Wilson Mizner
Nobody will use other people's experience, nor have any of
his own till it is too late to use it.
— Nathaniel Hawthorne, The American Notebooks.
Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still
likes you.
— Elbert Hubbard, A Thousand and One Epigrams.
One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to
make a mess of life.
— E.M. Forster
Old people love to give good advice to console themselves
for no longer being able to set a bad example.
— François, Due de La Rochefoucauld
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are
the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
— Marcel Proust
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make
an exception.
— Groucho Marx
