“Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) ― Former First Lady
Read Story“Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) ― Former First Lady
This quote from Eleanor makes the point that pettiness doesn’t pay. It’s far more interesting to talk about anything but people.
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”
Peter Drucker (1909-2005) ― Author/Management guru
No matter what, the success or failure for everything from work to your personal life comes back to who people are at their core.
“Mas se caza con miel, que con hiel” (literally, “One hunts better with honey than with ice.”)
Mother
It rhymes in Spanish and it means that you get more out of people if you are ‘sweet’ rather than through force or being rude. My mom sounded like a broken record with this quote....
“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone—we find it with another.”
Fr. Thomas Merton (1915-1968) ― Priest/Theologian/Philosopher
Quoted to me by Mariel, who was one of my closest friends at Boston College and is one of the most loving people I know. I met her when I was helping run a retreat...
“The best way to love someone is to develop yourself and to provide your spouse a superior lover.”
Anonymous
A relationship needs lots of effort to maintain. But the best way to maintain it is to build up myself first.
“A tavola non si invecchia.”
Italian Proverb
Love this one! It basically says “You don’t grow old at the dinner table”, and it sums up the power of food to me. Food, meals, family, they are the great equalizers, and a good...
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) ― American Christian minister/Civil rights leader
When someone acts against us in a way that is bothersome or hurtful, a natural instinct is to react in kind. We should resist this temptation and respond with the way that we hoped the...
“No girl should ever forget that she doesn’t need anyone who doesn’t need her.”
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) ― American actress
I like this because it reminds us that we are worthy and to not settle for someone that doesn’t care about us as much as we care about them.
“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) ― Scientist
This quote tells me to respect everyone equally and is very similar to the golden rule. Don’t just be nice to people so you can get something out of them, genuinely be polite and respect...
“Life gets difficult but it’s not worth it to let it bleed over into your important relationships.”
Girlfriend
We’ve been through a lot together and I think the most important thing I’ve learned over that time is that even when things get really hard, the most important things in your life are NOT...