Be a People Person

if you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.

When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior.

The goal of confrontation should be to help, not to humiliate.

Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are in making them feel good about you.

As people gain more authority, they often develop a lack of patience in listening to those under them. A deaf ear is the first indication of a closed mind.

When special people touch our lives then suddenly we see how beautiful and wonderful our world can really be. They show us that our special hopes and dreams can take us far by helping us look inward and believe in who we are. They bless us with their love and joy through everything they give. When special people touch our lives they teach us how to live.

You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.

We need to decide how we want to be treated. Then we need to begin treating others in that manner.

Walt Disney’s brother tells an amusing story about Walt’s budding genius as a fifth grader. The teacher assigned the students to color a flower garden. As she walked among the rows examining the student’s work she stopped by young Walt’s desk. Noting that his drawing was quite unusual, she remarked, “Walt, that’s not right. Flowers don’t have faces on them.” Confidently he replied, “Mine do!” and continued his work. And they still do; flowers at Disneyland and Disney World all have faces. An

The happiest people are those who have invested their time in others. The unhappiest people are those who wonder how the world is going to make them happy.

The happiest day of your life will be the day when you realize “we” really is the most important word in the English language.

Most of us think wonderful things about people, but they never know it. Too many of us tend to be tight-fisted with our praise. It’s of no value if all you do is think it; it becomes valuable when you impart it.

People who do not believe in themselves have trouble believing in others.

if you have a positive, joyous outlook, the joy you share will be returned to you.

to act on what you learn is all that really matters.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Think the best, believe the best, and express the best in others.

The two most important words: Thank you

if you don’t have peace, it isn’t because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.

A deaf ear is the first indication of a closed mind.

people who do not forgive are hurting themselves much more than they’re hurting others.

if you are aware of a problem, it’s your responsibility to make a concerted effort to create a positive change. Quit pointing your finger and making excuses, and try being a catalyst by demonstrating and initiating the appropriate behavior. Determine not to be a reactor but an initiator.

Uniformity is not the key to successful teamwork. The glue that holds a team together is unity of purpose.

how we view a person is reflected by how we treat a person.

The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him but the number of people he serves.

Contentment is taking your present situation—whatever obstacles you are facing, whatever limitation you are living with, whatever chronic condition wears you down, whatever has smashed your dreams, whatever factors and circumstances in life tend to push you under—and admitting you don’t like it but never saying, “I can’t cope with it.

What’s the key to relating to others? It’s putting yourself in someone else’s place instead of putting them in their place.

Confidence equals contentment with self; contentment is knowing you have all you need for the present circumstances.

We teach what we know, but we reproduce what we are.