There is nothing wrong in using people. The successful person never uses people except to their advantage.
—Mark Caine
How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.
—Paul McCartney (b.1942) English Pop Singer, Songwriter
Individuals score points, but teams win games.
—Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American Author
If we do not hang together, we will all hang separately.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
If we would just support each other — that’s ninety percent of the problem.
—Howard Gardner (b.1943) American Cognitive Psychologist
We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
You are beginning to see that any man to whom you can do favor is your friend, and that you can do a favor to almost anyone.
—Mark Caine
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
—W. Clement Stone (1902–2002) American Self-help Guru, Entrepreneur
For every one of us that succeeds, it’s because there’s somebody there to show you the way out.
—Oprah Winfrey (b.1954) American TV Personality
Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always.
—Marvin J. Ashton (1915–94) American Mormon Religious Leader
It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals.
—Fred Allen (1894–1956) American Humorist, Radio Personality
Take the trouble to stop and think of the other person’s feelings, his viewpoints, his desires and needs. Think more of what the other fellow wants, and how he must feel.
—Maxwell Maltz (1899–1975) American Surgeon, Motivational Writer
If everyone sweeps before his own front door, then the street is clean.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
—Ben Stein (b.1944) American Lawyer, Writer, Economist, Humorist