Charlyne Yi Quotes

People are mean to each other.

What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.

Just as people behave to me, so do I behave to them. When I see that a person despises me and treats me with contempt, I can be as proud as any peacock.

You can either practice being right or practice being kind.

I like to be nice to people, but sometimes people aren't nice to me.

There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.

It's hard to be nice when the rest of the world is so mean.

Human beings can be awful, but they can also be tremendous.

I'm just a swell guy. No, that's a ridiculous notion - if you're being an asshole to people, you're being an asshole, that's all there is to it. It can't be rationalized because you wrote something worthwhile. First obligation is to other people.

You're never rude,' she said, smiling, 'and I think it's good to be touchy sometimes. It means you care.

I try not to be hateful.

Hating people isn’t a productive way of living. So what’s the point in hating anyone? There’s enough hate in the world as it is, without me adding to it.

I think sometimes people forget how to be nice to people. I try not to let it get to me.

In interactions with others, instead of trying to be right, why don't we try being kind?

Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.

Living without hate for people is almost impossible.

My message to kids who bully other kids is: You know it's wrong! What's really going on? Try not to make somebody else's life miserable because you are.

There are very few misanthropes, thank goodness!

I don't hate people.

If someone is nice to you, how can you be mean to them?

When someone mistreats you, the correct reaction is not to go out and do something to destroy somebody else's property.

We know how to take care of one another without whining and accusing and belly-aching.

When persons manifest the least kindness and love to me, O what power it has over my mind, while the opposite course has a tendency to harrow up all the harsh feelings and depress the human mind.

We do not find happiness by being assertive. We don't find happiness by running over people because we see what we want and they are in the way of that happiness so we either abandon them or we smash them. The Scriptures don't teach us to be assertive. The Scriptures teach us — and this is remarkable — the Scriptures teach us to be submissive. This is not a popular idea.

If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. but being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean.