Brandon Stanton Quotes

The ability to talk to kids and reach kids is a gift I've been given, and I may as well use it.

The best way to break down that fear is to spend time with somebody, put yourself in somebody else's shoes, understand what the other person is going through.

If you want to make friends, go out of your way to do things for other people--things that require time, energy, unselfishness, and thoughtfulness.

Friendship isn't a science mudboy. Just do what you think is right.

It's a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.

There is one all-important law of human conduct. If we obey that law, we shall almost never get into trouble. In fact, that law, if obeyed, will bring us countless friends and constant happiness. But the very instant we break the law, we shall get into endless trouble. The law is this: Always make the other person feel important.

Never yield to that temptation, which, to most young men, is very strong, of exposing other people's weaknesses and infirmities, for the sake either of diverting the company, or of showing your own superiority. You may get the laugh on your side by it for the present; but you will make enemies by it for ever; and even those who laugh with you then, will, upon reflection, fear, and consequently hate you.

I'm very blessed and I don't take anything for granted. I think if you alienate people and just focus on your work then it just becomes lonely and it's not fun anymore.

While we're living, we need to get over ourselves and accept others if we want to enchant people.

It is much easier to condemn a child than to understand a child.

In order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them. Actors are also like children.

If you don't have the roots somewhere, it's very difficult for people to work with you. Because you are a different person from them. They don't know you, really. They don't know how you feel.

When you connect with people, they want to help you.

We should make ourselves loved, for men are only just towards those whom they love.

I will never understand children. I never pretended to. I meet mothers all the time who make resolutions to themselves. 'I'm going to ... go out of my way to show them I am interested in them and what they do. I am going to understand my children.' These women end up making rag rugs, using blunt scissors.

Like people and let them know it.

I like meeting people and I like being able to help.

Before you can do anything else in the lives of others, you must show them love.

It's hard to make strangers care about the good things in your life.

My kids get very upset with me when I leave to do film work, but they have a lot of patience with me when I leave to do environmental work.

You add value to people when you value them.

Just be nice, take genuine interest in the people you meet, and keep in touch with people you like. This will create a group of people who are invested in helping you because they know you and appreciate you.

In giving you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude.

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.

Take time to get to know people. Understand where they are coming from, what is important to them. Make sure they are with you.