Guy Kawasaki Quotes

If you cultivate a relationship in a genuine, thoughtful way, people will be more inclined to want to help you even though they don't have to help you.

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

I don't like being negative to people who are so nice to me.

It's the oldest, corniest piece of advice in the world but it still works. The strongest networks are built on friendship. Be a friend not only to the people in your network, but to the people who matter the most to the people in your network.

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

I really like people and I keep friendships. I have people from all parts of my life.

Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.

You can make more friends in a month by being interested in them than in ten years by trying to get them interested in you.

I have only had positive interactions in relation to my impressions of people, which I'm happy because I do them with love, and I hope that the people who I do them of really like them.

People want to offer opportunities to people they care about. They want to help people they believe are good people or have shared life experiences with.

If you keep your heart open you can meet people who change your life.

I've been able to meet interesting people who have helped me. And, in turn, I want to help out my fellow NBA players.

For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.

Ultimately, the only way to make good friends is to become a good friend yourself. Good people gather around other good people.

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

To have nice interactions with people is a better than to make anyone uncomfortable, than to try to fill up some kind of lull. Like anybody else, there's times when maybe I don't feel like talking with other people. You don't have to be in show business to not feel like making small talk sometimes. But we kind of are all in this together. It makes things easier - it just makes life easier, if we're all nice to each other. I'm sure that sounds terribly corny, but honestly, it's one of those simple things that it's so simple, it's true, and it's so true that it's simple.

If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.

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.

If you go out looking for friends, they'll be scarce. If you go out looking to be one, you'll have all the friends you need.

I hear a lot of young people talking about the need to network. I think that is true, and I think that building a network makes sense. But I also think that there is another way to approach it, and that is to try to make friends. Just try to make a lot of friends.

Make a better friend of every man with whom you come in contact

Keep saying hello to people. They will be the differentiator for you for the rest of your life.

If you treat people with dignity, respect and friendliness, you can turn enemies into friends. An enemy is nothing but a friend in disguise.

Help the people in your network. And let them help you.

Whatever you think people are withholding from you-praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on-give it to them.