Bonnie Hammer Quotes

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.

I believe if you act with people who are better than you, it's only going to make you better.

When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.

Over the years I've grown more comfortable with making people uncomfortable because that is when growth can happen. You need a little conflict. You need a little tension. And that is part of my calling. A little tough love goes a long way!

You can learn from anyone even your enemy.

The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person.

Find people who will make you better.

The world helps you to keep evolving and hope it's for better. You have to rise above all the tragedies in life. You have to grow, and if you stop growing, you are old.

I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.

I should only look back at moments that were disparaging, look down upon, negative for me - moments where I could learn something. And if I have been able to use that learning in future, then I am happy about it.

I'm honestly just trying to surround myself with talented people that I look up to/feel like I can learn from.

Surround yourself with people who will make you better, and learn to listen.

Throw dirt on me, and grow a wild flower

Find the grain of truth in criticism-chew it and swallow it.

It is better - it shall be better with me because I have known you.

Life can take so many twists and turns. You can’t ever count yourself out. Even if you’re really afraid at some point, you can’t think that there’s no room for you to grow and do something good with your life.

If you want to be happy, make someone else happy. If you want to find the right person in your life, be the right person. If you want to see change in the world, become the change you want to see.

‎In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change - breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place.

Thou art beaten that thou mayest be better.

It's better that you're criticized than complimented as a person.

Everything that happens helps you grow, even if its hard to see right now.