Charli XCX Quotes

I don't want to offend nobody, and I don't rub anybody the wrong way. That's a part of growing up.

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.

I treat people the way I want to be treated, which makes me odd.

I never want to hurt anyone on the ice. That's not the type of player I am.

One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others.

Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.

I would never talk bad about anybody, even if they have something derogatory to say about me. I'm the bigger person.

In real life, I know to filter all my jerk opinions and my jerk thoughts and my jerk desires.

I'm very respectful of others.

I am emotionally strong, passionate, empathetic, and sensitive towards others, especially the people I love.

Everyone can be rude, and everyone can be kind.

You can choose to be civil or not be civil. What is the point of going through the day and think it's cool to wear your honesty on your sleeve at the expense of everyone around you?

In some way, people believe that if you are permeable, if you are a good listener, you don't have the quality of somebody with a firm attitude. This is what, fundamentally, I got from my mother.

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

I grew up being taught, 'Do unto others as they would do unto you.' I would get scolded for not being polite.

I refuse to be crude and selfish in any way.

I guess the verdict is in - I am not a sociopath. It's not effective or productive not to be nice. It would undermine the goals I want to achieve on any given day.

Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it.

There's nothing wrong or evil about having a bad day. There's everything wrong with making others have to have it... with you.

The one characteristic of authentic power that most people overlook is humbleness. It is important for many reasons. A humble person walks in a friendly world. He or she sees friends everywhere he or she looks, wherever he or she goes, whomever he or she meets. His or her perception goes beyond the shell of appearance and into essence.

I don't like yelling insults at someone who's never done anything to me.

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.

I don't worry about people misinterpreting my kindness for weakness.

It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people.

I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipline, courage to stand up for what is right even when it is against one's friends or one's self.