Others' Actions Quotes

Alas! we give our own coloring to the actions of others.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

Conscience serves us especially to judge of the actions of others.

Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there," stop yourself. That thought is the problem.

We can be kind to others and kind to ourselves - and what anyone else decides to do is up to them. We can just be responsible to ourselves.

There is no point in me worrying about what Bloomberg or Badillo will do.

It's easier at times to pick at what someone else does.

We human beings are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others’ actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others’ activities. For this reason, it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others.

Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.

I don't find it very helpful to know who else is going up for stuff, generally.