Valuing Others Quotes

You have to be able to recognize the value of the people around you.

Empowering those around you to be heard and valued makes the difference between a leader who simply instructs and one who inspires.

Everybody wants to be somebody. Everybody wants to be noticed. Everybody wants to be somebody important. Importance is just treating people good. That's important.

Do you value people who won't benefit you or only those who might contribute in some way to your success? Great team players truly value others as people, and they know and relate to what others value.

Sometimes listening is of greater value than speaking.

In Africa, listening is a guiding principle. It's a principle that's been lost in the constant chatter of the Western world, where no one seems to have the time or even the desire to listen to anyone else.

I will smile at friend and foe alike and make every effort to find, in him or her, a quality to praise, now that I realize the deepest yearning of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The underlying message of the Neighborhood is that if somebody cares about you, it's possible that you'll care about others. 'You are special, and so is your neighbor' - that part is essential: that you're not the only special person in the world. The person you happen to be with at the moment is loved, too.

With everybody that I've met, there's always been something I've learned about them that I like.

The biggest secret of self-esteem is this: Begin to appreciate other people more; show respect for any human being merely because he is a child of God and therefore a thing of value.

Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you.

Try to be as good a listener as you are a speaker. Don't just put the emphasis on saying things. Listen.

I believe that appreciation is a holy thing--that when we look for what's best in a person we happen to be with at the moment, we're doing what God does all the time. So in loving and appreciating our neighbor, we're participating in something sacred.

Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don't mean necessarily "buddy-buddy", just show kindness and consideration. Show that people are worthy and you respect them and you are glad they're with you.

Humility - the discipline of putting others ahead of self, the choice to value others above self - is, at its core, a matter of faith.

My dad did teach me a very important lesson about people when he explained to me that everybody around you will have an invisible sign on their head, which says, "Make me feel important."

You forget sometimes that the people you're carrying are human.

You really should respect other people's work because work is hard-won.

When I was pregnant, I was so huge and people on the bus would get up for me. That made me feel so precious and valued and valuable. I try to treat everyone like they're pregnant.

you have to be very careful when you give to others that you don't tell them how great you are rather than how much you value them.

I don't ever look past anyone or think that they're not worthy. Of course they're worthy, they're warriors.

Making those around you feel invisible is the opposite of leadership.

We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.

If you want to be deeply respected, deeply respect as many people as possible.

My father taught me about having principles and how to treat people with respect. My aunt also taught me how to keep a perspective on everything that happens to you. So you learn to be humble and not take your success for granted.