“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)

“Will, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friends nose.”

John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“Not everyone is always going to like you. What impresses one person may turn another away. To thine own self be true.”

Susan C. Young

“The variety of political positions shared on Facebook in the 2016 Presidential Election was both entertaining and, sadly, destructive. I observed friends of a lifetime divide into different camps and sacrifice their friendships through argument and debate. As an avid reader and political junkie, I had to hold myself back from expressing my opinions or presenting factual evidence which would obliterate others’ claims. Why would I jump into the fray? All it would do is hurt the friendship. Rarely does arguing political positions change an opinion or belief.”

Susan C. Young

― Washington Irving 

“It is so much easier to be nice, to be respectful, to put yourself in your customer’s’ shoes and try to understand how you might help them before they ask for help, than it is to try to mend a broken customer relationship.”

– Mark Cuban

“Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.”

Naval Ravikant

“Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you’re offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone’s feelings.”

David Sedaris