Golden Rule Quotes

• The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Teaching, Learning, Eulogy

  Man and Superman "Maxims for Revolutionists" (1903)

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• Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.

  Rosa Parks

  Kindness, Want, Golden

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• Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you.

  Confucius

  Integrity

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice, it's an investment.

  Byllye Avery

  Integrity, Patriotic, Sacrifice

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• Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Anger, Helping Others

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• If we don't manage to implement the Golden Rule globally, so that we treat all peoples, wherever and whoever they may be, as though they were as important as ourselves, I doubt that we'll have a viable world to hand on to the next generation.

  Karen Armstrong

  Motivation, Inspiration, Hands

  "Karen Armstrong Builds A 'Case For God'". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 21, 2009.

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• The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall see Truth in fragment and from different angles of vision.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Thinking, Vision

  "All Men Are Brothers".

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• That which you do not wish for yourself, do not impose on others.

  Umar

  Wish, Reciprocity, Do Unto Others

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• Try to treat others as you would want them to treat you

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Trying, Want, Treats

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• Golden Rule lies at the heart of every religious and of every ethical system of morality, it what makes us look at one another. The religions have all adopted it independently, Chinese, Indian, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, because they find it works and because it says something very deep about the structure of our humanity.

  Karen Armstrong

  Christian, Religious, Lying

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

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• Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Leadership, Mistake, Character

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• The Golden Rule works. It really does. Treat people the way you want to be treated. Kindness begets kindness.

  Michael J. Silverstein

  Kindness, People, Doe

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• For understanding in spiritual matters, the golden rule is not intellect but obedience.

  Oswald Chambers

  Spiritual, Understanding, Matter

  "Studies in the Sermon on the Mount: God's Character and the Believer's Conduct".

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• If you contemplate the Golden Rule, it turns out to be an injunction to live by grace rather than by what you think other people deserve.

  Deepak Chopra

  Spiritual, Thinking, People

  Deepak Chopra (2008). “The Third Jesus: How to Find Truth and Love in Today's World”, p.107, Random House

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• Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.

  William Wilberforce

  Golden, Path, Duty

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• We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.

  Edwin Markham

  Inspirational, Life, Memories

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• Golden Rule”: “That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.

  Hillel the Elder

  Golden, Hateful, Torah

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• The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

  Orison Swett Marden

  Success, Leadership, Business

  Orison Swett Marden (1907). “The Optimistic Life”

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• The neurotic usually obeys his own Golden Rule: Hate thy neighbor as thyself.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Hate, Golden, Neighbor

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Truth, Light, People

  Mahatma Gandhi (1975). “Collected Works”

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• The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!

  Louise Hart

  Children, Parenting, Wish

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• I believe in the Golden Rule. I believe in practicing it.

  Loretta Young

  Believe, Golden, I Believe

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• Well, I think the golden rule I can think of is the fact that you must follow your passion and do something that's close to your heart. And I think that that's very important, well, to be successful and to be happy.

  Kumar Mangalam Birla

  Passion, Heart, Successful

  "Talk Asia", www.cnn.com. April 6, 2011.

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• Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.

  Alan Alda

  Age, Golden, Fairs

  Commencement Speech at Connecticut College, www.graduationwisdom.com. 1980.

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• In nearly every religion I am aware of, there is a variation of the golden rule. And even for the non-religious, it is a tenet of people who believe in humanistic principles.

  Hillary Clinton

  Religious, Believe, People

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