Please Quotes

• You can't please everyone. When you're too focused on living up to other people's standards, you aren't spending enough time raising your own. Some people may whisper, complain and judge. But for the most part, it's all in your head. People care less about your actions than you think. Why? They have their own problems!

  Kris Carr

  Thinking, People, Judging

  "How to Do Less and Live More" by Kris Carr, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2013.

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• Dear God, please enlarge our hearts to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our enemy as well as our friend.

  Dorothy Day

  Heart, Enemy, Dear God

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• You'll never please everyone, but you only have to please a few people to get an offer.

  Harvey Mackay

  People, Offers

  FaceBook post by Harvey Mackay from Jun 24, 2014

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• I don't think there's a specific route to take to make a relationship last a long time. And who knows what the future will bring. Please God we are happy forever, but you just don't know what's round the corner. For me the key issue is not to be selfish, on both sides. I think the moment someone becomes selfish they let the other person down.

  Louise Redknapp

  Selfish, Thinking, Keys

  "Why Louise Redknapp is taking her time losing baby bulge". www.mirror.co.uk. August 10, 2005.

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• Sometimes I'm very impatient. I also feel the need to please everyone, which is unnecessary and impossible.

  Steve Nash

  Needs, Impossible, Sometimes

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• However, if you do start crying in an argument and someone asks why, you can always say, 'I'm just crying because of how wrong you are.'

  Amy Poehler

  Argument, Cry, Ifs

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.179, Pan Macmillan

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• Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

  Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.88, St. Martin's Press

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• I love saying 'yes' and I love saying 'please.' Saying 'yes' doesn't mean I don't know how to say no, and saying 'please' doesn't mean I am waiting for permission. 'Yes please' sounds powerful and concise. It's a response and a request. It is not about being a good girl; it is about being a real woman.

  Amy Poehler

  Girl, Powerful, Real

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• I believe great people do things before they are ready.

  Amy Poehler

  Believe, People, Feminist

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.6, Pan Macmillan

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• That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. 'Good for her! Not for me.'

  Amy Poehler

  Motto, Should, Repeats

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.35, Pan Macmillan

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• Break the glass, please, and free us from all these damned rules, from needing to find an explanation for everything, from doing only what others approve of.

  Paulo Coelho

  Glasses, Break, Explanation

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  All I can do is follow my instincts, because I'll never please everyone.

  Emma Watson

  Instinct, Watson, Can Do

  FaceBook post by Emma Watson from Aug 20, 2012

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• If you can surf your life rather than plant your feet, you will be happier.

  Amy Poehler

  Feet, Surf, Plant

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.216, Pan Macmillan

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• Watching great people do what you love is a good way to start learning how to do it yourself.

  Amy Poehler

  Love Is, People, Way

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.89, Pan Macmillan

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• You have to be where you are to get where you need to go.

  Amy Poehler

  Needs, Where You Are

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• I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't want to do.

  Amy Poehler

  Thinking, People, Twenties

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.22, Harper Collins

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• The only way we will survive is by being kind. The only way we can get by in this world is through the help we receive from others. No one can do it alone, no matter how great the machines are.

  Amy Poehler

  Survival, Machines, World

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.263, Pan Macmillan

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• Telling me to relax or smile when I'm angry is like bringing a birthday cake into an ape sanctuary. You're just asking to get your nose and genitals bitten off.

  Amy Poehler

  Cake, Relax, Apes

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.179, Pan Macmillan

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• Going from crying to laughing that fast and hard happens maybe five times in your life and that extreme right turn is the reason why we are alive, and I believe it extends our life by many years.

  Amy Poehler

  Believe, Years, Laughing

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.38, Pan Macmillan

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• When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it!

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Hate, Gossip, Negativity

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• The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.

  Mark Nepo

  Keys, Knowing, Joy

  Mark Nepo (2012). “The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want By Being Present in the Life You Have”, p.16, Hachette UK

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• The five most important words a leader can speak are - 'I am proud of you'
  The four most important are - 'What is your opinion?'
  The three most important are - 'If you please'
  The two most important are - 'Thank You'
  And the most important single word of all is - 'You'

  Denis Waitley

  Leadership, Two, Important

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• Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  "Time Enough for Love". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1973.

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• Please think of me like an endangered species and just observe me quietly from far away. If you try to talk to me or touch me casually, I may get intimidated and bite you. So please be careful.

  Haruki Murakami

  Thinking, Trying, May

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• We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ's steps, and let the world say what it likes.

  J. C. Ryle

  Giving Up, Ideas, Trying

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke”, p.132, Editora Dracaena

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