There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity. — Confucius
We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules. — Buzzie Bavasi
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
Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you. — Confucius
I have something that I call my Golden Rule. It goes something like this: 'Do unto others twenty-five percent better than you expect them to do unto you.' … The twenty-five percent is for error. — Linus Pauling
I believe in the Golden Rule - The Man with the Gold... Rules. — Mr. T
Don't do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you. — Confucius
Do unto others as you wish others do unto you. — Confucius
Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you. — Confucius
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
When a man is guided by the principles of reciprocity and consciousness, he is not far from the moral law. Whatever you don't wish for yourself don't do unto others. — Confucius
Internalize the Golden Rule of sales that says: All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust. — Bob Burg
Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world. — Immanuel Kant
Never ask anyone to do what you haven't done before and wouldn't do again. That's a pretty fundamental rule in leadership... treat them like you treat yourself. Things you don't like, they don't like. — Ross Perot
Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence — Mencius
Short Golden Rule Quotes
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. — Confucius
Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. — Buddha
Treat the world the way you want to be treated. — Mike Tyson
Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice, it's an investment. — Byllye Avery
What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others. — Confucius
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others. — Socrates
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and by falling over.
My Golden Rule Quotes
I have one underlying principle in mind: the principle of Muslim democracy. It is my belief that our salvation lies in following the golden rules of conduct set for us by our great lawgiver, the Prophet of Islam. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
My philosophy is to do the best you can for somebody. Help. It's not just what do you for yourself. It's how you treat people decently. The golden rule. There isn't big anything better than the golden rule. It's in every major religion in one language or another. — Art Linkletter
I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps. — James Cash Penney
People tend to make rules for others and exceptions for themselves.
I just live and let live and live my life pretty much according to the Golden Rule. And it turns out well for me. — Dean Cain
The lessons this life has planted in my heart pertain more to caring than crops, more to Golden Rule than gold, more to the proper choice than to the popular choice. — Kirby Larson
The most important person to thank is...my mother. She gave me four golden rules to live by: be a proud black man, take care of your family, make education a priority, and try to do the right thing. — Edward B. Lewis
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
It is important to remember that life is not a dress rehearsal and that none of us should waste our time on doing things that don’t spark fires within us. My golden rule for business and life is: We should all enjoy what we do and do what we enjoy. — Richard Branson
My favorite parable for living a positive and influential life is the Golden Rule: Do unto others what you would have them do unto you. — Tony Oller
The Golden Rule reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development. This conviction has led me, from the beginning of my ministry, to advocate at different levels for the global abolition of the death penalty. — Pope Francis
I practice the artist's golden rule. I wouldn't want somebody telling me how to finish my painting, I'm not going to tell him how to finish his movie or how to shape his movie. — Wayne White
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
Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing. — Thales
The reason for our success is no secret. It comes down to one single principle that transcends time and geography, religion and culture. It’s the Golden Rule – the simple idea that if you treat people well, the way you would like to be treated, they will do the same. — Isadore Sharp
That which you do not wish for yourself, do not impose on others. — Umar
Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist. — Bo Burnham
The easiest way to get touch with this universal power is through silent Prayer. Shut your eyes, shut your mouth, and open your heart. This is the golden rule of prayer. Prayer should be soundless words coming forth from the centre of your heart filled with love. — Amit Ray
You may hang your walls with tapestry insread of whitewash or paper; or you may cover them with mosaic; or have them frescoed by a great painter: all this is not luxury, if it be done for beauty's sake, and not for show: it does not break our golden rule: Have nothing in your houses which you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. — William Morris
The golden rule in the arts, as far as I am concerned, is that all rules are meant to be broken. — Michael Kenna
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between. — Sir Thomas Beecham
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
The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can't extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it. — Charles Duhigg
I got at a very early age, the idea that the safest way to try and get what you want, is to try and deserve what you want.
It’s such a simple idea, it’s the golden rule so to speak. You want to deliver to the world what you would buy if you were on the other end. — Charlie Munger
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
We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life. — Edwin Markham
Do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. — Mark Twain
The golden rule for every business man is this: Put yourself in your customer's place. — Orison Swett Marden
In setting up a business under the name and meaning of the Golden Rule, I was publicly binding myself, in my business relations, to a principle which had been a real and intimate part of my family upbringing. Our idea was to make money and build business through serving the community with fair dealing and honest value. — James Cash Penney
The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he wants insight into what Jesus Christ teaches, he can only get it by obedience. — Oswald Chambers
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
Sabbath's golden rule: Cease from what is necessary. Embrace that which gives life. — Mark Buchanan
Authority ought to be there only to serve its particular community by removing restrictions on freedom of expression and action under my golden rule of 'Do what you like so long as you don't impose it on others'. Authority's role should be in protecting the unwilling from the will of another. After that, they should push off and leave us alone. — David Icke
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
Here is a golden Rule.... Write legibly. The average temper of the human race would be perceptibly sweetened, if everybody obeyedthis Rule! — Lewis Carroll
Compassion is aptly summed up in the Golden Rule, which asks us to look into our own hearts, discover what gives us pain, and then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever, to inflict that pain on anybody else. Compassion can be defined, therefore, as an attitude of principled, consistent altruism. — Karen Armstrong
I believe in the Golden Rule. I believe in practicing it. — Loretta Young
For understanding in spiritual matters, the golden rule is not intellect but obedience. — Oswald Chambers
Three ideas stand out above all others in the influence they have exerted and are destined to exert upon the development of the human race: The idea of the Golden Rule; the idea of natural law; the idea of age-long growth or evolution. — Robert Andrews Millikan
To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to do that consists in and depends upon picturing ourselves in their places. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed. — Brian Tracy
The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write, write. — Ernest Gaines
Has anyone stopped to consider that we might come closer to balancing the budget if all of us simply tried to live up to the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule? — Ronald Reagan
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