Good intentions Quote by Adam M. Grant

“When you act like a nice guy, everyone examines your motives with a microscope. When you act like a conscienceless louse, they generally take…

— Donald Hamilton

“It is a strange experience for a man of pride and feeling to know that his interests are in the control of strangers who…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“He was one of those people who constantly seems to be having a conversation with someone other than the person he’s actually talking to—presumably…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“There are few things more discomfiting than a spontaneous outburst of genuine decency from someone you’re determined to dislike for no good reason.”

— Gregory David Roberts

“A man of integrity speaks the truth with love rather than worrying about being nice.”

— Rick Johnson

“If you persist over time, refusing to take offense, making your motive genuine, showing respect, and constantly searching for Mutual Purpose, then the other…

— Kerry Patterson

“his unwavering confidence - but now, it feels like a brand of indifference”

— Emily Giffin

“I've learned over many decades that people are likeliest to declare their respect when their behavior suggests the opposite.”

— Curtis Sittenfeld

“The fact is that everyone is much too busily preoccupied with himself to be able to form a serious opinion about another person. The…

— Thomas Mann

“Nowadays, when more subtle studies and more refined taste have reduced the art of pleasing into principles, a vile and misleading uniformity governs our…

— Jean Jacques Rousseau

“One often feels exalted, expanded, in his presence. He is not one of those egotists who miniaturize others. He is the opposite kind of…

— Michael Cunningham

“It is quite normal to see good intentions, when not carried out with moderation, urging men to actions which are truly vicious.”

— Michel de Montaigne