Donald Laird Quotes

#1. I remember a bully once telling me that he was going to beat the stuffing out of me. After numerous blows it was evident to both of us that I didn't have any!!

Neil Leckman

#2. I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates.

Juan Cole

#3. I live in such a sweet world in the world of 'Home Improvement' that I tend to be drawn to stuff that's really on the other end of the spectrum entirely.

Patricia Richardson

#4. The biggest challenge is how to affect public attitudes and make people care.

Jim Fowler

#5. Maybe my bravery was just a front and all my tough talk was just the bitter residue of a hundred burned bridges. Maybe it was closer to a thousand bridges crumbling at my feet with the ashes swirling around me, catching in my hair and coating my skin like chalk.

S.J. Wright

#6. Let's give them something to talk about.

Bonnie Raitt

#7. To forget the elderly is to ignore the wisdom of the years.

Donald Laird

#8. Standing in a bookstore, near a street where you used to live, I found myself wishing you would walk through the door and we could meet for the first time, all over again.

Lang Leav

#9. Always help people increase their own self-esteem. Develop your skill in making other people feel important. There is hardly a higher compliment you can pay an individual than helping him to be useful and to find satisfaction in his usefulness.

Donald Laird

#10. Be thankful not only that you are an individual but also that others are different. The world needs all kinds, but it also needs to respect and use that individuality.

Donald Laird

#11. Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.

Donald Laird

#12. To handle a hard situation, try a soft answer.

Donald Laird

#13. The basis of all education is to learn by doing.

Donald Laird