First up, one of the most important areas for pretty much everyone: people skills. I hope you can get a bit of wisdom and inspiration¹ out of these quotes and from the people who have walked before us.

首先，对我们每个人来说都很重要的就是人际关系。我希望，你能够从以下这些名人名言中撷取到一些智慧和感悟，毕竟这些名人已经走在了我们前面，为我们做出了榜样。

1. Aesop: No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

伊索：勿以善小而不为。

2. Alexander Solshenitsen:The less you speak, the more you will hear.

亚历山大-索尔仁尼琴（俄罗斯文学家，1970年诺贝尔文学家得主）：说得越少，听到得越多。

3. Andrew Carnegie: As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

安德鲁-卡耐基（美国钢铁大王，杰出慈善家）：我活得年岁越大，就越少注意别人是怎么说的。我只看他们是怎么做的。

4. Aristotle: Friendship is a single soul dwelling² in two bodies.

亚里士多德：友谊就是一个灵魂寄居在两具身体里。

5. Doris M. Smith: Arguing with a fool proves there are two.

桃瑞丝-史密斯（作家）：与傻瓜争吵只能说明你也是个傻瓜。

6. Madonna: A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

麦当娜：很多人不敢说出他们想要什么，所以他们得不到他们想要的东西。

7. Og Mandino: Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend³ them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster⁴. Your life will never be the same again.

奥格-曼狄诺（作家、演讲家，著有《世界上最伟大的推销员》一书）：从今天开始，对待每个人就好像他们在今天午夜之前就将离开人世。把你所有的关爱、善良和理解都赋予他们。你的生活从此将会不一样。

8. Ralph Nichols: The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood.

拉尔夫-尼科尔斯：人类最基本的需要就是理解和被理解。

9. Russell Ewing: A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery⁵, a leader makes it interesting. A boss is interested in himself or herself, a leader is interested in the group.

罗素-尤因：老板制造恐惧，领袖带来信心。老板指责他人，领袖纠正错误。老板无所不知，领袖知人善任。老板使工作枯燥，领袖使工作有趣。老板关注员工，领袖关注团队。

10.Wilfred Peterson:Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward⁶ ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others.

威尔弗雷德-皮特森：善待自己，爱惜自己，原谅自己，只有当我们能正确地对待自己时，我们才能正确地对待他人。