Other People's Words: Wisdom for an Inspired and Productive Life
We all need inspiration. Other People's Words delivers it.

When we are confused or sad, lonely or angry, or simply in need of a boost in a relationship or in our life goals, each of us can be uplifted by the wisdom of others.

New York Times bestselling author Seth M. Siegel has spent a lifetime collecting quotations that can guide us through virtually every life challenge and experience. The result is Other People's Words, a must-have collection that belongs in every student’s dorm room, every executive’s office, and on everyone’s night table.

With nearly 1,200 quotations from more than 700 sources organized into 200 categories within 11 thematic areas, anyone of any age can be motivated by the insights found in this uplifting book. Other People's Words brings together moving, beautifully worded ideas from the ancients to the moderns and from the famous to the unknown to motivate, to teach, to heal – and to inspire.

Other People's Words will be an enduring source of guidance for family, friends, graduates, co-workers, and retirees. Indeed, for all of us.

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Other People's Words: Wisdom for an Inspired and Productive Life
We all need inspiration. Other People's Words delivers it.

When we are confused or sad, lonely or angry, or simply in need of a boost in a relationship or in our life goals, each of us can be uplifted by the wisdom of others.

New York Times bestselling author Seth M. Siegel has spent a lifetime collecting quotations that can guide us through virtually every life challenge and experience. The result is Other People's Words, a must-have collection that belongs in every student’s dorm room, every executive’s office, and on everyone’s night table.

With nearly 1,200 quotations from more than 700 sources organized into 200 categories within 11 thematic areas, anyone of any age can be motivated by the insights found in this uplifting book. Other People's Words brings together moving, beautifully worded ideas from the ancients to the moderns and from the famous to the unknown to motivate, to teach, to heal – and to inspire.

Other People's Words will be an enduring source of guidance for family, friends, graduates, co-workers, and retirees. Indeed, for all of us.

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Other People's Words: Wisdom for an Inspired and Productive Life

Other People's Words: Wisdom for an Inspired and Productive Life

by Seth M. Siegel
Other People's Words: Wisdom for an Inspired and Productive Life

Other People's Words: Wisdom for an Inspired and Productive Life

by Seth M. Siegel

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Overview

We all need inspiration. Other People's Words delivers it.

When we are confused or sad, lonely or angry, or simply in need of a boost in a relationship or in our life goals, each of us can be uplifted by the wisdom of others.

New York Times bestselling author Seth M. Siegel has spent a lifetime collecting quotations that can guide us through virtually every life challenge and experience. The result is Other People's Words, a must-have collection that belongs in every student’s dorm room, every executive’s office, and on everyone’s night table.

With nearly 1,200 quotations from more than 700 sources organized into 200 categories within 11 thematic areas, anyone of any age can be motivated by the insights found in this uplifting book. Other People's Words brings together moving, beautifully worded ideas from the ancients to the moderns and from the famous to the unknown to motivate, to teach, to heal – and to inspire.

Other People's Words will be an enduring source of guidance for family, friends, graduates, co-workers, and retirees. Indeed, for all of us.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781250132567
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/04/2021
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 1,036,671
Product dimensions: 5.70(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

SETH M. SIEGEL is a lawyer, an activist, a successful serial entrepreneur, and the author of the New York Times bestseller Let There Be Water and Troubled Water. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and in leading publications in Europe and Asia. He has spoken on an array of topics hundreds of times around the world and in Congress, the United Nations, the World Bank, and at many leading universities. He is married and lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Note to the Reader xxv

Section 1 Our Inner Selves 1

Character

Conformism

Courage

Cynicism

Disappointment

Enthusiasm

Faith

Happiness

Honesty

Humility

Identity

Insecurity

Kindness

Loneliness

Passion

Praise

Religion

Self-Confidence

Self-Respect

Silence

Trauma and Resilience

Truth

Section 2 Becoming Our Best 21

Adversity

Ambition

Challenges

Criticism

Eating

Exercise

Fear

Habit

Legacy

Mistakes

Old Age

Persistence

Potential

Problems

Punctuality

Regret

Retirement

Sleep

Success

Time

Training

Youth

Section 3 Taking Charge 39

Action

Choices

Destiny

Excellence

Fame

Idealism

Immortality

Leadership

Luck

Memory

Miracles

Opportunity

Optimism and Optimists

Perspective

Planning

Preparation

Principle

Remembrance

Reputation

Responsibility

Risk

Trust

Section 4 Love, Family, and Friendship 61

Childhood and Childrearing

Death

Dining

Family

Forgiveness

Friendship

Gossip

Gratitude

Heroes

Indispensability

Jealousy

Love and Romance

Relationships

Reunions

Secrets

Self-Interest

Sex

Section 5 Creativity and Ideas 79

Change

Creativity

Design

Dissent

Facts

Freedom of Speech

Future

Genius

History

Ideas

Ideology

Norms

Pacifism

Persuasion

Political Speech and Speeches

Quotations

Travel

Wisdom

Words

Section 6 Arts and Entertainment 99

Art and Artists

Biography and Autobiography

Books and Literature

Cuisine

Entertainment

Humor and Comedy

Music

Photographs and Photography

Sports

Table Tennis

Television

Translation

Writers and Writing

Section 7 Government, Politics, and Power 115

Bureaucracy

Democracy

Government

Nationalism

Political Campaigns

Political Parties

Politicians

Politicians and Media

Politics

Politics and Money

Power

Revolution

Socialism

Sovereignty

Section 8 Money and Business 135

Business

Capitalism

Experts

Investing and Investments

Journalism

Lawyers

Money

Possessions

Property

Publicity

Taxes

Trade

Unions

Wealth

Work

Section 9 The Dark Side 149

Anger

Anti-Semitism

Appeasement

Corruption

Cowardice

Dictators

Evil

Hate

The Holocaust

Imprisonment

Ingratitude

Neutrality

Pessimism and Pessimists

Prejudice

Racism

Rationalization

Slavery

Stupidity

Terrorism

Totalitarianism

Tragedy

War

Section 10 Our Fragile World 169

Civilization

Endangered Species

Environment

Food

Hunger

Nature

Poverty

Science

Technology

Water

Section 11 Doing Good 183

Charity

Community

Diplomacy

Education

Equality

Freedom

Human Rights

Immigrants

Justice and Injustice

Law

Learning

Morality

Peace

Progress

Public Service

Struggle

Teachers

Index 203

A Few Words on Typography 227

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