Bryant H. McGill
Bryant H. McGill
Bryant Harrison McGillis an American author, aphorist, speaker, and activist in the fields of self-development, personal freedom, and human rights. His writings and small aphorisms have been published in hundreds of books and are regularly used in newspapers, political speeches, network TV programs, university and library installations, peer-reviewed journals, academic papers and theses, and by university presidents and deans in non-violence programs and college ceremonies. McGill is a United Nations appointed Global Champion for the rights of women and girls,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth7 November 1969
CountryUnited States of America
Bryant H. McGill quotes about
Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.
Emotion is often what we rely upon to carry us across the unfathomable voids in our intelligence.
Suffering is one of life's great teachers.
Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.
True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions, for education is a way of living.
Take without forgetting, and give without remembering.
Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces.
There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.
Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.
A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.
You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.
Comfort in expressing your emotions will allow you to share the best of yourself with others, but not being able to control your emotions will reveal your worst.
It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.
No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man.