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Us Quotes

What connects us, from global trade to family memory.

These quotes look at 'us' on very different scales, from once-hostile nations now trading with the world to a shared human truth that everyone carries some private struggle. For quotes about closeness between people, see Connection quotes.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.

Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer

A savage review is much more entertaining for the reader than an admiring one; the little misanthrope in each of us relishes the rubbishing of someone else.

Quotes by Arthur Smith

'The New York Times' is inherent in what we are, but not worn as 'what we are'; it's important and crucial to all of us, but not something that was drilled in, in any specific ways.

Quotes by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.

It is incumbent on us to facilitate the development of a market structure that best assures that these changes benefit the U.S. securities markets as a whole.

Quotes by Arthur Levitt

Give your clients the earliest delivery consistent with quality - whatever the inconvenience to us.

Quotes by Arthur C. Nielsen

Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.

Quotes by Arthur Erickson

We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.

Quotes by Arthur Erickson

We all know it's brutal up there at the front, especially those of us at the rear.

Quotes by Arthur Frank Burns

That got us started on revenue sharing, and we couldn't have done it without all the teams.

Quotes by Art Modell

And the Republican Party especially associates the market with the idea of progress, goodness, family, and points us toward the mall as an answer to all our personal dreams.

Quotes by Arlie Russell Hochschild

That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection.

Quotes by Armstrong Williams

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

Aristotle

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Aristotle

Labels are actually not to make us understand things better: they are actually to ostracise and discriminate that what does not belong to the majority.

Quotes by Arfi Lamba

I guess all of us have a little bit of both masculinity and femininity, and bridging the gap between those two things is really fertile.

Quotes by Arca

We've all got darkness inside us. And I've got quite a lot of darkness.

Quotes by Antony Sher

Since the shock of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's death, I have been reflecting on what made him so special. To my mind, it is simply this: Kofi Annan was both one of a kind and one of us.

Quotes by Antonio Guterres

Let us recommit to supporting every girl to develop her skills, enter the workforce on equal terms, and reach her full potential.

Quotes by Antonio Guterres

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of "Us" quotes are on this page?
This collection gathers quotes where the word "us" ties people together in very different settings — from nations rejoining the global economy, to families sharing a home, to coworkers building something together. If you enjoy quotes about people coming together, the Relationship quotes page is worth a look too.
Is there a quote about world politics or the global economy?
Yes. One quote reflects on how Russia and China, once described as "communist-like adversaries," are now "participating now in the world with us" through trade. It's a reminder of how much international relationships can shift over time. For more on how people relate to one another, see the Connection quotes page.
Does the page include anything about personal struggles?
It does. One quote states, "All of us have our individual curses, something that we are uncomfortable with," acknowledging that everyone carries something they wrestle with privately. You'll find more on this kind of honesty in the Emotion quotes page.
Is there a quote about family history?
Yes — one quote recalls a grandmother who died in childbirth and a great-aunt who lived with the family, noting she "never knew how to read or write." It's a quiet look at how much has changed across generations. Quotes like this often connect to bigger questions of Identity.
Does any quote mention teamwork or employers?
Yes, one quote talks about wanting to be "the top employer of recent grads in the country," showing how "us" can also describe an organization and the people who make it up.

One entry turns personal and historical, recalling a great-aunt with bound feet who lived with the family and never learned to read. Readers can also browse Identity quotes for related themes, or Relationship quotes for closer bonds.