Social Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old social quotes, social sayings, and social proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain. Marquis De Sade
The most violent element in society is ignorance. Emma Goldman
She poured a little social sewage into his ears. George Meredith
It was tough attempting to be social with people who'd rather pretend you didn't exist. Heather Brewer
When a society decays, it is language that is first to become gangrenous. As a result, social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings. Octavio Paz
Society exists to serve the social needs of people, not the productivity needs of capital. Those two needs are in basic conflict-a- conflict of class interest. David Bacon
Social concern does have its own case; environmental pollution, the energy crisis, the atom bomb, all show that a purely laissez-faire attitude to the development of science is pernicious. Northrop Frye
His moral and social values are where those most sensible people are, and where the heart usually is in the body, a little left of center. Northrop Frye
The social state is at once so natural, so necessary, and so habitual to man, that...he never conceives himself otherwise than as a member of a body. Bartlett
We have stood apart, studiously neutral. Woodrow Wilson
We are confronted by two types of social contradictions—those between ourselves and the enemy and those among the people themselves. The two are totally different in their nature. Mao Tse Tung
So if you are too tired to speak, sit next to me, because I, too, am fluent in silence. R. Arnold
Social life and murder have a lot in common. Both are a process of elimination. Jane Stanton Hitchcock
Individual advances turn into a social change when enough of them happen. Elizabeth Janeway
One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing. Emma Goldman
To the social-minded, a definition of Concert is that which surrounds an intermission. Ned Rorem
I notice she likes lights and commotion, which goes to show she has social instincts. Ronald Firbank
Social exclusion from regular work and income has been a long-term and dire experience. Yet social exclusion...with its enforced leisure, produced forms of cultural creativity which endangered marvels of reality. John La Rose
As we are social beings, the self is also the society that makes us. So at the time, you only think of yourself, but you also think of a part of the self which is formed, which response. Marye Conde
If the social order judges success by material gain, the most successful will be the most corruptible and selfish. Khemetic Wisdom
Go very light on the vices, such as carrying on in society—the social ramble ain't restful. Satchel Paige
Do not force me to socialize; / Do not force me to talk to you, / Or I'll bring you to your knees, / I'll make everyone miss you. Jesse Cochran
It is not your job to save everyone. Some people are not even ready to be helped. Focus on being of service to those who are, and be wise and humble enough to know when the best service you can offer is to guide them toward help in another direction. Anna Taylor
As we lose ourselves in the service of others, we discover our own lives and our own happiness. Dieter F. Utchtdorf
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that you cannot sincerely try to help another without helping yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act. Dalai Lama
Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell. Criss Jami
People die from a lack of shared empathy and affinity. By establishing social connectedness, we give hope a chance and the other can become heaven. Erik Pevernagie
The more you socialize, the more you increase your exposure of being vulnerable to give up vital information to your rivals. Himangshu Shekhar
Even in social life, you will never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking about what sort of impression you're making. C.S. Lewis