People Quotes

I thought how true it was that the world was a delightful place if it were not for the people, and how more than true it was that people were not worth troubling about, and that wise men should set their affections upon nothing smaller than cities, heavenly or otherwise, and countrysides which are always heavenly.

Everyone in this world is nuts, the difference is some of them just really good at disguising it.

The truth is, there are not two kinds of people. There’s only one: the kind that loves to divide up into gangs who hate each other’s guts. Both conservatives and liberals agree among themselves, on their respective message boards, in uncannily identical language, that their opponents lack any self-awareness or empathy, the ability to see the other side of an argument or to laugh at themselves. Which would seem to suggest that they’re both correct.

True respect respects all men, it values all people.

Invest time, energy, and money into increasing your knowledge and wisdom so you can become the best you can be – it’s the best investment you could make.

The most progressive approach to life is to discuss ideas than people.

Most people who possess life in reality, do not quite understand what they possess.

I don't know why it's so hard for people to admit that sometimes they're just assholes who screw up because they don't expect to get caught.

God has called some people to join together in order to complete some task

Until you believe in yourself, it does not matter how much you believe in God

Your rewards in life will be in proportion to the effort you apply.

But despite the fact that Reardan is a tiny town, people can still be strangers to each other.

He has seen enough of daily evil to be thankful for small goods that come his way.

Every single aspect of what we do at work comes down to people and managing people, selling to people, working with people or making them do what you want them to do.

There is no such thing as a neutral relationship. All your relationships affect you – some pull you down and others lift you up.

Taking action provides immediate feedback and an opportunity to review your progress to see if you are on the right track.

My cat brought me a toy. I thanked her and threw it. She sat there gave me a look that made me realize people and dogs are the crazy ones.

Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times.

The USA states that it can put a man on the moon. I have a hard time believing this, as it is quite clear that they cannot build a simple electrical system that does not make people sick in large numbers!

A name can't begin to encompass the sum of all her parts. But that's the magic of names, isn't it? That the complex, contradictory individuals we are can be called up complete and whole in another mind through the simple sorcery of a name.

Today I bent the truth to be kind and I have no regret for I am far surer of what is kind that I am of what is true.

'I can get mad all I want, but they don't mean it. They love me. Sometimes, some creatures, when they get cornered, they forget who loves them and think everybody's the enemy. You don't just leave them alone, cold and afraid, because their instinct takes over and it's wrong. You don't if you give a shit, you know?'

Your resources could go to where your hands could not reach.

As Gabe continued to speak, he sounded to be a cheerful and intelligent person, two attributes I have commonly found associated with people who spend most of their time outdoors.-from New River, in the anthology AWAKE IN THE WORLD

Planning your day before it begins, and adjusting your plan through the day, is one of the most important daily habits.

You can only be fulfilled in life when you achieve your purpose

You learn to move on without the people you love.

You cannot have a cordial relationship with God when you reject people

Publishing is definitely something you do because you enjoy educating or entertaining people.

Okay, there's this thing you can do, a thing you can do like no other person on this planet. That makes you special, but being special really doesn't mean anything. You still have to get dressed in the morning. Your shoelaces still break. Your lover will still leave you if you don't treat her right

The only power the devil has is in our area of ignorance.

All worthwhile endeavours begin in your thoughts, and focusing your thoughts appropriately will increase your chances of success.

One thing I have learned is that the people who label you are usually the ones who know the least about who you really are and they have never made the effort to learn different.

His face was neither handsome nor anything else. It just was.

Everyone was trying to forget something, but they could never seem to find the way to do it. All they ever seemed to do was make it worse. Such quiet madness, the masses led.

Sometimes people with low self-esteem will try to punish you for caring about them.

So, now I shall talk every night. To myself. To the moon. I shall walk, as I did tonight, jealous of my loneliness, in the blue-silver of the cold moon, shining brilliantly on the drifts of fresh-fallen snow, with the myriad sparkles. I talk to myself and look at the dark trees, blessedly neutral. So much easier than facing people, than having to look happy, invulnerable, clever. With masks down, I walk, talking to the moon, to the neutral impersonal force that does not hear, but merely accepts my being. And does not smite me down.

Some people can be so generous when they give nothing away!

Dream until you can no longer tell the difference between your dreams and reality.

...So to be fast to don't be long and to try to be short... If you want to play the best game, create it - make the rules, make what they will do... That's how I do it. I make people to play my games and then often loooose!

People who just float around in life without any direction will tell you that your dreams are not possible. Their knowledge is the perfect mirror of their results. Logic makes perfect sense.

It's amazing to me how hard people work to maintain a life they hate.

But why is it that if you imagine a baby who smells of milk, for example, you can't help smiling? Why is there such an agreement around the world about what is or isn't a foul smell? Who decided what smells bad? Is it impossible that somewhere in this world there are people who, if they sat next to a homeless fellow they'd get the urge to snuggle up to him, but if they sat next to a baby they'd get an urge to kill it?

Usually, when people get an idea, they are eager to start acting immediately, immerse themselves in the process without creating a system of actions, without being knowledgeable of the matter, without analyzing and estimating everything beforehand

You can’t always control your external environment, but you can manage your micro environment by intentionally choosing what you allow to influence you – by sight, sound, and presence.

What the culture of get rich quick does to our people is young men only wish to do prestigious work

No one is as simple as they may seem to be.

My theory on literature is an author who does not indulge in trashiness-writes about people you could introduce into your own home...he did not care to read a book or go to a play about people he would not care to meet at his own dinner table. I believe we should live by certain standards and ideals...

Any nation that teaches and make there people look for miracles are making their people weak.

Compared to when I was a boy, we now live in reverse. The people are locked up in their homes at night and criminals are outside on the loose! When I was young, the criminals were locked up and the people were free to move about. That time has passed for many cities.

If people are not in the process of production, they don’t deserve anything.

If we stop helping people because we’re afraid, or ambivalent or whatever, then we lose. Let them do evil. I’ll stop them.

There are billions of people in this world that don’t believe or act exactly as we do. It is not our place to reject them, only accept them. Again, we don’t have to agree with everything they believe or do, but we do need to love and accept who they are.

Anyone can find the bad in any situation but it takes love to see the good in all things.

We’re not eight kingdoms, but an entire land with one heartbeat. It’s why people like you and I need to record our people’s stories so we can find those moments when our paths cross, and only then will we know true peace.

A lot of people pray for power, house, financial breakthrough, wealth etc. But only few ask God for wisdom. There are so many great power pack man and women of God who lack wisdom.

There is nothing more compelling than another person.

See God in everyone regardless of who or where they are

Even the loneliest and most solitary in the universe... the very cold space dust... will eventually come together to form a star.

Often change yourself, when you see that people envy you : they will start to change themselves too, but at that time YOU will not envy them...