Quotes on People

My wearing my hair in locs on an Oscar red carpet was to showcase them in a positive light, to remind people of color that our hair is good enough.

Poverty is not created by poor people. It is produced by our failure to create institutions to support human capabilities.

There is nothing wrong with avoiding people who hurt you.

Entertainment is about taking people away from the regular order of things when there is some chaos and pain and stress.

People who believe they cause good things tend to like themselves better than people who believe good things come from other people or circumstances.

Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all.

No longer must government be allowed to ride roughshod, absorbing the people's wealth, usurping their rights, and crushing their spirit.

I want people to hear or watch something I've done and feel that I've given it everything I've got.

We do not come to God as bad people trying to become good people; we come as rebels to lay down our arms.

Joy is the serious business of heaven. Our merriment must be between people who take each other seriously.

People do too much. They say too much.

When you take the people who most need work and connect them with the work that most needs doing, you save. You save that young person’s life, you save a whole bunch of money, and you save the soul of this country when you invest and give people a chance, give people hope, give people opportunity.

Today, we need a Church capable of walking at people's side, of doing more than simply listening to them; a Church which accompanies them on their journey.

I think as a company, if you can get two things right--having a clear direction on what you are trying to do and bringing in great people who can execute on the stuff--then you can do pretty well.

You know, people come to therapy really for a blessing. Not so much to fix what's broken, but to get what's broken blessed.

Abandon desire for this world, and God will love you. Abandon desire for others’ goods, and people will love you.

People can open doors for you, but you ... must walk through.

It may well be a sign of the decadence of the Church and the failure of Christianity that gifts have to be coaxed out of people, and that often they will not give at all unless they get something for their money in the way of entertainment or of goods. Giving which is real giving has a certain recklessness in it.

Jesus does not offer to make bad people good but to make dead people alive.

It's so much easier to know who you are when there aren't a thousand people telling you who they think you are.

If you want a successful business, your people must feel that you are working for them - not that they are working for you.