Quotes on People

There is something so deeply visceral about libraries for me-rooms and rooms full of people dreaming and remembering.

Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by eliminating men of spirit who might lead a revolution, by humbling the people, and making them incapable of decisive action.

The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live. And most people are concerned about growing old rather than being effective.

People are always angry at anyone who chooses very individual standards for his life; because of the extraordinary treatment which that man grants to himself, they feel degraded, like ordinary beings.

Most people are just trying to get through the day. Sophisticated people learn how to get from the day.

Bravery shows up in everyday life when people have the courage to live their truth, their vision and their dreams.

You add value to people when you value them.

Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil.

The best way to get along with people is not to expect them to be like you.

When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.

Most people die at 25 but are buried at 75.

If there's one thing the American people aren't lacking, it is courage.

If you want to change who you are, begin by changing the size of your dream. Even if you are broke, it does not cost you anything to dream of being rich. Many poor people are poor because they have given up on dreaming.

I wonder if people who asked for God to intervene in our world, really know what they are asking. Will they want to be there when God really does intervene?

What is most important almost always involves the people around us.

Nothing pleases people more than to go on thinking what they have always thought, and at the same time imagine that they are thinking something new and daring: it combines the advantage of _x000D_ security and the delight of adventure.

Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people.

Other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.

What people CAN do is very different from what they WILL do.

People tend to become what the most important people in their lives think they will become.

There is someone that I love even though I don't approve of what he does. There is someone I accept though some of his thoughts and actions revolt me. There is someone I forgive though he hurts the people I love the most. That person is......me.