Quotes on People

Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.

In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall.

Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.

Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all.

If you vote and you elect dishonest, incompetent people into office who screw everything up, you are responsible for what they have done. You caused the problem; you voted them in; you have no right to complain

Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they _x000D_ understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.

Average companies give their people something to work on. The most innovative organizations give their people something to work toward.

Many people think that patience is a sign of weakness. _x000D_ I think this is a mistake. It is anger that is a sign of _x000D_ weakness, whereas patience is a sign of strength

Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. If we stand for real, living, breathing people, we will change the world.

All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.

Real greatness is often humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. Some of the greatest works of art and the most important works of peace were created by people who had no need for the limelight. They knew that what they were doing was their call, and they did it with great patience, perseverance, and love.

I happen to like the strange ones. People who look normal and leads normal lives - they're the ones you have to watch out for.

You are still young, so you think only of your own self. You do not notice the tribulations that occur all around you, to other people. Do not protest; it is true. I am not condemning you. I was as selfish as you, when I was your age. It is the custom of the young to be selfish... But someday you will understand that nobody passes through this world without suffering-no matter what you think of them and their supposed good fortune.

Sometimes you have to trust people enough to let them succeed and love them enough to let them fail.

Some people take certain things and they try to forget what that pain felt like. I don't. I take that same pain and I chase it every time I walk in a weight room.

It is vital that people "count their blessings:" to appreciate what they possess without having to undergo its actual loss.

Some people become so expert at reading between the lines they don't read the lines.

I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own.

Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.

A strong nation is one that is loved by its people and, as Edmund Burke put it, for a country to be loved it ought to be lovely.

As our cities and suburbs relentlessly expand, those priceless open spaces needed for recreation areas accessible to their people are swallowed up-often forever. Unless we preserve these spaces while they are still available, we will have none to preserve.