For The People Quotes

Most people ask of their friends that they understand them, but, on balance, I think I prefer a friend who understands himself.

I don't know why people are so obsessed with age anyway. I mean, 90 is the new 70 70 is the new 50 and 50 is the new 40 so the whole act-your-age thing? Only up to a point.

Beware of your definition of success: If it has more to do with what other people think of you than it does with what you know of your own abilities, you may be confusing applause with achievement.

It is hard for people who have not lived in Los Angeles to realize how radically the Santa Ana figures in the local imagination. ... The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

New York is full of people . . . with a feeling for the tangential adventure, the risky adventure, the interlude that's not likely to end in any double-ring ceremony.

I'm told some people no longer bother to have friends at all - can't fit them in.

Probably any successful career has X number of breaks in it, and maybe the difference between successful people and those who aren't super achievers is taking advantage of those breaks.

I consider that success for anything, whether it's being a musician or a writer. As long as you can support yourself, you're successful. People need to change their idea of what success is.

I've been able to do a lot of things a lot of people haven't, that other people would dream of. I've been able to live out my fantasies, and dreams! So, I'm real lucky.

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.

We have to choose to slow down, to actually see the time and space that we are in. To truly see people and accept them in their priceless moments.

A world that was crowded with people could still be a very lonely place.

Restaurant Man is kind of the story, an unabridged story of what happened in my life, the good bad and ugly. Some people might glean some life lessons. It is honest, not written as a press release.

Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.

We just wanted to put a smile on people's faces. That's all we ever wanted to do.

People for the most part can smell lies, at least I thought that until I saw audiences applaud at Carlos Mencia.

Sometimes people can surprise you. Sometimes they have a great capacity to hear the truth.

People would be surprised at how much of an electronic dude I am, and I like new wave, post-punk and proto-punk stuff.

Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg is a great book teaching a compassionate way to talk to people even if you (or they) are angry.

Most strong players are completely self-centered.... They are blind to how other people feel or else simply don't care.

Other people's opinions do not determine your potential.

I've always thought that bartenders and hairstylists would be great interrogators because all day long they have to listen to people talk. They could probably make some fugitive spill the beans.

Obviously, the opinions that are most accurate are the ones that are closest to you - your crew, your friends, your family. Those people know who you are, and that's accurate.

I love meeting famous people. I'm even happy just looking at them.

If you live criticizing people, you won't have time to love them.

People may live as much retired from the world as they please; but sooner or later, before they are aware, they will find themselves debtor or creditor to somebody.

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads to the misery and ruin of many thousands and millions of people.

People can only live with their equals, and not even with them; for in the long run they cannot tolerate that someone is their equal.

I always think coming out is something that you do for people who really deserve it. It should be.

In my experience, it's only people who don't play sport at a professional level who think that there is anything remotely erotic about a locker room.

People want to see other people who have 'non-negotiables,' things for which they're willing to say, 'This is it' we take our stand right here.' That's a leadership quality which people respect.

People are transported to that space that Poe wanted to make available to us.

You can be in the public eye all the time and still have a private life, but the important thing is to keep in touch with the people who put you there.

Sometimes it's hard to hear criticism, or "maybe let's try a different way." People's feelings get hurt.

People knowledge is much more important than mere product knowledge.

You can't move people to action unless you first move them with emotion. The heart comes before the head.

Thank God for the tough times. They are the reason you are there - to be the leader. If everything was going well, the people wouldn't need you!

Talent allows people to stand out, but their wrong choices make them sit down.

Without a vision people in leadership positions perish. You not only lose your people, you lose the person who is in a leadership position - you lose it all.

Are you a thinker, a doer, or a clutch player? The better you are, the greater potential for influence you will have with your people.

The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.

If you are in a leadership position, do not rely on your title to convince people to follow you. Build relationships. Win people over. Do that and you will never be a lonely leader.

For leaders to be effective, they need to connect with people.

Nurturing has the ability to transform people's lives.

When you nurture people and add value to them without expecting anything in return, they feel significant.

Leaders provide for their people what the people cannot provide for themselves.

If I expect great things from my people, they'll go to great lengths to keep from disappointing me.

The only way a church is going to be relevant is to get out of its comfort zone and connect with unchurched people.

People do not give from the top of their purses but from the bottom of their hearts. If you desire to become a more generous person do not change your income. Change your heart.

The success of a vision is determined by its ownership by both the leader and the people.