People Quotes
It should be clear that the death penalty does just the opposite of promoting decency and respect for life. It dehumanizes people and promotes murder. It can never be applied fairly.
Great power often corrupts virtue; it invariably renders vice more malignant. . . . In proportion as the powers of government increase, both its own character and that of the people becomes worse.
One of the greatest tazkiya (purification) of the nafs (self) is to part with your money and to give it to people who deserve it.
Poverty, I realized, wasn't only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people that could help you make more of yourself.
I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely.
If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think.
No matter what you do or say, there's nothing that you can do to make people understand you.
A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.
Lots of people call me Dave, my mum calls me David, my wife calls me Dave, I don't really notice what people call me.
The happiest people I know are not those who find their golden ticket; they are those who, while in pursuit of worthy goals, discover and treasure the beauty and sweetness of the everyday moments.
It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.
I want people to know they don’t have to live their lives in a permanent ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ existence. Truth is a powerful tool.
I learned from different guys I played with, too. The key was probably three people: The good Lord, the offensive linemen I played with and great fullbacks that could block very well.
But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines and the basis of all reforms.
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.
I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there.
Most people see the problem of love primarily as that of being loved, rather than that of loving, of one's capacity to love. Hence the problem to them is how to be loved, how to be lovable.
If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.
Mostly people are ignorant, what is the language of painting. You know, they're ignorant. It is so difficult to make them aware, but time will teach them.
Love is the free exercise of choice. Two people love each other only when they are quite capable of living without each other but choose to live with each other.
How are we to breed a race of human thoroughbreds unless we follow the same plan? We must make this country into a garden of children instead of a disorderly back lot overrun with human weeds.
People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people.
The reality is that the people that we represent are no longer going to be second-class citizens in their own country.
People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened.
The fact that some people can push others to the point of thinking that their lives are not worthy is catastrophic.
People like to cherry-pick the parts of their career that they're either in the midst of or that they're the most proud of, but the truth is careers and lives are tapestries.
I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
People will tell you most of the story… and I’ve learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because they’re afraid.
It's logical that people from bad times will reflect their feelings in their communication. Music is part of the communication. If you lived it, you can do it.
No people anywhere in the world would accept being expelled en masse from their own country; how can anyone require the people of Palestine to accept a punishment which nobody else would tolerate?
Very few people on earth ever get to say: 'I am doing, right now, the most important thing I could possibly be doing.' If you'll join this fight that's what you'll get to say
If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.
That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.
A new presidential poll reveals that Democrats have the edge among voters under 30. The good news for Republicans is that there's only six people under 30 who actually vote.
You ever want to feel powerless? Watch the people you care about being hurt and know there is nothing you can do about it.