The People Quotes
Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
The only people who try to tell you that you can’t do something, are the people who have failed
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.
Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.
I probably still haven’t completely adapted to the world. I don’t know, I feel like this isn’t the real world. The people, the scene: they just don’t seem real to me.
One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals.
My experience on this planet is that if you treat people with respect, they tend to treat you with respect.
If you are just yourself, that's when people start gravitating towards you because nobody else can be you except you. Be authentic, don't give up, and start today.
People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.
The present map of Palestine was drawn by the British mandate. The Jewish people have another map which our youth and adults should strive to fulfill: from the Nile to the Euphrates.
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.
In mythology, the Medusa can petrify people with a look - which is a good thing, I think. But the Medusa is a unique symbol - something strong. It’s about going all the way.
To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.
Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.
A hundred children, a hundred individuals who are people--not people-to-be, not people of tomorrow, but people now, right now--today.
You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.
Know your value. Confidence breeds success. Act like the person you want to become, and people will start seeing you as that person.
Like a genial hotelier, Rolex has introduced me to some of the nicest people. I ask about their Rolex and they ask about mine. It's as marvelous a conversation piece as it is a timepiece.
Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.
Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.
Black Consciousness therefore takes cognizance of the deliberateness of God's plan in creating Black people black.
There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's books and write your own.
Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.
It seems to me that most people are impressed with just three things: how fast you can play, how high you can play, and how loud you can play.
The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them.
What yells out at the US public . . . is the incandescent hypocrisy of so many people who, in the name of free speech, persecute its practitioners if their opinions are conservative.
Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people - the ones who really belong in your life - will come to you. And Stay.
In a dictatorship there is no choice, the elections are controlled, the police are the military, fear equals control, speech is suppressed, the economy is looted, the people are slaves.
Race, Religion, Ethnic Pride, Nationalism does nothing but teach you how to hate people you have never met
The chances you take… the people you meet… the people you love...the faith that you have - that’s what’s going to define your life.
Individuals do not meet by chance. They are necessary in the experiences of others, though they may not always use their opportunities in a spiritual way or manner.
In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
If you want what NORMAL people have, do what normal people DO. If you want what FEW people have, do what few people DO.
Bad things are always going to happen in life; People will eventually hurt you, but you can't use that as an excuse to hurt someone back.
I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.
I teach self-reliance, the world's most subversive practice. I teach people how to grow their own food, which is shockingly subversive. So, yes, it’s seditious. But it’s peaceful sedition.
Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don't have to build a wall to keep my people in.
Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided republic.
A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies
Everyone we meet is a hero waiting to happen. When Jesus saw people, He envisioned their potential. No respecter of persons, He associated with people from all walks of life.
I have noticed this, that when a man is full of the Holy Ghost he is the very last man to be complaining of other people.