Quotes and sayings about People

"You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think"

"If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance"

"We do what we are and we are what we do"

"A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be"

"People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results"

"Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts"

"People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents"

"People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care"

"To raise your consciousness, surround yourself with people of higher consciousness"

"If you find you are not valued and appreciated, then shift your attention to places where you will be valued and appreciated"

"Be kind to unkind people – they need it the most"

"Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted"

"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you"

"Don’t worry over what other people are thinking about you. They’re too busy worrying over what you are thinking about them"

"To measure the man, measure his heart"

"You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men"

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own"

"All mankind is divided into 3 classes: the immovable, the movable and those who move"

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding about ourselves"

"A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions"

"The [morally] noble man guards himself against three things. When he is young, his xue-qi has not yet stabilized, so he guards himself against sexual passion. When he reaches his prime, his xue-qi is not easily subdued, so he guards himself against combativeness. When he reaches old age, his xue-qi is already depleted, so he guards himself against acquisitiveness"

"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing"

"The way we distinguish ourselves is by showing our individuality"

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds"

"If you treat people right they will treat you right ninety percent of the time"

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them"

"There are two types of people in the world, those who say ‘there are two types of people in the world’ and those who don’t"

"Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be"

"There's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him. If he says "Yes", you know he is crooked."

"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone"

"There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can"

"It’s been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste"

"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with"

"History shows us that the people who end up changing the world – the great political, social, scientific, technological, artistic, even sports revolutionaries – are always nuts, until they are right, and then they are geniuses"

"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart"

"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to"

"Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves, are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others"

"The disciplined man masters thoughts by stillness and emotions by calmness"

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you"

"A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health"

"If people did not do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done"

"When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content"

"Talent is the desire to practice"

"There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded"

"The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter"

"Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted"

"No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you’ll see why"

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience"

"Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any"

"The measure of a man is what he does with power"

"Look to be treated by others as you have treated others"

"There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance: that imitation is suicidal"

"Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it"

"Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment"

"There are too many people, and too few human beings"

"All of the animals except man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it"

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good"

"There are no stupid questions, just stupid people"

"An honest man is always a child"

"People are not lazy. They simply have important goals – that is, goals that do not inspire them"

"Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life… Therein he cannot be re placed, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone’s task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it"

"Judge a man by his questions, not by his answers"

"Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world"

"There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision"

"Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind"

"A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject"