People Quotes - Page 19

Let’s face it: There are people who won’t be happy when you get too blessed. There are people who feel threatened by your success. There are people who, out of envy, will just not like you anymore.

My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.

If you have a problem with people living their lives and being authentically who they are, you really should go and do some soul-searching.

Don't waste your time with people who will ultimately destroy you, but concentrate instead on those who will appreciate your responsibility to them, and, likewise, feel responsible to you.

You teach people how to treat you by what you allow, what you stop, and what you reinforce.

I can see both trends among the youths: people who are ready for a constructive, critical and active presence, and others who are ready to become invisible Muslims and to compromise to be accepted. I put my hope in the former and pray for the latter.

I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.

Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. Call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically, that was really, really critical for the thing to pass.

In death, you once more challenge people from every strata, religion, and position to think about how their own actions do and can change the world for better or worse.

People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse.

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

If the people have no bread, let them eat cake.

Follow your path, and let the people talk.

If you are going to do kaizen continuouslyyou've got to assume that things are a mess. Too many people just assume that things are all right the way they are. Aren't you guys convinced that the way you're doing things is the right way? That's no way to get anything done. Kaizen is about changing the way things are. If you assume that things are all right the way they are, you can't do kaizen. So change something!

Some of the best people with whom you can have a relationship are the people who challenge your thinking.

Popularity is when other people like you. Happiness is when you like yourself.

When all else fails to organize the people, conditions will.

No matter what I say, honestly, people would only judge me the way they want to.

It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.

Life is pitiful, death so familiar, suffering and pain so common, yet I would not be anywhere else. Do not wish me out of this or in any way seek to get me out, for I will not be got out while this trial is on. These are my people, God has given them to me, and I will live or die with for Him and His glory.

How many times have you tried to solve “the problem”? you’ll be trying to solve it not just until you die but for many more lifetimes. Instead, understand that this world is just the play of the senses. It’s the five khandhas doing their thing; it has nothing to do with you. It’s just people being people, the world being the world.

Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!

Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.

Pay any price to stay in the presence of extraordinary people.