People Quotes - Page 24

Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.

If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won't do whatever they want, they'll do whatever He wants.

Poverty makes people do reckless things, but [the rich] do worse to protect their [interests]

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize in positive ways to help society.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

Fear kills more people than death.

...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.

Instead of wiping away your tears, wipe the people who make you cry.

Nobody is superior, nobody is inferior, but nobody is equal either. People are simply unique, incomparable. You are you, I am I.

When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words, saying, 'Have faith and take your troubles to God.' Act instead as though there were no God, as though there were only one person in the world who could help -- only yourself.

I'm going to be meeting with people today who talk too much - people who are selfish, egotistical, ungrateful. But I won't be surprised or disturbed, for I can't imagine a world without such people.

A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.

Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist.

"Haters only hate things they can't have and the people they can't be. It's just a little thing called jealousy."

Philosophers are people who know less and less about more and more, until they know nothing about everything. Scientists are people who know more and more about less and less, until they know everything about nothing.

People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them.

Always try to learn from other people's mistakes, not your own- it is much cheaper that way!

This point is . . . crucial,” writes Dweck. “In the fixed mindset, everything is about the outcome. If you fail — or if you’re not the best — it’s all been wasted. The growth mindset allows people to value what they’re doing regardless of the outcome.

The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.

If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.

I know what I can do so it doesn't bother me what other people think or their opinion on the situation.

There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people just walk along them the wrong way.

The most successful people in this world recognize that taking chances to get what they want is much more productive than sitting around being too scared to take a shot.

You can't have relationships with other people until you give birth to yourself.