People Quotes - Page 26

Movies don't make people act a fool. People act a fool because they want to act a fool.

Different people are afforded different opportunities. I've been given some awesome opportunities, and I feel that I've always knocked them out of the park. But I've always been scaled back after that.

There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of the comfortable past which, in fact, never existed.

People must be aware of their problems in a realistic way. They must be able to analyse their problems and to work out common solutions. In other words a community is easily divided when their perception of the same thing is different

If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you.

I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one of them.

Some people even think that I'm still just not right for it [ballet]. And I think it's shocking because they hear those words from critics saying I'm too bulky, I'm too busty. And then they meet me in person and they're like, you look like a ballerina. And I think it's just something maybe that I will never escape from, those people who are narrow-minded. But my mission, my voice, my story, my message, is not for them. And I think it's more important to think of the people that I am influencing and helping to see a broader picture of what beauty is.

When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.

Be true to yourself- and keep things simple. People complicate things

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

I guess I’m a little weird. I like to talk to trees and animals. That’s okay though; I have more fun than most people.

How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think.

People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state--it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.... Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel

The greatest waste … is failure to use the abilities of people…to learn about their frustrations and about the contributions that they are eager to make.

A lot of people say if you can't love yourself, then you can't love others. It's always different, but I definitely have loved a lot in my life.

Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal, MC's spit rhymes to uplift their people.

Should we really let our people starve so we can pay our debts.

Oh what a happy soul am I although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world contented I shall be. How many blessings I enjoy that other people don't. To weep and sigh, because I'm blind? I cannot and I won't.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.

No matter how many times people try to criticize you, the best revenge is to prove them wrong.

I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at them long and long.

The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it be said, their cowardice at the decisive moment of the struggle will give rise to tragic mishaps.

People often ask me what is the most effective technique for transforming their life. It is a little embarrassing that after years and years of research and experimentation, I have to say that the best answer is - just be a little kinder.

My dream is for people around the world to look up and to see Canada like a little jewel sitting at the top of the continent.