If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French Poet, Playwright, Film Director
Most people fail in life because they major in minor things.
—Tony Robbins (b.1960) American Self-Help Author, Entrepreneur
Rich people believe “You can have your cake and eat it too”. Middle-class people believe “Cake is too rich, so I’ll only have a little piece”. Poor people don’t believe they deserve cake, so they order a doughnut, focus on the hole, and wonder why they have “nothing”.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
I don’t believe that people create their own visions. Rather, I believe that visions are actually God’s way of communicating with us.
—Russell Simmons (b.1957) American Music Promoter
Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested—for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day.
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940) Lithuanian-American Anarchist, Feminist
If we had no failings ourselves we should not take so much pleasure in finding out those of others.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Thinking is the hardest and most exhausting of all labor; and hence many people shrink from it.
—Wallace Wattles (1860–1911) American New Thought Author
Most people are good at a handful of things and utterly miserable at most.
—Tim Ferriss (b.1977) American Self-help Author
If you really want to break from the pack, you have to risk being perceived to be as eccentric as these people. You have to think exception-ally—a LOT!
—John Eliot (b.1971) American Psychologist, Academic
He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
—Buddhist Teaching
A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
We are all what we pretend to be, but, we had better be very careful what we pretend.
—Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) American Novelist, Short Story Writer
We hold the view that the people make the best judgment in the long run.
—John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist
But we are the people of England; and we have not spoken yet. Smile at us, pay us, pass us. But do not quite forget.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Rich people think long-term. They balance their spending on enjoyment today with investing for freedom tomorrow.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
People will teach you how to sell them if you’ll pay attention to the messages they send you.
—Unknown
I love not rushing the process. Mind doesn’t shift until it does, and when it does shift, it’s right on time, not one second too late or too soon. People are like seeds waiting to sprout. We can’t be pushed ahead of our own understanding.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
There are no perfect human beings! Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators, seers, sages, saints, shakers, and movers…even if they are uncommon and do not come by the dozen. And yet these very same people can at times be boring, irritating, petulant, selfish, angry, or depressed. To avoid disillusionment with human nature, we must first give up our illusions about it.
—Abraham Maslow (1908–70) American Psychologist, Academic, Humanist
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.
—Augustine of Hippo (354–430) Roman-African Christian Philosopher
It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
—Bessie Anderson Stanley (1879–1952) American Poet
Get really rich and then help the people who didn’t have the opportunity you did.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.
—Grenville Kleiser (1868–1935) Canadian Author
If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.
—Michelangelo (1475–1564) Italian Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Poet, Engineer
There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us, and others who please us in spite of their faults.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Towns are full of people, houses full of tenants, hotels full of guests, trains full of travelers, cafes full of customers, parks full of promenaders, consulting-rooms of famous doctors full of patients, theatres full of spectators, and beaches full of bathers. What previously was, in general, no problem, now begins to be an everyday one, namely, to find room.
—Jose Ortega y. Gasset (1883–1955) Spanish Critic, Journalist, Philosopher
Here is the basic rule for winning success. Let’s mark it in the mind and remember it. The rule is: Success depends on the support of other people. The only hurdle between you and what you want to be is the support of other people.
—David J. Schwartz (1927–87) American Self-help Author
The public is a ferocious beast. One must either chain it up or flee from it.
—Voltaire (1694–1778) French Philosopher, Author
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
—Laozi (fl.6th Century BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage
Poor people choose to play the role of the victim.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
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