People Quotes

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

Tradition will accustom people to any atrocity.

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.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances.

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.

The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

People with opinions just go around bothering one another.

Virtuous people always let go. They don't prattle about pleasures and desires. Touched by happiness and then by suffering, The sage shows no sign of being elated or depressed.

Good people keep on walking whatever happens. They do not speak vain words and are the same in good fortune and bad. If one desires neither children nor wealth nor power nor success by unfair means, know such a one to be good, wise and virtuous.

People's Fury is above all the furies.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.

If you can't feed a hundred people, feed just one.

There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.

Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people.