People Quotes

Quote

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Great, Small, Minds

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.
Will Smith

Life, God, Hate

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Oprah Winfrey

Someone, Down, Lots

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert Einstein

Live, Evil, Place

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou

Forget, Made, Learned

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.
Thomas Jefferson

Government, Happy, Care

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Albert Schweitzer

Life, Time, Thankful

I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.
Frank Sinatra

Good, Morning, Sorry

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Albert Einstein

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Abraham Lincoln

Men, Both, Congress

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Thomas Jefferson

Government, Fear, Liberty

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
Steve Jobs

Life, Time, Courage

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust

Happy, Grateful, Charming

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abraham Lincoln

Time, Fool, Cannot

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Good, History, Bad

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.
Abraham Lincoln

Government, Country, Grow

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
Abraham Lincoln

Power, Hope, Government

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
Nelson Mandela

Leadership, Nice, Others

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Margaret Thatcher

Powerful, Tell, Lady

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.
Buddha

Nothing, Doubt, Hurts

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
Isaac Asimov

Great, Everything, Annoyance

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Character, Color, Content

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Men, Nothing, Hard

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.
Henry Ford

Morning, Tomorrow, Revolution

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
John Lennon

Life, Peace, Hope

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
Epictetus

Best, Keep, Company

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
Abraham Lincoln

Great, Truth, Crisis

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.
John Lennon

God, Jesus, Old

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
Wayne Dyer

Karma, Treat, React

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Albert Einstein

Good, Hope, Fear

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Related Definition

People Definition

James Joyce

Popular Topics

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us