A Quotes
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“A person who is deliberate with their causes can be expectant with their effects… like a gardener who
knows the seeds she plants and plans for a harvest Accordingly.”
Source: The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic
“A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad.”
Source: Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
“A person who is driven to spend their time and energy doing something must believe in it, whether they want recognition for it, money from it, or if it's a cathartic experience to do it, whatever their motivation that is valid for them. That's the artist's motivator.”
“A person who is emotionally free has no desire to convince, cajole, insist, beg, seduce, manipulate or control. He/she is free to love”
“A person who is empathic brings hopes to others but a person who works to alleviate other's suffering brings hope to the whole of humanity...”
“A person who is enlightened does not have to reincarnate, or they may. If they chose not to, they can go beyond the wheel, and slide into nirvana.”
“A person who is everyone is no one, empty. A person who is someone can always become someone else.”
Source: Summer
“A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.”
“A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.”
“A person who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he or she ought only to consider whether in doing anything he or she is doing right or wrong- acting the part of a good person or a bad person.”
“A person who is happy with himself, external circumstances can never make him sad.”
“A person who is in a constant rat race seldom has time to think whether or not he is living his life properly”
“A person who is in the elements of his own is often
thrown to a situation to be shown all alone; and people who aren’t may
be in a position seen by all, but they are often unknown to be utterly
lone.”
“A person who is inherently and intuitively curious is often intellectually and distinctly very serious towards his roles and responsibilities in life.”
“A person who is innocent is extremely humble.”
“A person who is insane has no sense of their place; they've lost that ability, which our friend don Juan describes as the tonal.”
“A person who is interrupted while performing a task takes 50% more time to complete it and make 50% more errors.”
“A person who is keen to shake your hand usually has something up his sleeve.”
“A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.”
“A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.”
Source: Dave Barry Turns 50
“A person who is not convinced, enthusiastic, certain and in love, will convince nobody.”
Source: The Joy of the Gospel
“A person who is obsessed is characterized by committed, settled, passionate love for God, above and before every other thing and every other being.”
Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
“A person who is obsessed thinks about heaven frequently. Obsessed people orient their lives around eternity; they are not fixed only on what is here in front of them.”
Source: Living Crazy Love: An Interactive Workbook for Individual or Small-Group Study
“A person who is obsessed with Jesus is more concerned with his or her character than comfort. Obsessed people know that true joy doesn't depend on circumstances or environment; it is a gift that must be chosen and cultivated, a gift that ultimately comes from God (James 1:2-4).”
Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
“A person who is obsessed with Jesus knows that the best thing he can do is be faithful to his Savior in every aspect of his life, continually saying "Thank You!" to God. An obsessed person knows there can never be intimacy if he is always trying to pay God back or work hard enough to be worthy. He revels in his role as a child and friend of God.”
Source: Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
“A person who is obsessed with Jesus knows that the sin of pride is always a battle. Obsessed people know that you can never be "humble enough," and so they seek to make themselves less known and Christ more known (Mt 5:16).”
Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
“A person who is psychic is following a line of probability to see a probable future; but it can change. Another causal fact will interfere and that future won't happen.”
“A person who is really saved by Grace does not need to be told that he is under solemn obligations to serve Christ. The new life within him tells him that. Instead of regarding it as a burden, he gladly surrenders himself, body, soul, and spirit, to the Lord.”
Source: Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series
“A person who is tired of London is not necessarily tired of life; it might be that he just can’t find a parking place.”
Source: Sunrise with Seamonsters
“A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.”
Source: A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published
“A person who is too proud in love will suffer from the devastating bitterness in the end.”
“A person who is trained to consider his actions, to undertake them deliberately, is in so far forth disciplined. Add to this ability a power to endure in an intelligently chosen course in the face of distraction, confusion, and difficulty, and you have the essence of discipline.”
Source: Democracy and Education: Top American Authors
“A person who is true to himself likes and loves others for what they are and not what they have.”
“A person who is truly cool is a work of art. And remember, original works of art cost exponentially higher than imitations. Just take a look at the the coolest people in history. They will always be a part of history for being extremely original individuals, not imitations.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.”
“A person who is without fear cannot be controlled.”
“A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before him.”
“A person who is worth nothing must introduce you to a person worth next-to-nothing, and that person to another, and so on and so forth until finally you can step across the threshold, almost one of the family.”
Source: The Crimson Petal and the White
“A person who issues that charge that someone adheres to the principle "do as I say, not as I do" has three options: produce an example; withdraw the charge; take the coward's way out and slink away silently.”
“A person who keeps always his profile down-to-earth doesn't have to worry with those who surround or who to go around for he is likely to get only those who are of his ilk and the real worth on the ground.”
“A person who knows all the answers, has an opinion on everything, has a certainty backed up by rational argument, has very little possibility of further progress. Such a person is unlikely to walk away from a discussion with anything more than a reaffirmation of how right he or she has been all along.”
Source: I Am Right, You are Wrong: From this to the New Renaissance : from Rock Logic to Water Logic
“A person who knows dance understands life.”
“A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused.”
Source: Going Within: A Guide for Inner Transformation
“A person who knows nothing about literature may be an ignoramus, but many people don't mind being that.”
Source: The Educated Imagination
“A person, who knows to express his emotions, is a child forever”
“A person who knows who they are is not threatened by the beliefs of others.”
Source: Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want
“A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.”
“A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.”
“A person who lives moment to moment, who goes on dying to the past, is never attached to anything. Attachment comes from the accumulated past. If you can be unattached to the past every moment, then you are always fresh, young, just born. You pulsate with life and that pulsation gives you immortality. You are immortal, only unaware of the fact.”
“A person who longs to leave the place where he lives is an unhappy person.”