P Quotes
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“People who are lonely and depressed are three to 10 times more likely to get sick and die prematurely than those who have a strong sense of love and community. I don’t know any other single factor that affects our health - for better and for worse - to such a strong degree.”
“People who are making decisions about the future often don't have access to some of the best ideas in the company, which may be at the periphery or at lower levels.”
“People who are making films today are too concerned with mechanics - technical things instead of feeling.”
“People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves. If we can't laugh at ourselves and the human condition, we're going to be mean.”
“People who are meditating every day and involved in a serious spiritual practice don't usually wake up in the morning and want to rush out to eat a bunch of junk food.”
“People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird.”
“People who are most afraid of their dreams convince themselves they don't dream at all.”
Source: The Winter of our Discontent
“People who are most interested in telling the truth about others are generally the least interested in having the truth told about themselves.”
“People who are motivated away from things often experience a lot of pain and worry before they’re motivated to act.”
Source: NLP: The New Technology of Achievement
“People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.”
“People who are not capable of boarding by group number do not deserve the right to vote.”
“People who are not enjoying themselves very much always most dislike risking their lives.”
Source: Twelve Against the Gods
“People who are not happy with their jobs simply bought into society's social contract, but deep down they carry an untold story inside them. It could be in music, sports, writing, business, art, fashion, technology or any type of creative outlet. They long to tell this story and show themselves to the world but are trapped by big mortgage and kids' school fees. But there is a soul passion and purpose deep within longing for an outlet but sadly some have chosen to live behind the cubicle, the prison of their own creation.”
“People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer because of a very ordinary woman. This is like being surprised that anyone should be stricken with cholera because of a creature so insignificant as the common bacillus.”
“People who are not intelligent or with the lowest IQ , always reason by insults , fight or violence.”
“People who are not interested in food always seem rather dry and unloving and don't have a real gusto for life.”
“People who are not leaders automatically gravitate toward lines--limitations set by others. Many people are taught this in kindergarten when they are instructed to stay within the lines while coloring. But leaders are more creative than that. They look for options and opportunities. They try to take things in a new direction, or beyond the limit. Progress and innovation are made by people who think without lines.”
“People who are not physically or financially attractive tend to apply themselves academically more than those who actually get great sex.”
“People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time of difficulty.”
“People who are not thinking about the future. Are usually the ones that turn to destroy others futures. They only think about now and their now impact the future badly.”
“People who are not willing to respect not only the given law, but our democratic way of life, should not live in Europe.”
“People who are obsessed are raw with God; they do not attempt to mask the ugliness of their sins or their failures. Obsessed people don't put it on for God; He is their safe place, where they can be at peace.”
Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
“People who are obsessed with God are known as givers, not takers. Obsessed people genuinely think that others matter as much as they do, and they are particularly aware of those who are poor around the world (James 2:14-26).”
Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
“People who are obsessed with God have an intimate relationship with Him. They are nourished by God's Word throughout the day because they know that forty minutes on Sunday is not enough to sustain them for a whole week, especially when they will encounter so many distractions and alternative messages.”
Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
“People who are obsessed with Jesus aren't consumed with their personal safety and comfort above all else. Obsessed people care more about God's kingdom coming to this earth than their own lives being shielded from pain or distress.”
Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
“People who are obsessed with Jesus do not consider service a burden. Obsessed people take joy in loving God by loving His people (Mt 13:44)(Jn 15:8).”
Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
“People who are obsessed with Jesus give freely and openly without censure. Obsessed people love those who hate them and who can never love them back.”
Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
“People who are obsessed with Jesus live lives that connect them with the poor in some way or another. Obsessed people believe that Jesus talked about money and the poor so often because it was really important to Him.”
Source: Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
“People who are on a spiritual quest don't think, they simply want results.”
“People who are open about their own faults, especially, often want to ferret out "inner feelings" beneath the surface and expose any falsehood, and they think that it's in their inner feelings that the truth lies. But I don't think that's the truth.”
“People who are optimistic see a failure as due to something that can be changed so that they can succeed next time around, while pessimists take the blame for the failure, ascribing it to some characteristic they are helpless to change.”
Source: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
“People who are over-educated become risk-averse.”
“People who are overweight face discrimination. African-Americans face discrimination. Women face discrimination and sexism. So I don't have the luxury of not being tolerant of anyone.”
“People who are pierced should not be snickered at, should not become the object of ridicule, should not be singled out for special and uneven and unequal treatment. They should be respected just like everybody else.”
“People who are poor, they suffer a lot. And people drink a lot and people take a lot of downers and there's a lot of unemployment.”
“People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.”
Source: Conversations with Don DeLillo
“People who are pro smacking children say, 'It's the only language they understand.' You could apply that to tourists.”
“People who are prone to guilt tend to work harder and perform better than people who are not guilt-prone, and are perceived to be more capable leaders.”
“People who are prone to sadness are more likely to pick up a pen.”
Source: Sad Girls
“People who are proud don’t need to pretend to be someone else.”
Source: The Path to a Meaningful Life
“People who are qualified are symphonic orchestra players and jazz musicians; they're qualified to do what they do. Rock stars are lucky. It's a combination of right time, right place and having certain genes or a gimmick or whatever, but it's really not anything more than sugar. It tastes good and goes away fast.”
“People who are rather more than six feet tall and nearly as broad across the shoulders often have uneventful journeys. People jump out at them from behind rocks then say things like, "Oh. Sorry. I thought you were someone else.”
Source: Guards! Guards!: (Discworld Novel 8)
“People who are reading my books, or who are thinking about it, have some general idea about the concept of strategy. They're better off than somebody that has none. So I would never say it's useless.”
“People who are ready to learn are those who will be the best to lead.”
Source: Become a Better You
“People who are really efficient seem to do things easily, with a minimum of effort. In doing so they release maximum power.”
Source: The Power of Positive Thinking
“People who are really happy do not concern themselves with convincing others of the fact.”
“People who are really humble, who know themselves to be earth or humus - the root from which our word "humble" comes 0 have about themselves, an air of self-containment and self-control. There's no haughtiness, no distance, no sarcasm, no put downs, no airs of importance or disdain. The ability to deal with both their own limitations and the limitations of others, the recognition that God in life and that they are not in charge of the universe brings serenity and hope, inner peace and real energy. Humble people walk comfortably in every group. No one is either too beneath them or too above them for their own sense of well-being. They are who they are, people with as much to give as to get, and they know it. And because they're at ease with themselves, they can afford to be open with others.”
“People who are really poor, can't afford to do crime, because they don't have means and resources to commit one. They might have a reason to do it, but wont have strength, capacity, materials or resources to commit one. It is people who are well off who are doing most crimes, because they can afford to.”
“People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.”
“People who are rich want to be richer, but what's the difference? The toys get different, that's all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It's all relative.”
Source: MARTINA