P Quotes
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“People who believe in themselves can be anything they want. That's the truth.”
Source: The Gods Lie
“People who believe in themselves do things that give them even more reason to believe. They adopt habits of mind that work over the long term.”
Source: The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World
“People who believe in you will never doubt your capabilities.”
“People who believe something can't be done need to get out of the way of people who believe it can be done.”
Source: A Green Velvet Secret
“People who believe that they are going to be excommunicated and shamed, or whatever other dark things may happen to them, are much less likely to enter open, loving relationships. And they are also much less likely to have the self-esteem that is required to be monogamous and loving. And in consequence, they are much less likely to create families.”
“People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception.”
“People who believe that they get away with dishonesty have no moral compass for self-awareness and self-reflection of their own stupidity!”
“People who believe the earth was created 6000 years ago, when it's actually 4.5 billion years old, should also believe the width of North America is 8 yards. That is the scale of the error.”
“People who believe their unquestioned thoughts cannot see what is obvious and directly in front of their faces at all times, because they are invested in what they believe to be true. As long as they live out of an unquestioned mind, they must continue to argue with what they believe is happening rather than the reality of what is really happening.”
“People who believe themselves to be the incarnation of good have a distorted view of the world.”
“People who believe they are acting with the mandate of God, who see others who don't share their beliefs as inferior in the eyes of God, make dangerous leaders. Just ask Osama Bin Laden.”
“People who believe they are ignorant of nothing have neither looked for, nor stumbled upon, the boundary between what is known and unknown in the universe.”
Source: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
“People who believe they cause good things tend to like themselves better than people who believe good things come from other people or circumstances.”
Source: Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
“People who believe they have bad luck create bad luck. Those who believe they are very fortunate, that the world is a generous place filled with trustworthy people, live in exactly that kind of world.”
Source: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
“People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives.”
“People who believe they'll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, learn it doesn't work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.”
Source: The Graveyard Book
“People who belittle people, will be LITTLE people, and will accomplish very Little”
“People who bet against the Internet, who think that somehow this change is just a generational shift, miss that it is a fundamental reorganizing of the power of the end user. The Internet brings tremendous tools to the end user, and that end user is going to use them.”
“People who betray prove to us why loyalty matters.”
“People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.”
“People who blame others for their failures never overcome them. They simply move from problem to problem. To reach your potential, you must continually improve yourself, and you can't do that if you don't take responsibility for your actions and learn from your mistakes.”
Source: Leadership Promises for Your Week
“People who blame the Bible for the modern destruction of nature have failed to see its delight in the variety and individuality of creatures and its insistence upon their holiness. But that delight-in, say, the final chapters of Job or the 104th Psalm-is far more useful to the cause of conservation than the undifferentiating abstractions of science... Reverence gives standing to creatures, and to our perception of them, just as the law gives standing to a citizen.”
“People who blame things rarely change things. Blame is an unassailable change-avoidance strategy.”
“People who boast about age are actually forgetting something special. Age is not barrier to or elevator to success; that’s the job of vision.”
Source: Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
“People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.”
“People who boast of happy marriages are, I submit, usually self-deceivers, if not actually liars.”
Source: The Black Prince
“People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often.”
“People who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.”
“People who brag of their ancestors are like root vegetables. All their importance is underground.”
Source: The Stranger from the Sea
“People who break their Word are in my Eyes the most pathetic and honorless Losers on this Planet – I don't want to waste one Second with these Chumps, because my Word means more than my own Life to me – I die for my Word.”
“People who bring transformative change have courage, know how to re-frame the problem and have a sense of urgency.”
“People who build family businesses are not classically trained. They have to deal with an enormous amount of politics. You think corporate politics are tough? Go work for your dad or your mom.”
“People who build hope into their own lives and who share hope with others become powerful people.”
“People who build their own home tend to be very courageous. These people are curious about life. They're thinking about what it means to live in a house, rather than just buying a commodity and making it work.”
“People who bullied me have matured now. Some are good friends.”
“People who buy annuities, it turns out, live longer than people who don't, and not because the people who buy annuities are healthier to start with. The evidence suggests that an annuity's steady payout provides a little extra incentive to keep chugging along.”
Source: Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
“People who buy government debt deserve to be punished and taught a lesson”
“People who buy lottery tickets are not people who are going to send their kids to college.”
Source: Rocks That Float
“People who call me the Twilight girl and mean it. Please, pigeon hole me. That means I did it right.”
“People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession.”
“People who call themselves divas...you are not a diva. I'm pretty sure you're a cunt.”
“People who call themselves supporters of Israel are actually supporters of its moral degeneration and ultimate destruction.”
“People who came to the clinics or came to the fundraiser knew what was happening in their state but didn't realize the profundity of what was happening all over the place. But the third thing [was] that at every single clinic I went to, somebody who worked there - it could have been the doctor, it could have been the receptionist - said, "Thank you for coming, no one ever comes." And it broke my heart...I've used these services, I've had an abortion, I got to be where I am because of access to making choices to have the life I wanted.”
“People who can be very good can be very bad too.”
Source: My Father, Sholom Aleichem
“People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t”
Source: Moab is My Washpot
“People who can comfort the dead can also chase after them to hurt them further-a reverse ancestor worship.”
Source: The Woman Warrior: Picador Classic
“People who can dance and sing are often very good at comedy.”
“People who can, do. People who can’t, criticize.”
Source: BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose
“People who can focus, get things done. People who can prioritize, get the right things done.”
“People who can give themselves every day. They're the people that I admire, they're real people.”