The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.
Gay people are made and not born.
We shall never change our political leaders until we change the people who elect them.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.
Electricity can transform people’s lives, not just economically but also socially.
People don’t do what you expect but what you inspect.
Sometimes the point isn’t to make people believe a lie – it’s to make people fear the liar.
Through consciousness, our minds have the power to change our planet and ourselves. It is time we heed the wisdom of the ancient indigenous people and channel our consciousness and spirit to tend the garden and not destroy it.
I feel extremely honoured and humbled that people are showing me so much love. My fans have stood by me through thick and thin, and I think this love is what makes my concerts house-full.
Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It’s either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it’s Colin.
Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.
I’m interested in that thing that happens where there’s a breaking point for some people and not for others. You go through such hardship, things that are almost impossibly difficult, and there’s no sign that it’s going to get any better, and that’s the point when people quit. But some don’t.
I think you can make fun of anything except things people can’t help. They can’t help their race or their sex or their age, so you ridicule their pretension or their ego instead. You can ridicule ideas – ideas don’t have feelings. You can ridicule an idea that someone holds without hurting them.
Music can change the world because it can change people.
Successful people have a social responsibility to make the world a better place and not just take from it.
People can say what they want about me. But I’ve got a big heart and will keep going.
Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away.
Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
I’m not interested in how people move, but what moves them.
I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
When I look at the world I’m pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
People say I make strange choices, but they’re not strange for me. My sickness is that I’m fascinated by human behavior, by what’s underneath the surface, by the worlds inside people.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
Meetings should have as few people as possible, but all the right people.
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
If you can’t laugh at yourself, then how can you laugh at anybody else? I think people see the human side of you when you do that.
Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.
The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That’s what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they’ll go through the pain no matter what happens.
I think it’s important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state – meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.
There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument.
We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
Mediocre people don’t like high achievers, and high achievers don’t like mediocre people.
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.
I’m curious. Period. I find everything interesting. Real life. Fake life. Objects. Flowers. Cats. But mostly people. If you keep your eyes open and your mind open, everything can be interesting.
There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man’s lawful prey.
God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself – an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.
Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth, remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success.
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
As a street hustler, you’ve got to be smarter than everybody. You have to outsmart the police, you have to outsmart the people in competition with you, you have to outsmart all the opposition.
Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
There may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do – and I believe that.
Love at first sight is easy to understand; it’s when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.
I’ve always followed my heart and pursued my dreams, and I imagine that people find that inspiring. I hope that is the effect I have on my fans and people in general. I definitely want to project a positive energy out into the world.
It doesn’t matter how many A-levels you have, what kind of a degree you have, if you have good manners, people will like you.
But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.
A lot of people would say ‘sexy’ is about the body. But to me, ‘sexy’ is a woman with confidence. I admire women who have very little fear.
Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go. Don’t live in the shadows of people’s judgement. Make your own choices in the light of your own wisdom.
Sustainable development requires human ingenuity. People are the most important resource.
The planet is a vast and beautiful place, full of exciting and wonderful people.
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.
Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.
If you have good food, people will come to your restaurant.
No matter what you achieve, what you want to aspire to be, or how famous and powerful you become, the most important thing is whether you are excited about each and every moment of your life because of your work and people around you.
My theory on life is that life is beautiful. Life doesn’t change. You have a day, and a night, and a month, and a year. We people change – we can be miserable or we can be happy. It’s what you make of your life.
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
