Person Quotes

An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth.

I'm happy; I'm a happy person.

As a black person I am no stranger to prejudice. But the truth is that in the political world I have been far more often discriminated against because I am a woman than because I am black.

I don't know a single person who truly seems to bear the mark of God's presence and power in his or her life who hasn't been asked by God to be obedient in a way that was dramatically painful.

You get built up and put on a pedestal and then people want to bring you down. It can be hurtful. Some people try to make me look bad or not a nice person but it's completely false.

It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.

Maturity is humility. It is being big enough to say, "I was wrong." And, when he/she is right, the mature person need not experience the satisfaction of saying, "I told you so."

You dont want to play a perfect person; no one cares about that.

When a happy person comes into the room, it is as if another candle has been lit.

I'm not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.

I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person.

A good school provides a rounded education for the whole person. And a good Catholic school, over and above this, should help all its students to become saints.

There's no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

It's amazing how, over time, a person's perspective can be altered.

A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.

Always do more than what you get paid for. It makes you a valuable person.

Yoga probably makes me a better person.

Coming in second place just means you were the first person to lose.

I became a completely dysfunctional, miserable person, completely uncommunicative and aggressive.

I was very athletic when I was younger and I am a very competitive person, so I never give up.

When a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all regal powers, he then, in the single person of a man, fights against his own majesty and kingship.

I am not a bad person. I am a good person who has lived in a bad time." Alex's grandfather..Everything is Illuminated

As long as I'm a good person and I do things from the heart, that's all that matters.

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.

I'm down to Earth, a lover of music, making music and making love. I love to make people happy and I think I'm basically a good person … despite what you might read about me.

Some of my lowest points were the most exciting opportunities to push through to be a better person.

A proud person is so busy looking down on others they cannot humble themselves to look up at God.

I knew that because of who I am, and the situation I'm in, that I'd attract more critics than your average person, and that was a little intimidating, but I wanted to get out there and pay my dues.

I have this weird sort of Gemini thing where I can really be empathetic and a loving person. But if you piss me off, I can be one of the meanest, most sadistic people.

The first person I ever cared deeply and sincerely about was - myself.

I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.

If you don't believe one person can make a difference, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.

Space is certainly something more complicated than the average person would probably realize. Space is not just an empty background in which things happen.

I think that's the most important thing you can do to be a real person - is to be honest with yourself.

When I write, I try to represent the ordinary person in the pew, which means that, ironically, I'm qualified to write about prayer by being unqualified!

Darkness can be funny. It can be quirky. There are different ways that that stuff comes out as a creative person. But the actual conflicted, twisted, decaying, rotting soul? That's not me. No more.

Insane people are always sure they're just fine. It's only the sane people who are willing to admit they're crazy.

A highly successful person is very focused on what they want to be doing. The weekend and the week look very similar: They are focused on creating the life they want.

Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person.

Real loneliness consists not in being alone, but in being with the wrong person, in the suffocating darkness of a room in which no deep communication is possible.

The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person.

What I really want is a creative person. You can always hire a Ph.D. to take care of the details.

The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.

In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape problems.

Every successful person in life began by pursuing a passion, usually against all odds.

I'm not trying to find another thing that's wrong with me, but I'm such a nice person, and I have a couple of drinks and I'm really good fun and then I'm really not fun

In every circle of friends there's always that one person everyone secretly hates. Don't have one? Then it's probably you.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.