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People Quotes by George MacDonald
- To try too hard to make people good is one way to make them worse. The only way to make them good is to be…
- I firmly believe people have hitherto been a great deal too much taken up about doctrine and far too little about practice. The word "doctrine,"…
- People must not choose their neighbors; they must take the neighbors that God sends them. The neighbor is just the person who is next to…
- You've got to save your own soul first, and then the souls of your neighbors if they will let you; and for that reason you…
- It is when people do wrong things wilfully that they are the more likely to do them again.
- ...it is so silly of people to fancy that old age means crookedness and witheredness and feebleness and sticks and spectacles and rheumatism and forgetfulness!…
- People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less. I doubt if you would…
- We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary.' What…
- What God may hereafter require of you, you must not give yourself the least trouble about. Everything He gives you to do, you must do…
- Suppose you didn't know him, would that make any difference?' 'No,' said Willie, after thinking a little. 'Other people would know him if I didn't.'…
- We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because they want to know something else, and would therefore only misunderstand what…
- The truly wise talk little about religion and are not given to taking sides on doctrinal issues. When they hear people advocating or opposing the…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle