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- If ever the Divine appeared on earth, it was in the person of Christ.
- Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most…
- I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my…
- The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing.
- A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations.
- The person who in shaky times also wavers only increases the evil, but the person of firm decision fashions the universe.
- Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced the majority allow themselves to…
- We accept every person in the world as that for which he gives himself out, only he must give himself out for something. We can…
- There is nothing new on earth / For a person who lives long and experiences much. / In my years of youthful wandering / I…
- One is never satisfied with the portrait of a person that one knows.
- A person hears only what they understand.
- Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.
- The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.
- A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.
- Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.
- Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.
- Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.
- I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.
- A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
- To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.
- Nothing can be compared to the new life that the discovery of another country provides for a thoughtful person. Although I am still the same…
- The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come…
- Is it not enough that we cannot make one another happy, must we also rob one another of the pleasures that any heart may permit…
- Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he…
- If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. If we practice and eye for an eye and a…
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- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? — Richard Bach
- The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. — Karen Armstrong
- A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear… — Lance Armstrong
- As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch… — Darren Aronofsky
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash