"Those who never take risks can only see other people's failures."
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"People are all crazy... but the craziest are the ones who never allow themselves to be crazy."
"There was a time when people accepted magical experiences as natural. There were no priests then, and no one went chasing after the secrets of the occult."
"Usually the threat of death makes people a lot more aware of their lives."
"People learn twenty-five percent from their teacher, twenty-five percent from listening to themselves, twenty-five percent from their friends, and twenty-five percent from time."
"Veronika had noticed that a lot of people she knew would talk about the horros in other people's lives as if they were genuinely concerned to help them, but the truth was that they took pleasure in the suffering of others, because that made them believe they were happy and that life had been generous with them"
"As soon as people decide to confront a problem, they realize that they are far more capable than they thought they were."
"The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's Personal Legend is a person's only real obligation. All things are one."
""Be grateful to everyone" is about making peace with the aspects of ourselves that we have rejected... If we were to make a list of people we don't like - people we find obnoxious, threatening, or worthy of contempt - we would discover much about those aspects of ourselves that we can't face... other people trigger the karma that we haven't worked out."
"I love people. I wanted to be with the people. I wanted to give something back what I get from football, because God gave everything to me."
"The ultimate resource in economic development is people. It is people, not capital or raw materials that develop an economy."
"The moment people talk of "implementing" instead of "doing," and of "finalizing" instead of "finishing," the organization is already running a fever."
"Once a year ask the boss, "What do I or my people do that helps you to do your job?" and "What do I or my people do that hampers you?""
"Listen to people, gain advice and gain the respect of your fellow team-mates. Make sure you put in the hours and you'll have fun."
"People are always going to go shopping. A lot of our effort is just: 'How do we make the retail experience a great one?"
"There is truth and then again there is truth. For all that the world is full of people who go around believing they've got you or your neighbor figured out, there really is no bottom to what is not known. The truth about us is endless. As are the lies."
"Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge."
"I love to hold people's hands when I visit hospitals, even though they are shocked because they haven't experienced anything like it before, but to me it is a normal thing to do."
"We're afraid of letting people see the glory of who we are."
"People say after a fire it's water damage that's the worst. We're still drying out Windsor Castle."