Persons Quotes - Page 2

• No person, possession, profession, or position ever fills the cup of a wounded, empty heart. It's an emptiness only God can fill.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  God, Heart, Cups

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Aug 15, 2014

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• Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Courage, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1973). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1847-1848”, p.43, Harvard University Press

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• You are not just here to fill space or be a background character in someone else's movie. Consider this: nothing would be the same if you did not exist. Every place you have ever been and everyone you have ever spoken to would be different without you. We are all connected, and we are all affected by the decisions and even the existence of those around us.

  David Niven

  Movie, Healing, Character

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• There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Men, Good Man, Desire

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  My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

  Jim Valvano

  Inspirational, Basketball, Daughter

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• It takes as little as 1% of a population to create positive change, and I believe that if 100 million people underwent a personal transformation in the direction of peace, harmony, laughter, love, kindness, and joy...the world would be transformed.

  Deepak Chopra

  Change, Positive, Peace

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• If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Happiness, Success, Happy

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  Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Barack Obama (2008). “An American Story: The Speeches of Barack Obama : a Primer”, Independent Publishing Group

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• If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Finding Yourself

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• To be nobody-but-yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

  e. e. cummings

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  "A Miscellany (A Poet's Advice to Students)". Book by E. E. Cummings edited by George James Firmage, 1958.

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• There's no one in the world close to Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is a phenomenon. He's brilliant. Just because his physique belies that, don't underestimate him.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Unique, Individuality, Admiration And Respect

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• Something I'll always remember - when I was a kid, I shook hands with Orville Wright. Forty years later, I shook hands with Neil Armstrong. The guy that invented the airplane and the guy that walked on the moon. In a lifetime, that's kinda wild when you think about it.

  Jonathan Winters

  Kids, Airplane, Thinking

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• I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people.

  Charles Bukowski

  Inspirational, Funny, Book

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• I have seen slower people than I am and more deliberate... and even quieter, and more listless, and lazier people than I am. But they were dead.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Sarcastic, Sarcasm

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.442, Courier Corporation

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• I am a collection of dismantled almosts.

  Anne Sexton

  Who I Am, Personality, Imperfection

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• Our past experiences may have made us the way we are, but we don't have to stay that way.

  Joyce Meyer

  Change, Past, Self

  Twitter post from May 2, 2012

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• Be as you wish to seem.

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Integrity, Hypocrisy

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• There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

  Timothy Keller

  Inspirational, Hands, People

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• Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community - the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.

  Timothy Keller

  Character, Play, People

  Timothy Keller (2012). “Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City”, p.651, Zondervan

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• The strong is not the one who is physically powerful, but indeed, the one who controls himself when angry.

  Muhammad

  Strength, Being Strong, Powerful

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• If you don't like yourself, you're going to have a really hard time getting along with anyone else.

  Joyce Meyer

  Relationship, Self Esteem, Hard Times

  Twitter post from Aug 22, 2012

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• Agency has become a catch word. In a way, this intoxication with ‘agency’ is the product of liberal individualism. The ability of individuals to fashion themselves, to change their live, is given ideological priority over the relation within which they themselves are actually formed, situated, and sustained.

  Talal Asad

  Relationship, Fashion, Life Changing

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• Each individual has their own unique color, which shines faintly around the contours of their body. Like a halo. Or a backlight. I'm able to see those colors clearly.

  Haruki Murakami

  Unique, Color, Personality

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• Individuals do not meet by chance. They are necessary in the experiences of others, though they may not always use their opportunities in a spiritual way or manner.

  Edgar Cayce

  Spiritual, Opportunity, People

  Edgar Cayce (2006). “Soul & Spirit: Fully Understand Yourself and Your Life”, p.23, ARE Press

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• After all, it’s what we’ve done that makes us what we are.

  Jim Croce

  Philosophy, Personality, Individuality

  Song: One Less Set Of Footsteps

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