People Quotes

The people know their rights,

and they are never slow to assert

and maintain them when they are invaded.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course,

is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it.

Upon the subject of education,

not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it,

I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we,

as a people, can be engaged in.

My problem was my inability to spend much time at home.

I thought my family was secure,

so I went running around everyplace else.

I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids

than I did my own.

People judge you by your performance,

so focus on the outcome.

In the beginning,

the universe was created.

This has made a lot of people very angry

and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

The colonel replied that he didn't care

how my men had got the job done.

He was happy that it had been accomplished.

He said that, obviously,

no matter how much or how little I knew technically,

I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.

Dead people receive more flowers than

the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain

that this nation, under God,

shall have a new birth of freedom

and that government of the people,

by the people, for the people,

shall not perish from the earth.

Ninety nine percent of the failures

come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

I keep my ideals,

because in spite of everything

I still believe that people are really good at heart.

That's the true spirit

of Christmas; people

being helped by people

other than me.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think

you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Lazy people may look busy,

but they are only wasting time.

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned

an invisible government owing no allegiance

and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

Because a paper has more patience than people.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance;

and a people who mean to be their own governors

must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss.

The leader leads,

and the boss drives.

I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people,

even those I've never met.

I want to go on living even after my death!

I perhaps ought to say that individually

I never was much interested in the Texas question.

I never could see much good to come of annexation,

inasmuch as they were already

a free republican people on our own model.