People Quotes

People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.

~ Rachel Weisz

Genghis Khan decreed religious tolerance for all of his conquered peoples. So I think he definitely would approve of our constitutional protections of freedom of religion. I think he would also approve of the way the U.S. has been able to attract talented people from all over the world.

~ Amy Chua

The Rosicrucians teach that all great religions have been given to the people among whom they are found, by Divine Intelligences who designed each system of worship to suit the needs of the race or nation to whom it was given. A primitive people cannot respond to a lofty and sublime religion, and vice versa.

~ Max Heindel

Religion is never the problem it's the people who use it to gain power.

~ Julian Casablancas

The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies.

~ Hamza Yusuf

Billions of people don't practice a religion at all.

~ Richard Gere

Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key, that it's the sine-qua-non of religion, people look kind of balked, and stubborn sometimes, as much to say, what's the point of having religion if you can't disapprove of other people?

~ Karen Armstrong

Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man.

~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's art.

~ Wallace Stevens

People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.

~ Charles De Secondat

When people unfortunately use religion to facilitate their envy, arrogance and hate, communalism surfaces.

~ Radhanath Swami

Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy its glories.

~ Brigham Young

We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being.

~ William O. Douglas

Because religion has such a compelling hold on the deep psyches of so many people, feminists cannot afford to leave it in the hands of the fathers.

~ Carol P. Christ

When people ask me what my religion is, I say it's the Arsenal.

~ Marcus Du Sautoy

It is not that we have class prejudice, but only that we find comfort and ease in our own class. And normally there are plenty of people of our own class, or race, or religion to play, live, and eat with, and to marry.

~ Gordon W. Allport

There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.

~ Louis Kronenberger

I discovered that wearing the veil is not suitable for a woman who wants to work in activism and the public domain. People need to see you, to associate and relate to you. It is not stated in my religion to wear the veil; it is a traditional practice, so I took it off.

~ Tawakkol Karman

Religion, you know, enters very deep; in reality it is the deepest impression I have in speaking to people, that they are or that they are not of my religion.

~ Gerard Manley Hopkins

In Western lands there is a distinct division between the religious and the secular life. There is one rule of conduct for laymen and another for clergymen. This distinction has never found its place in the life of the people of India. There, all of life is included in the word 'religion.'

~ Virchand Gandhi

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

~ Robert H. Schuller

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles but today it means getting along with people.

~ Mahatma Gandhi

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

~ Abraham Lincoln

Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away.

~ Ismail Haniyeh

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

~ Stephen Hawking

You can't please everyone. When you're too focused on living up to other people's standards, you aren't spending enough time raising your own. Some people may whisper, complain and judge. But for the most part, it's all in your head. People care less about your actions than you think. Why? They have their own problems!

~ Kris Carr

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

~ Oprah Winfrey

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

~ Usain Bolt

When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and, yes, growth.

~ Patrick Lencioni

The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who... burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.

~ Jack Kerouac

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

~ Henry Ford

There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life's July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.

~ Martin Luther King

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

I've been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time with people I admire.

~ Bonnie Raitt

Of course, I think that people are just waiting for that time when I make a mistake and they're gonna jump on it.... There's gonna be haters.

~ Justin Bieber

Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked.

~ Little Richard

I don't get jealous of people. Jealousy is such a waste of time because you're jealous of them, and they go about their lives and have a wonderful time, so what's the point?

~ Joy Behar

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

~ John C. Maxwell

Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.

~ Tony Snow

If you could get all the people in the organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.

~ Patrick Lencioni