Quotes about Person
The Old Testament God is a person with body parts and passions. The Church of England God has neither body, parts nor passions, and is therefore not a person.
— George Bernard Shaw
55. The existence of evil does not harm the world. And an individual act of evil does not harm the victim. Only one person is harmed by it—and he can stop being harmed as soon as he decides to.
— Marcus Aurelius
The Stoic makes no differentiation between a small act of kindness by a simple person and a great act of virtue from a learned sage. Virtue is virtue, and in both cases the result is happiness for the one who is virtuous.
— Marcus Aurelius
The existence of evil does not harm the world. And an individual act of evil does not harm the victim. Only one person is harmed by it—and he can stop being harmed as soon as he decides to.
— Marcus Aurelius
I want my father to be just my father, the way he has always been, not a separate person with an earlier, mythological life of his own. Knowing too much about other people puts you in their power, they have a claim on you, you are forced to understand their reasons for doing things and then you are weakened.
— Margaret Atwood
Gratitude is seeing how someone changed your heart and quality of life, helped you become the good parts of the person you are.
— Anne Lamott
God is not a vague abstract principle or force but a living person who fellowships with His people.
— John Frame
there is no such thing as a faithless person.' Faith is an aspect of consciousness. We either have faith in fear or we have faith in love, faith
— Marianne Williamson
Simply, a complaint attacks the problem, whereas a criticism attacks the person.
— Mark Driscoll
Confidence is characteristic of a person of hope
— Aristotle
The only person in history who did not deserve to suffer, suffered most.
— John Piper
I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person's theology was the effect it has on one's prayers.
— John Piper