Quotes about People
Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
— Lou Holtz
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other.
— John Adams
And liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people who have a right from the frame of their nature to knowledge...
— John Adams
Not unlike Saul, many leaders in our homes, corporations, and churches are more concerned with their goals than with their offspring. Because of this attitude, these leaders view God's people as resources to serve their vision instead of seeing the vision as the vehicle to serve the people. The success of the vision justifies the cost of wounded lives and shattered people. Justice, mercy, integrity, and love are compromised for success. Decisions are based on money, numbers, and results.
— John Bevere
Having made profession of the glorious gospel of Christ a long time, and preached the same about five years, I was apprehended at a meeting of good people in the country (among whom, had they let me alone, I should have preached that day, but they took me away from amongst them), and had me before a justice; who, after I had offered security for my appearing at the next sessions, yet committed me, because my sureties would not consent to be bound that I should preach no more to the people.
— John Bunyan
Most People have a desire to look for the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional.
— John Maxwell
Tend to the people, and they will tend to the business.
— John Maxwell
The Right Thought plus the Right People in the Right Environment at the Right Time for the Right Reason = the Right Result
— John Maxwell
distinct vision, a precise plan, plenty of resources, and incredible leadership, but if you don't have the right people, you're not going to get anywhere.
— John Maxwell
people knowledge is much more important than mere product knowledge.
— John Maxwell
If my people learn to trust me, I'll get their attention. But if I initiate trust in my people, I'll get their action.
— John Maxwell
Value people. Praise effort. Reward performance.
— John Maxwell