Quotes about person
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“My mom once told me that a good relationship isn't where the other person makes you feel better, but where they make *you* better.”

Brian K. Vaughan (1976) American screenwriter, comic book creator

Source: Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores

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“The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi

Source: Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

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“Don't dare a person who has nothing else left to lose.”

Susan Elizabeth Phillips (1948) American writer

Variant: You shouldn't dare a person who doesn't have anything left to lose.
Source: Kiss an Angel

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“A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
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“the Bible is only as good and decent as the person reading it.”

Dan Savage (1964) American sex advice columnist and gay rights campaigner

Source: American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics

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“When you love someone, you have to offer that person the best you have. The best thing we can offer another person is our true presence.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

Source: No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

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“You knew me. You knew that person, but you don't know the person I'm trying to become… You are not your past!”

Mitch Albom (1958) American author

Source: Have a Little Faith: a True Story

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“One of the most beautiful compensations in life is that no person can help another without helping themselves”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

Variant: It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

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“Harry Dresden: As a whole, people suck, but a person can be extraordinary.”

Source: The Dresden Files, Changes (2010), Chapter 18

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“Life must not be squandered. A person got from life what he put ino it.”

LaVyrle Spencer (1943) American writer

Source: The Endearment

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“We're not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.”

Source: The Power of Myth (book), p.183
Context: Moyers: Unlike heroes such as Prometheus or Jesus, we're not going on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves.
Campbell: But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes, there's no doubt about it. The world without spirit is a wasteland. People have the notion of saving the world by shifting things around, changing the rules, and who's on top, and so forth. No, no! Any world is a valid world if it's alive. The thing to do is to bring life to it, and the only way to do that is to find in your own case where the life is and become alive yourself.

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“An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.”

Seth Godin (1960) American entrepreneur, author and public speaker

Source: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?