Quotes about person page 6
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940) American writer
Source: Life's Little Instruction Book: 511 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life
Chetan Bhagat book 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
Variant: The world's most sensible person and the biggest idiot both stay within us. The worst part is, you can't even tell who is who.
Source: 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
“Everyone must become their own person, however frightful that may be.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind
Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 86, “The Fire Itself” (pp. 672-673)
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Variant: Someone once said that the moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
Ludwig Wittgenstein book Philosophical Investigations
Pt II, p. 162
Philosophical Investigations (1953)
Context: One can mistrust one's own senses, but not one's own belief.
If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative.
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Variant: When you see a man of worth, think of how you may emulate him. When you see one who is unworthy, examine yourself.
Bertrand Russell book The Conquest of Happiness
Variant: The secret of happiness is very simply this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile
Source: 1930s, The Conquest of Happiness (1930)
Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer
Source: A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
Byron Katie (1942) American spiritual writer
Source: Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
“Find out what a person fears most and that is where he will develop next.”
C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
“Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.”
Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969) German sociologist, philosopher and musicologist known for his critical theory of society
“The most dangerous kind of person… is one who is afraid of his own shadow.”
Philip K. Dick book A Scanner Darkly
Source: A Scanner Darkly
“Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“One mistake does not have to rule a person's entire life.”
Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker
Source: Any Minute
“Whenever you are too worried about someone else's approval, that person loses respect for you.”
Sherry Argov (1977) American writer
Source: Why Men Marry Bitches: A Woman's Guide to Winning Her Man's Heart
“[A] person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart.”
Sharon M. Draper book Out of My Mind
Source: Out of My Mind
“A truth ceases to be true when more than one person believes in it.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Source: Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
Saul Bellow book Henderson the Rain King
General sources
Source: Henderson the Rain King (1959) [Viking/Penguin, 1984, ISBN 0-140-07269-1], ch. XVIII, p. 271
“Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.”
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) Genevan philosopher
“A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.”
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker
“A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.”
Dave Barry (1947) American writer
Nonfiction, Dave Barry Turns 50 (1998)
“You see persons and things not as they are but as you are.”
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
Source: Messages from the Masters: Tapping into the Power of Love
“To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.”
Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Source: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
“I'm not really a career person; I'm a gardener, basically.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
May Sarton (1912–1995) American poet, novelist, and memoirist
Source: Journal of a Solitude
“I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.”
Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan
Mr. Dumby, Act II
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“Every year, when you're a child, you become a different person.”
Alice Munro book Too Much Happiness
Source: Too Much Happiness
“Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property.”
Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850) French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly
Brennan Manning (1934–2013) writer, American Roman Catholic priest and United States Marine
Source: Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging
“The only path by which another person can upset you is through your own thought.”
Joseph Murphy The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Source: The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
“The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.”
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher
Source: Religion: A Dialogue and Other Essays
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
“We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.”
Paulo Coelho book Aleph
Source: Aleph (2011)
Michael H. Hart (1932) American astronomer
Muhammad
Source: About Muhammad, The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, p.3
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)
Gavin de Becker (1954) American engineer
Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“… inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”
Terry Pratchett book Moving Pictures
Source: Moving Pictures
Patrick Süskind (1949) German writer and screenwriter
Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
“Don't trust the person who has broken faith once.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
7 May 1944
(1942 - 1944)
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.”
Jim Valvano (1946–1993) American basketball player-coach
“My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
“If frienship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
“I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.”
Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) English children's writer and illustrator
