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A government is for the benefit of all the people.
— William Howard Taft
The best way to advance in a career is to get great results while working with people.
— Henry Cloud
If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
— George Bernard Shaw
If we desire a certain type of civilisation and culture we must exterminate the sort of people who do not fit into it.
— George Bernard Shaw
Blameless people are always the most exasperating.
— George Eliot
The existence of insignificant people has very important consequences in the world. It can be shown to affect the price of bread and the rate of wages, to call forth many evil tempers from the selfish and many heroisms from the sympathetic, and, in other ways, to play no small part in the tragedy of life.
— George Eliot
He is a good creature, and more sensible than any one would imagine," said Dorothea, inconsiderately. "You mean that he appears silly." "No, no," said Dorothea, recollecting herself, and laying her hand on her sister's a moment, "but he does not talk equally well on all subjects." "I should think none but disagreeable people do," said Celia, in her usual purring way.
— George Eliot
But we insignificant people with our daily words and acts are preparing the lives of many Dorotheas, some of which may present a far sadder sacrifice than that of the Dorothea whose story we know.
— George Eliot
I was in college for organizational communication and politics because I was just fascinated by influence. I wondered how people have influence, not because I wanted to inspire the world - yet.
— Brendon Burchard
My family has grown to love all of the Trumps because they are wonderful people willing to sacrifice much for their country.
— Jerry Falwell, Jr.
God has always worked wonders through his prophets to increase the faith of His chosen people or to correct their disobedience.
— Mother Angelica
The prevailing mentality was that the Church must not be a Church of laws but, rather, a Church of love; she must not punish. Thus, the awareness that punishment can be an act of love ceased to exist. This led to an odd darkening of the mind, even in very good people.
— Pope Benedict XVI