Top 200 Quotes About People (2024 Update)

1. “Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”

— Voltaire

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2. “At the end of the day people won’t remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.”

— Maya Angelou

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3. “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”

— Dale Carnegie

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4. “The value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.”

— Simon Sinek

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5. “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

— J.K. Rowling

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6. “Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.”

— Mother Teresa

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7. “Don’t waste another minute dealing with a toxic, negative, energy-draining person. Some people are wired for negativity. They love being argumentative, combative and abusive. Run for your life as quickly as possible.”

— Les Brown

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8. “Everybody has a story. And there’s something to be learned from every experience.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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9. “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Also featured in: Optimistic Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Humanism Quotes, Faith Quotes

10. “People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.”

— Audrey Hepburn

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11. “One person caring about another represents life’s greatest value.”

— Jim Rohn

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12. “What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form, in moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?”

— William Shakespeare

Also featured in: Human Nature Quotes, Humanism Quotes, Quotes About Humanity

13. “Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. If we stand for real, living, breathing people, we will change the world.”

— Simon Sinek

Also featured in: Empathy Quotes, Humanism Quotes, Culture Quotes

14. “You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.”

— C.G. Jung

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15. “Some are born great, others achieve greatness.”

— William Shakespeare

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16. “It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.”

— Warren Buffett

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17. “To love is to recognize yourself in another.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Also featured in: Love Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Emotion Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes

18. “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Human Nature Quotes, Quotes About Humanity, Beautiful Quotes

19. “You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”

— Jodi Picoult

Also featured in: Love Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Emotion Quotes, Love Life Quotes, Commitment Quotes

20. “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”

— C.G. Jung

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21. “Associate with people who are likely to improve you.”

— Seneca

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22. “Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.”

— Richard Branson

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes

23. “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”

— J.K. Rowling

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24. “Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.”

— Zig Ziglar

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25. “Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.”

— George Carlin

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26. “A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.”

— Maya Angelou

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27. “Look out for those who look out for you. Loyalty is everything.”

— Conor McGregor

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28. “When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Short Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

29. “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Life Lessons Quotes, Being Yourself Quotes, Clever Quotes

30. “When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”

— Donald Miller

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31. “One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Care Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Helping Others Quotes

32. “That’s the real trouble with the world. Too many people grow up.”

— Walt Disney

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33. “United we stand, divided we fall.”

— Aesop

Also featured in: Being Strong Quotes, Family Quotes, Patriotic Quotes

34. “None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can!”

— Ratan Tata

Also featured in: Feel Good Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Quotes About Thinking, Clever Quotes

35. “Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.”

— Ernest Hemingway

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36. “Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours.”

— Dale Carnegie

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37. “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”

— Horace Mann

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38. “A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.”

— Oscar Wilde

Also featured in: Personality Quotes, Sarcastic Quotes, Character Quotes

39. “Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless.”

— Sherry Anderson

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40. “Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

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41. “The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Love Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Quotes About Feelings

42. “Be the one to stand out in the crowd.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Impact Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes, Positive Short Quotes

43. “I come as one, but stand as 10,000.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Self-Worth Quotes, Empowering Quotes

44. “Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. ”

— Khalil Gibran

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45. “We are what our thoughts have made us.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Focus On Yourself Quotes, Personality Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

46. “The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.”

— Leo Tolstoy

Also featured in: Service Quotes, Morality Quotes, Humanism Quotes, Helping Others Quotes, Quotes About Humanity

47. “My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.”

— Clarence Budington Kelland

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48. “To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.”

— Khalil Gibran

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49. “The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”

— Joseph Campbell

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50. “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”

— Ernest Hemingway

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