
A person may be as clever as the sky, but as long as he does not write, he will be lost in history and drowned by time.Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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A person may be as clever as the sky, but as long as he does not write, he will be lost in history and drowned by time.Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.J.R.R. Tolkien

To love another person is to see the face of God.Victor Hugo

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for.Barack Obama

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'C. S. Lewis

And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. But one thing is certain: when you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in.Haruki Murakami

It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.Lewis Carroll
I believe that every person is born with talent.Maya Angelou
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.Epictetus
All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within.Horace Friess
The worst bankrupt in the world is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.H. W. Arnold
So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.Henri-Frederic Amiel
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.Sam Keen
Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.George Sheehan
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.Mother Teresa
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime, and too sleepy to worry at night.Leo Aikman
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.Carl Jung
I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything hes got.Walter Cronkite
The person who lives life fully, glowing with life's energy, is the person who lives a successful life.Daisaku Ikeda
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.David Brinkley
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.Kahlil Gibran
When you see a good person, think of becoming like him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.Confucius
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.Bruce Lee
What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.Abraham Maslow
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.Alice Walker
The one who always loses, is the only person who gets the reward.Claire Charmont
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red spotlight... The truly wise person is colour-blind.Albert Schweitzer
What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.Donald Trump
You are the only person on Earth who can use your ability.Zig Ziglar
Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.Richard Bach
A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a months study of books.Chinese proverb
There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.Marcus Aurelius
To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.Tim Menchen
Respect is not something that you can ask for, buy or borrow. Respect is what you earn from each person no matter their background or status.Byron Pulsifer
The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.Wayne Dyer
I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?Richard Bach
The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.Cecil B. DeMille
Remember that failure is an event, not a person.Zig Ziglar
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.Mother Teresa
Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.John Holmes
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.Sam Rayburn
The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything.Denis Waitley
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.Richard Feynman
Why do I find no peace of mind? There was, after all, only one person in the whole world.Jaun Elia
I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.Rosa Parks
Each person must live their life as a model for others.Rosa Parks
Everybody has gone through something that has changed them in a way that they could never go back to the person they once were.Leonardo DiCaprio
I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.Audrey Hepburn

It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person — 'Always do what you are afraid to do.'Ralph Waldo Emerson

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.Nelson Mandela

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.Epictetus

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.Harper Lee

It isn't always easy to apologize for your mistakes but doing so shows a person with a strong sense of self.Byron Pulsifer

You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.Thich Nhat Hanh

Understanding someone's suffering is the best gift you can give another person. Understanding is love's other name. If you don't understand, you can't love.Thich Nhat Hanh

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.Oscar Wilde

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.Napoleon Hill

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.Albert Einstein

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.Albert Schweitzer

A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values.Marcus Aurelius

My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.Abraham Lincoln