Ordinary People Quotes - Page 2

• Ordinary people, even weak people, can do extraordinary things through temporary courage generated by a situation. But the person of character does not need the situation to generate his courage. It is a part of his being and a standard approach to all life's challenges.

  Michael Josephson

  Inspirational, Character, People

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• I drink to make other people more interesting.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Funny, Life, Drinking

  "How To Be Interesting: Simple Ways to Increase Your Personal Appeal". Book by David Gillespie, Mark Warren, 2013.

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• The impression that you are a demigod worried me. I wanted to be like an ordinary human being with virtues and vices.

  Nelson Mandela

  Worry, Vices, Ordinary

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• I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents. Because, if you're the kind of person who senses there's something out there for you beyond whatever it is you're expected to do - if you want to be EXTRA-ordinary- you will not get there by hanging around a bunch of people who tell you you're not extraordinary. Instead, you will probably
  become as ordinary as they expect you to be.

  Kelly Cutrone

  Motivational, Success, Dream

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• Ordinary people who faithfully, diligently, and consistently do simple things that are right before God will bring forth extraordinary results.

  David A. Bednar

  God, Faith, Christian

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• Better to be ordinary people in a superior country than to be a president in a disreputable country.

  Khem Veasna

  Country, People, President

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• The British hamburger thus symbolised, with savage neatness, the country's failure to provide its ordinary people with food which did anything more for them than sustain life.

  Clive James

  Country, Food, People

  Clive James (2013). “The Complete Unreliable Memoirs”, p.294, Pan Macmillan

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• What a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, what a reminder of what Bobby Kennedy once said, about how small actions can be like pebbles being thrown into a still lake, and ripples of hope cascade outwards and change the world.

  Barack Obama

  Change, Lakes, People

  President Barack Obama's remarks on the Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality at the White House Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 26, 2015.

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• God loves to use ordinary people just like you and me, faults and all, to do extraordinary things.

  Joel Osteen

  People, Ordinary, Use

  Joel Osteen (2008). “Starting Your Best Life Now: A Guide for New Adventures and Stages on Your Journey”, p.22, Hachette UK

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• I believe that they were brave people. One should be of courageous character to do what they had done, not only this, one should be a person of strong character and bravery - not ordinary people. That what I would call them. It's not like some petty official or something that decided to defect to the other side. For them it was a very serious moment.

  Vladimir Semichastny

  Strong, Believe, Character

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• Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people - men and women, boys and girls - that make the world a special place

  Nelson Mandela

  Girl, Boys, Men

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Dec 26, 2016

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• Successful people rely heavily on their mentors. Ordinary people don't. It's that simple.

  Robert G. Allen

  Successful, Simple, People

  Robert G. Allen (2010). “Multiple Streams of Internet Income: How Ordinary People Make Extraordinary Money Online”, John Wiley & Sons

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• Our decade of change has unleashed the ingenuity, creativity, and character of the most extraordinary people in the world - the people of this state, who come from every corner of the globe.

  George Pataki

  Change, Creativity, Character

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• People say that crisis changes people and turns ordinary people into wiser or more responsible ones.

  Wilma Mankiller

  People, Ordinary, Responsible

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• Fashion is only complete when it is worn by ordinary people who exist now, managing their lives, loving and grieving.

  Yohji Yamamoto

  Fashion, Grieving, People

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• I've always thought the American eagle needed a left wing and a right wing. The right wing would see to it that economic interests had their legitimate concerns addressed. The left wing would see to it that ordinary people were included in the bargain. Both would keep the great bird on course. But with two right wings or two left wings, it's no longer an eagle and it's going to crash.

  Bill Moyers

  Eagles, Wings, Two

  "Bill Moyers Responds to CPB’s Tomlinson Charges of Liberal Bias: 'We Were Getting it Right, But Not Right Wing'". www.democracynow.org. May 16, 2005.

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• Heather Lende's small town is populated with big hearts--she finds them on the beach, walking her granddaughters, in the stories of ordinary peoples' lives, and knits them into unforgettable tales. Find the Good is a treasure.

  Jo-Ann Mapson

  Beach, Heart, Heathers

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• I did what I did not to make money but to help prevent the defeat of a new system which had, at great cost, given ordinary people food and fares which they could afford, a good education and a health service.

  Melita Norwood

  People, Ordinary, Cost

  Quoted in the New York Times, 13 September 1999. Treason for health care! Why did the USSR's spies never seem to know anything true about the USSR?

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• He's a tremendous breath of fresh air. The things he [Pope Francis] has done in a short period of time: the fact that he does not live in a huge papal mansion and just dropped by in the dining room where ordinary people have meals. You think of his background, where he didn't use limousines in South America, that he used public transport. I'm so, so thrilled that he is there at this crucial moment in the history of our world.

  Desmond Tutu

  Thinking, Our World, Air

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• The curse of the intelligentsia is their ability to rationalize and re-define. Ordinary people, lacking that gift, are forced to face reality.

  Thomas Sowell

  Reality, People, Ordinary

  Thomas Sowell (1993). “Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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• And this is what was fascinating to me about 'The Help'; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.

  Viola Davis

  People, Ordinary, Helping

  FaceBook post by Viola Davis from Jul 24, 2014

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• Ordinary people shy away form negative situations, just as they do with failure. They do their best to avoid trouble. What great people do is the opposite. They are their best in these situations. They turn personal tragedy or misfortune - really anything, everything - to their advantage.

  Ryan Holiday

  Opposites, People, Tragedy

  Ryan Holiday (2014). “The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph”, p.74, Penguin

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• Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today.That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans.

  Scott Walker

  Moving, America, People

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• I think it's important that members of the United States Senate spend time not just on Capitol Hill but making contact with ordinary people and engaging them in the political process.

  Bernie Sanders

  Thinking, People, Political

  Interview with Ruth Conniff, "The Progressive" magazine, December 1, 2005.

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• Once you feel the desire to engage, think about what you're good at and what you can contribute. It's about breaking down the idea that there are activists and ordinary people.

  Avi Lewis

  Thinking, Ideas, People

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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