Please Quotes - Page 23

• Every child is taught if you try to please everyone, you end up upsetting everyone.

  Richard Engel

  Children, Upset, Trying

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• You can't please everybody. I give up. I'm not trying to. I don't care. Leave me alone with that.

  Estelle

  Giving Up, Leave Me Alone, Trying

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• A friend of ours, the wife of a pastor at a church in Colorado, had once told me about something her daughter, Hannah, said when she was three years old. After the morning service was over one Sunday, Hannah tugged on her mom's skirt and asked. "Mommy, why do some people in church have lights over their heads and some don't?" At the time, I remember thinking two things: First, I would've knelt down and asked Hannah, "Did I have a light over my head? Please say yes!" I also wondered what Hannah had seen, and whether she had seen it because, like my son, she had a childlike faith.

  Todd Burpo

  Mom, Daughter, Morning

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• Please don't kill me!

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Political, Kill Me

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• Every man should be responsible to others, nor should anyone be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man. But the principle of responsibility secures that which is the greatest good in states; the right persons rule and are prevented from doing wrong, and the people have their due. It is evident that this is the best kind of democracy, and why? because the people are drawn from a certain class.

  Aristotle

  Responsibility, Men, Class

  Aristotle, (2016). “Aristotle's Politics: Writings from the Complete Works: Politics, Economics, Constitution of Athens”, p.169, Princeton University Press

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• All people ever say is: THANK YOU (a celebration of life) and PLEASE (an opportunity to make life more wonderful).

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Opportunity, People

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• I'm going to show you a technology today which takes insults and criticisms out of the airwaves. (Marshall puts on giraffe ears) With this technology, it will be impossible for you to hear criticisms, harsh remarks, or insults. All you can hear is what all people are ever saying, "please" and "thank you". What used to sound like criticism, judgment, or blame, you will see, are really tragic, suicidal expressions of "please".

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Suicidal, Technology

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• In the state of nature, wrong-doing is impossible; or, if anyone does wrong, it is to himself, not to another. For no one by the law of nature is bound to please another, unless he chooses, nor to hold anything to be good or evil, but what he himself, according to his own temperament, pronounces to be so; and, to speak generally, nothing is forbidden by the law of nature, except what is beyond everyone's power.

  Baruch Spinoza

  Communication, Law, Evil

  "Tractatus Theologico-Politicus". Book by B. Spinoza, ch. 2, Of Natural Right, 1883.

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• Every man should be responsible to others, nor should any one be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed, there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man.

  Aristotle

  Men, Evil, Human Nature

  Aristotle (2013). “The Essential Aristotle”, p.356, Simon and Schuster

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• If you ever feel distressed during your day - call upon our Lady - just say this simple prayer: 'Mary, Mother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now.' I must admit - this prayer has never failed me.

  Mother Teresa

  Mother, Religious, Jesus

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• Our days weave together the simple pleasures of daily life, which we should never take for granted, and the higher pleasures of Art and Thought which we may now taste as we please, with none to forbid or criticise.

  A. S. Byatt

  Art, Simple, Together

  A S Byatt (2012). “Possession: A Romance”, p.45, Random House

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• The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. This is the very essence of judicial duty.

  John Marshall

  Mean, Law, Essence

  Marbury v. Madison (1803)

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• When you're in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There's also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize.

  Joyce Meyer

  Responsibility, People, Roles

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• Papa, please get the moon for me.

  Eric Carle

  Moon, Papa

  Eric Carle (1998). “Stories for All Seasons”, Simon & Schuster

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• BEFORE YOU JUMP OFF A BRIDGE OR HANG YOURSELF OR BE UNHAPPY PLEASE CONSIDER: LIVE FOR YOURSELF; THOSE WHO HATE YOU HAVE NO PURCHASE

  Nikki Giovanni

  Hate, Bridges, Unhappy

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• Those who like myself, consider themselves to be followers of Buddha, should practice as much as we can. To followers of other religious traditions, I would like to say, 'Please practice your own religion seriously and sincerely.' And to non-believers, I request you to try to be warm-hearted. I ask this of you because these mental attitudes actually bring us happiness.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Attitude, Practice

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• Vienna is a handsome, lively city, and pleases me exceedingly.

  Frederic Chopin

  Please Me, Cities, Vienna

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• Please will you do my job for me.

  C. S. Lewis

  Jobs

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• Your eyes are as a flame, but our brothers have neither hope nor fire. Your mouth is cut of granite, but our brothers are soft and humble. Your head is high, but our brothers cringe. You walk, but our brothers crawl. We wish to be damned with you, rather than blessed with all our brothers. Do as you please with us, but do not send us away from you.

  Ayn Rand

  Brother, Blessed, Humble

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.40, Xist Publishing

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• I don't try to please when I play. I try to cure.

  Ornette Coleman

  Play, Trying, Cures

  "Ornette Coleman: What I've Learned" by Mark Warren, www.esquire.com. December 14, 2009.

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• True freedom is not the liberty to do anything we please, but the liberty to do what we ought; and it is genuine liberty because doing what we ought now pleases us

  D. A. Carson

  Liberty, Genuine, True Freedom

  D. A. Carson (1991). “The Gospel According to John”, p.350, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.

  Melissa Manchester

  Believe, People, Walks

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• In terms of characters I wish I had created - just because I haven't dealt with anything like them - I'm really impressed by characters who can endure over time, whether that be a long series run like a Harry Bosch, or a character who endures over generations and continues to please readers: Sherlock Holmes.

  Michael Koryta

  Running, Character, Long

  "Michael Connelly on the Book He Had To Stop Writing". Interview with Nathan Rostron, www.bookish.com. February 4, 2013.

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  Please remember, that even in your darkest moments, you still have the choice to focus your energy on the positive and create a better life.

  Andy Biersack

  Choices, Focus, Energy

  Twitter post from Nov 27, 2012

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• Sometimes it is quite surprising, the emotional intensity of it. I was in NY one day, in Barnes and Noble, and I could see this woman following me around and after a bit I stopped and said 'Hello' and she just looked at me and said: “PLEASE LET EDITH BE HAPPY!”

  Julian Fellowes

  Emotional, One Day, Noble

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