People away Quotes

“I'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where they can never get out. They can never escape. They can never be paroled. Lock the bad ones away. But you gotta rethink everybody else.”

“Words can heal, words can also kill. Choose your words carefully so that you'll pull people away from their emotional graves rather than pushing them into it! Inspire, don't insult!”

“[I]t's not enough to be right. I think you have to be generous. It's not enough to be logical. You have to be virtuous...[Y]our demeanor will carry your message, perhaps, even further than your words will...[P]eople don't just disagree with us. Many of them genuinely think that we are evil, and when people think you're evil, I don't think they listen very carefully to your words. They search your manner. They look for the slightest excuse to ignore all your impregnable arguments, all of your carefully-marshaled facts, and that's why we must never be mean-spirited or angry or petulant, or dismissive of the interest of others. I believe rudeness and arrogance, they would drive people away, that would only confirm their own prejudices. It's the excuse they're desperate for to walk away smug and happy and say 'these people are just small-minded angry bigots.' Our opponents don't recognize our good faith, but -and this is a hard thing- I think we must try our best to recognize their good faith...You can't expect them to recognize our good intentions unless we are willing to recognize theirs.”

“I hate death it takes people away from you. You're left feeling rudderless. ”

“Your temperament can drive people away from you and then you live a regrettable life”

“I'd found out that if you pushed people away hard enough, they tended to go.”

“The devil sweeps people away by deceiving them, showing them a happy life only in the movies”

“You can shoo people away in real life, but not when they force their way in through the dream door.”

“You need to stop this defeatist aura around you. When you project sadness, you push people away.”

“You could push people away, past their limits, even accidentally, and then it was just too late to get them back”