People In Your Life Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old people in your life quotes, people in your life sayings, and people in your life proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart. Stephen King
Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through. It's like some people just come through our lives to bring us something; a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn. And that's why they're here. You'll have that gift forever. Danielle Steel
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. Tehyi Hsieh
The people people choose for friends / Your common sense appall, / But the people people marry / Are the queerest ones of all. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Make sure the people you love and value the most know how important they are to you. Bradley Trevor Greive
Thinking about what you lack is the shortest path to misery that I know of. Instead, do a reframe and think about what you have; gifts, talents, positive people in your life, a great garden, all the great, good things in your life. Louise Baxter Harmon
Whether this world began as the biblical story of Genesis tells us, or as a happy accident post- 'Big Bang,' it is nothing less than a miracle that we are alive and get to share this experience with the people we love. Louise Harmon
When you're around kids you can be a little kid yourself and pretend that life is magic and you don't have to be one of those sweaty people going to work every day. Amy Winehouse
The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. Thomas Jefferson
The times you lived through, the people you shared those times with— nothing brings it all to life like an old mix tape. It has a better job of storing up memories than actual brain tissue can do. Every mixtape tells a story. Put them together, and they can add up to the story of a life. Rob Sheffield
I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community. Dolly Parton
Your own family circle knows whether Christ lives in you or through you. Billy Graham
When we read or listen to something inspiring, it is normal to wish that our partner, or our colleague, or our sister, or our mother-in-law can also read or listen to the same thing. We wish for them to have the same insights and realizations that we have so that they, too, can work on their own expectations and judgments. Xandria Ooi
When we are working on ourselves, there's often a strong desire to want the other person in our life to also work on themself. Xandria Ooi
If we keep being negatively affected by a family member or friend and we need them to change, it is time to work on our own triggers and take responsibility for our own happiness. Xandria Ooi
In life, it is a certainty that we will meet people whom we find difficult or challenging to handle. Sometimes it's people at work or strangers we meet who upset us. Other times it is our own family and friends who challenge us— they can push our buttons and test us with the things they say and do. Xandria Ooi
It is when we are ok being alone that we draw the best and most wonderful people into our lives— it's ironic that when we don't need love or people to make s happy that we are at our most attractive. Xandria Ooi
We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers—you can blame anyone, but never blame yourself. It's never your fault but it's always your fault because if you want to change, you're the one who has got to change. It's as simple as that, isn't it? Katharine Hepburn
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof. Richard Bach
The most influential factors in your thinking and feeling will almost always be the other people in your life. Brian Tracy
Work and socialize only with the kind of people that you want your children to be like when they grow up. Brian Tracy
People who are in an excellent relationship with the person they describe as their best friend are some of the happiest, most successful, and most fulfilled people in our society. Brian Tracy
Throughout this journey of life, we meet many people along the way. Each one has a purpose in our life. No one we meet is ever a coincidence. Mimi Novic
Everyone is the right person for the right person. Raheel Farooq
We are one people with one family. We all live in the same house... and through books, through information, we must find a way to say to people that we must lay down the burden of hate. For hate is too heavy a burden to bear. John Lewis
Life is beautiful not because of the things we see or do. Life is beautiful because of the people we meet. Simon Sinek
God will always bring the right people into your life, but you have to let the wrong people walk away. Joel Osteen
You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Jim Rohn
There are essentially two things that will make you wise -- the books you read and the people you meet. Jack Canfield
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down. Wilson Mizner