Quotes About People

The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.

The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect - to help people work together - and not as a technical toy.

When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people.

For every dollar spent on spaying and neutering now, $17 is saved and can be used for other community projects. We work with the animals and the people who love them.

The land belongs to the people who work it.

You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.

No design works unless it embodies ideas that are held common by the people for whom the object is intended.

I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people.

The great benefit of slowing down is reclaiming the time and tranquility to make meaningful connections--with people, with culture, with work, with nature, with our own bodies and minds

In West Virginia, the most vulnerable people we have are people who get up every morning and go to work.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.

Don't try to change people. It won't work, and they will end up resenting you. Only God can change people!

Organizations exist to make people's strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant. And this is the work of effective leaders.

Assume responsibility for outcomes as well as for the processes and people you work with. How you achieve results will shape the kind of person you become.

I believe that working with good people matters because then the work environment is good. If there is a sense of respect and belief among the people you work with, that is when good work is done.

An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.

Remember, half the people you know are below average.

The work is hindered. The glory of God is tarnished and it is because the people of God no longer know how to discern the things of God.

The system that people work in and the interaction with people may account for 90 or 95 percent of performance.

My approach is that you have to earn the respect of people you work with.

My work has been much more Caribbean and eclectic. I am interested in people, and where they come from happens to have fallen within an area of Africa.

I feel like I've been fortunate enough that I've gotten to meet and work with some really passionate people.

People are saying that I'm an alcoholic, and that's not true, because I only drink when I work, and I'm a workaholic.

Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work feel more like play.