“You cannot intimidate people with real bullets, but you can intimidate them with fake gun.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success? — John Dryden Copy Share Image
I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind. — Nafisa Joseph Copy Share Image
Presence of mind power of self control and calmness is the main essence for happiness — Pandurang Kulkarni Copy Share Image
True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The mind is the attribute of man. When man is born, he comes into existence with only one weapon with him--The reasoning… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable. — Leonid Shamkovich Copy Share Image
The qualities that help one find his way even in most difficult situations are, intelligence, presence of mind and courage. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who sometimes looked or said a careless or… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Outlier are those who have been given opportunities-- -and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I can't believe he didn't have the dignity and presence of mind just to get drunk and pass out in some gutter,"… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The expression of a gentleman's face is not so much that of refinement, as of flexibility, not of sensibility and enthusiasm as… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“Mopes is not for the mopey! One who lacks presence of mind to mope should engage in an activity for recreation with… — Anyaele Sam Chiyson Copy Share Image
Fearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which the prospect… — François La Rochefoucauld Duc De Copy Share Image
There are twenty ways of going to a point, and one is the shortest; but set out at once on one. A… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The mere animal pleasure of travelling in a wild unexplored country is also great. The effect of travel on a man whose… — David Livingstone Copy Share Image
Invoking the letters of God's Name without presence of mind is invocation of the tongue; invoking with presence of mind is invocation… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
It requires enormous presence of mind or rather quickness of wit, when opening your eyes to seize hold as it were of… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“Everything you perceive is your presence. Today, look deeply into every moment and perceive divine presence. Recognize each circumstance as having a… — Alexandra Katehakis Copy Share Image
With the situation as gray as it could be, no one was more conspicuous in his calm presence of mind than Washington.… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Warmth and enthusiasm did captivate her still. She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I had often heard Mentor say, that the voluptuous were never brave, and I now found by experience that it was true;… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
“And what impels him to repeat this process at every single lesson, and, with the same remorseless insistence, to make his pupils… — Eugen Herrigel Copy Share Image
I say yes to the hot bath and the sandwich - to getting ourselves into the best possible mental shape to identify… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“You're just going to stand there?" I asked. Uriel folded his arms and tapped his chin with one fingertip. "Mmmm. It does… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Mr. Elliot was rational, discreet, polished, – but he was not open. There was never any burst of feeling, any warmth of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Will interrupted. "Henry," he said, "you're on fire. You do know that, don't you?" "Oh, yeas," Henry said eagerly. The flames were… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“(O-yo-mei) won a splendid victory over the rebel army which threatened the throne of the Ming dynasty. During that warfare Wang was… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“There are... otherwise quite decent people who are so dull of nature that they believe that they must attribute the swift flight… — E.T.A. Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“In front of the group was a legless man on a small wheeled trolley, who was singing at the top of his… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“And then a man of forty or so, with a French accent, asked, "How do you achieve the presence of mind to… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
“One of the positive side-effects of maintaining a very high degree of awareness of death is that it will prepare the individual… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“From outside the shelter came children's voices. The shrill squeals brought the excitement of their unseen game into the opaque quiet of… — Shizuko Go Copy Share Image
“(Jen gets completely sloshed and it's not her wedding) I was supposed to meet Carol and her family at the aquarium the… — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
“She felt sweat bead on her forehead, and dug a fingernail into her thumb to stop herself from weeping. She thought about… — Gary Haynes Copy Share Image
“It is because of this sea between us. The earth has never, up to now, separated us. But, ever since yesterday, there… — Hélène Cixous Copy Share Image
The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
