Position Quotes · Page 62

17th century philosophers were not in a position to understand the mind as well as we can today, since the advent of…

— Hilary Kornblith

Character - not wealth, power, or position - is the supreme word.

— John D. Rockefeller

In executing an Artful Strategy: When ten times greater, surround them; When five times greater, attack them; When two times greater, scatter…

— Sun Tzu

We are in a good position and should not squander the opportunity to o the right thing.

— Dennis Moore

Disobedience is essentially a prideful power struggle against someone in authority over us. It can be a parent, a priesthood leader, a…

— Ezra Taft Benson

To give preference to the life of a being simply because that being is a member of our species would put us…

— Peter Singer

“Leadership is service, not position.”

— Tim Fargo

When you compare yourself with others in matters of wealth, position, and health, you should look at people less favoured than yourself.…

— Ibn Hazm

Sophie," he said, and when she gave him a stern look, he took a hasty swig of the posset. “Miss Collins. I…

— Cassandra Clare

Sometimes you can defuse a difficult situation simply by being willing to understand the other person. Often all that people need is…

— Brian Tracy

I've taken a philosophical position on e-mail. Although I think it's a wonderful communication technology, and it has a lot of good…

— Alan Lightman

I love women. I'm crazy about them. I have a beautiful wife, who's the greatest thing that's ever happened to me, and…

— Ned Luke

Here, the certain temple rule, this seems to me to have a certain responsibility to look after the well-being of society and…

— Dalai Lama

Leaders lead when they take positions, when they connect with their tribes, and when they help the tribe connect to itself.

— Seth Godin

I have to give credit to the NBA, because they've done an unbelievable job of taking our game global and putting us…

— Dwyane Wade

Oppressed people are frequendy very oppressive when first liberated. And why wouldn't they be? They know best two positions. Somebody's foot on…

— Florynce Kennedy

We compel the electron to assume a definite position. We ourselves produce the results of the measurement.

— Dean Radin

New Zealanders are so chill. I know they say Australians are chill, and I feel like Australians are chill, but I keep…

— Hari Kondabolu

In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken..."

— Carl Sagan

Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.

— David McCullough

In diabetes mellitus the case is as follows: the ego-organization, as it submerges in the astral and etheric realm, is so weakened…

— Rudolf Steiner

Those in positions of scientific authority in the West who have collaborated with this new Lysenkoism because they felt they must be…

— Peter Ferrara

We Communists have got to string along with the capitalists for a while. We need their agriculture and their technology. But we…

— Leonid Brezhnev

I recently interviewed Bernie Ecclestone in London. He had a go at women, said [Vladimir] Putin should be running Europe and so…

— Martin Sorrell

There is no reasoning someone out of a position he has not reasoned himself into.

— Clive James

We should probably start searching around a little earlier in our lives for what I call parallel activities, because most of us…

— Darold Treffert

Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are…

— Abraham Lincoln

At Arsenal and the so-called big clubs, you always know that there will be a bigger spotlight on every single position.

— Lukasz Fabianski

Trequartista is an important position in the team.

— Roberto Mancini

There is something solid and doughty in the man that can rise from defeat, the stuff of which victories are made in…

— James Russell Lowell

But experiments went for nothing,-dualism had sworn to uphold its position.

— Auguste Laurent

In the U.S. I think there are really two reasons we should pursue energy policy. One is climate change, and the second…

— Brad Carson

I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.

— E. P. Thompson

As a leader, you have to not only do the right thing, but be perceived to be doing the right thing. A…

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

My ideal office wouldn't have a chair. You would do two things there: stand up or lie down. These are the body's…

— Niels Diffrient

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades.

— Cameron Mackintosh

I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were…

— Harold H. Greene

I liked playing in lanes, especially because of the offensive opportunities you have in that position.

— Marcos Alonso

Obviously, I'm a striker. If I can put my hands on you, I'm going to. But, if I get in a position…

— Matt Mitrione

History, after all, is a process, not a position, and it is not best written in bronze and marble. It is complex,…

— David Olusoga