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I am firmly convinced, therefore, that to set up a republic which is to last a long time, the way to set about it is… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able to attain everything: so that… — Niccolo Machiavelli
How laudable it is for a prince to keep good faith and live with integrity, and not with astuteness, every one knows. Still the experience… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of… — Sun Tzu
With regard to ground of this nature, be before the enemy in occupying the raised and sunny spots, and carefully guard your line of supplies.… — Sun Tzu
When your weapons are dulled and ardour damped, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, neighboring rulers will take advantage of your distress to act. And… — Sun Tzu
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we… — Sun Tzu
For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time, each eager to help the other to his side,… — Alan Valentine
What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking.… — Maxwell Maltz
Our purpose is to be able to measure the intellectual capacity of a child who is brought to us in order to know whether he… — Alfred Binet
These phantoms speak with human voices . . . able to vanish or appear at will, to pass in and out through the walls of… — Charles Lindbergh
Golf is assuredly a mystifying game. It would seem that if a person has hit a golf ball correctly a thousand times, he should be… — Bobby Jones
It is the rule in war, if ten times the enemy's strength, surround them; if five times, attack them; if double, be able to divide… — Sun Tzu
The face of love is variable. I am able to love without demanding that my relationships assume the structures and forms I might choose for… — Julia Cameron
How powerful is man! He is able to do all that God wishes him to do. He is able to accept all that God sends… — Marcus Aurelius
To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Firms need to ensure that their ability to provide effective customer service keeps pace with their growth. If you're marketing your firm to new customers,… — Arthur Levitt Jr
Deal with complaints. If you give the complaint your attention, you may be able to please this one person this one time - and position… — Susan Ward
In order to reclaim America's 'creativity' differentiator, we must be able to provide businesses with a workforce of imaginative employees who will pave the way… — Larry R. Thompson
There can be infinite uses of the computer and of new age technology, but if teachers themselves are not able to bring it into the… — Nancy Kassebaum

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