Distinguish Quotes
413 quotes by 352 authors
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We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're…
— Andrew Bernstein
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In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.
— Mortimer Adler
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My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex and expert systems of provision…
— James Buchan
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Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, we'd be hard…
— Stokely Carmichael
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A citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that the fine is generally much lighter.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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At the extremes it is difficult to distinguish pseudoscience from rigid, doctrinaire religion.
— Carl Sagan
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By deciding to succeed and actually trying to make your dreams come true, you are already successful. Your effort and continued dedication distinguish you from…
— Daniel Klatt
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We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish…
— John Calvin
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We must distinguish between those who depend on others, that is between those who to achieve their purposes can force the issue and those who…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground; (3) temporising ground; (4) narrow passes; (5) precipitous heights; (6)…
— Sun Tzu
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I wonder whether those of our political masters who have been put in charge of the defence of the country can distinguish a mortar from…
— Sam Manekshaw
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What is Moral Courage? It is the ability to distinguish right from wrong and having so distinguished it, be prepared to say so,irrespective of the…
— Sam Manekshaw
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In India, 'cold weather' is merely a conventional phrase and has come into use through the necessity of having some way to distinguish between weather…
— Mark Twain
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Wherever I am, let me never forget to distinguish want from need
— Barbara Kingsolver
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A SEEING eye is better than three hundred blind men's: The eye can distinguish pearls from pebbles.
— Rumi
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It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Titles distinguish the mediocre, embarrass the superior, and are disgraced by the inferior.
— George Bernard Shaw
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Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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The body can't distinguish between cleansing and punishing for the body is ignorant, and mute besides.
— Joyce Carol Oates
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We must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing.
— Henry A. Kissinger
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