Our Tendency Quotes
19 quotes by 19 authors
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Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions.
— Warren G. Bennis
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How then can we deal with our tendency toward worldliness? It is not by determining that we will not be worldly, but by committing ourselves…
— Jerry Bridges
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We are born into a realm of constant change. Everything is decaying. We are continually losing all that we come in contact with. Our tendency…
— Noah Levine
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Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want to…
— Shunryu Suzuki
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Our tendency is to be strong, self-sufficient, and dependent on our own willpower, but rather than try harder, we should reach out to the God…
— John Townsend
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In this country protection has always, to some extent, existed; but at some times it has been efficient, and at others not; and our tendency…
— Henry Charles Carey
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So much of America's tragic and costly failure to care for all its children stems from our tendency to distinguish between our own children and…
— Marian Wright Edelman
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Through constant familiarity, we can definitely establish new behavior patterns, using our tendency to form habits to our advantage. If we make a steady effort,…
— Dalai Lama
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The strength that comes from human collaboration is the central truth behind civilisation's success and the primary reason why cities existwe must free ourselves from…
— Edward Glaeser
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Our tendency is to run from the painful realities or try to change them as soon as possible. But cure without care makes us into…
— Henri Nouwen
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I'm born and raised in the Northeast. My parents are Irish immigrants. So our tendency is to shy away from the big yellow ball that…
— Denis Leary
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Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational,…
— Peter Singer
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I am worried about our tendency to over invest in things and under invest in people.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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Our tendency in the midst of suffering is to turn on God. To get angry and bitter and shake our fist at the sky and…
— Rob Bell
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One of the less attractive aspects of human nature is our tendency to hate the people we haven't treated very well; it's much easier than…
— David Eddings
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If the financial system has a defect, it is that it reflects and magnifies what we human beings are like. Money amplifies our tendency to…
— Niall Ferguson
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I believe that dialogue is the key to breaking through our tendency to separate and isolate. Dialogue changes isolation and loneliness into connection and interdependence.…
— Vinessa Shaw
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Despite our very recent appearance on the planet, humanity combines arrogance with increasing material demands, even as we become more numerous. Our toughness is a…
— Lynn Margulis
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Often our excuse for not acting is either that the best time has passed or is still to come. And our quest for the 'right…
— Prakah Iyer
Who Wrote These Our Tendency Quotes
19 authors contributed a total of 19 Our Tendency Quotes as follows: