Position Quotes

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There is no physical punishment in chess; suffering goes on inside the mind. You defend a bad position for hours, you suffer. You lose, you… — Lubomir Kavalek
To lose one's objective attitude to a position, nearly always means ruining your game. — David Bronstein
Short of actual blunders, lack of faith in one's position is the chief cause of defeat. To be sure, it is easy to recommend faith… — Fred Reinfeld
I do not believe in inheriting your position in society based on which womb you come from... I think a rich person should leave his… — Warren Buffett
Over the years I have become convinced that we learn best - and change - from hearing stories that strike a chord within us ...… — John P. Kotter
My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of me, and I… — Alexander Lukashenko
Chess960 is healthy and good for your chess. If you get into it and not just move the pieces to achieve known positions it really… — Levon Aronian
You can't teach people everything they need to know. The best you can do is position them where they can find what they need to… — Seymour Papert
My own position is so far on the obsessive side of preparation and professionalism that I fear my point of view is not going to… — Jonny Wilkinson
It must inquire not merely about the circumstances of the time in general, but in particular about the writer's position with regard to these things,… — Ferdinand Christian Baur
I realize what it means to be financially comfortable, and I want to be that. But I'm lucky enough to be in that position. And… — David Duval
I have left the federal government and the German Bundestag; I have resigned from all my positions in the Social Democratic Party of Germany. — Gustav Heinemann
Because I never thought the Lord would treat me any different from any other honest man or that I had an official position that compelled… — John Harvey Kellogg
I always tell myself, 'Keep on fighting.' I wasn't always a good diverâ€”I had to work my way up to where I am now. If… — Christina Loukas
The Church commends the law-makers for their prompt reaction to outlaw same-sex relationships in Nigeria and calls for the bill to be passed since the… — Peter Akinola
The real problem has to do with the inability by people to admit that a position they've held a long time might be wrong. That's… — Jack McDevitt
When an individual wishes to stand in opposition to authority, he does best to find support for his position from others in his group. The… — Stanley Milgram
The major strategy of Satan is to distort the character of God and the truth of who we are. He can't change God and he… — Neil T Anderson
I regard large inherited wealth as a misfortune, which merely serves to dull men's faculties. A man who possesses great wealth should, therefore, allow only… — Alfred Nobel
To get to Earth from the edge of the solar system, depending on the time of year and the position of the planets, you need… — Paul Cornell

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