Rule Quotes

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A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God. — Francois Fenelon
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation. — Laozi
During the late war I had an infallible rule for deciding what Great Britain would do on every occasion. It was, to consider what they… — Thomas Jefferson
A lot of the women that I treat will tell me that when they talk to their siblings or mothers they very often have similar… — Laura Berman
In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like a scatter of sparks from under the hooves of a… — Gustave Flaubert
Number one rule, attend to business — Unknown Author
As a rule, the more mistakes there are in a game, the more memorable it remains, because you have suffered and worried over each mistake… — Viktor Korchnoi
The shortcoming of hanging pawns is that they present a convenient target for attack. As the exchange of men proceeds, their potential strength lessens and… — Boris Spassky
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively. — Mark Dvoretsky
Spirituality brings a class of men who lay exclusive claim to the special powers of the world. The immediate effect of this is a reaction… — Swami Vivekananda
As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement. — Joseph Conrad
Coach's Rule: never admit a lack of experience or knowledge. Carry on at all times as though you've guided a hundred champion crews. Honesty is… — Brad Alan Lewis
In a country where misery and want were the foundation of the social structure, famine was periodic, death from starvation common, disease pervasive, thievery normal,… — Barbara Tuchman
A soul that is reluctant to share does not as a rule have much of its own. Miserliness is here a symptom of meagerness. — Eric Hoffer
Because it is such a huge crisis, because it puts us on a firm science-based deadline, it's a once-in-a-century opportunity to build a better society… — Naomi Klein
The general history of art and literature shows that the highest achievements of the human mind are, as a rule, not favourably received at first. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Okay, first rule of this carpool. No breaking wind in my car. The only gas that Bernie Mac want to be smelling is unleaded. — Bernie Mac
I do not wonder that, where the monastick life is permitted, every order finds votaries, and every monastery inhabitants. Men will submit to any rule,… — Samuel Johnson
Disciples are people who operate under the rule of God, and if we're not operating under the rule of God, we can't expect the broader… — Tony Evans
We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education… — Matt Blunt
Overnight business could go down enough to hurt; yet as a rule it slowly recovered-sometimes it seemed to take forever-went up, not high enough to… — Bernard Malamud
As a rule, it was the pleasure-haters who became unjust. — Wystan Hugh Auden
The Masonic system represents a stupendous and beautiful fabric, founded on universal purity, to rule and direct our passions, to have faith and love in… — William Howard Taft
The camera can be lenient; it is can also expert at being cruel. But its cruelty only produces another kind of beauty, according to the… — Susan Sontag
The camera... on the one hand extends our comprehension of the necessities that rule our lives; on the other, it manages to assure us of… — Walter Benjamin

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