Seizing Quotes

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The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right… — Alice James
An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the… — Saint Augustine
It is time for blacks to begin the shift from a wartime to a peacetime identity, from fighting for opportunity to the seizing of it. — Shelby Steele
If you are seizing on a new business opportunity, deliberately move your customers' expectations up a few notches and consistently over-deliver on your promises -… — Richard Branson
You are alive today, and no matter what your condition, make a mark here and now. Opportunity is at every moment, seizing it is pleasure. — Angelo Sotira
More women speaking up and seizing the helm of power can create its own momentum. It can change the culture that helps perpetuate those external… — Nancy Birdsall
Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map-these are works of art, and if you do them, you are an… — Seth Godin
For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man is quick at… — Sun Tzu
Government power is always abused by seizing and perverting the law. And with few exceptions, government always determines what is law. — John Galt
Humanity has made a great error in seizing on a certain moment, no more intrinsically notable than any other moment and has called it Birth.… — Isak Dinesen
No individual can be in full control of his fate-our strengths come significantly from our history, our experiences largely from the vagaries of chance. But… — Howard Gardner
They fought their first action in March of 1775. Embarked on eight small ships, they sailed to the Bahamas and captured a British fort near… — Tom Clancy
In every crisis, if you look carefully, you will spot an opportunity. My insistence is on finding and seizing that opportunity. I never try to… — Verghese Kurien
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents has been always tragic, chiefly as an almost indecent excitement at first, and a worse reaction afterwards; but… — Henry Adams
Time and time again does the pride of man influence his very own fall. While denying it, one gradually starts to believe that he is… — Criss Jami
A government that seizes control of the economy for the good of the people, ends up seizing control of the people for the good of… — Bob Dole
Painting isn't a question of sensibility; it's a matter of seizing the power, taking over from nature, not expecting her to supply you with information… — Pablo Picasso
The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human society than the seizing of the means of production by… — Adrienne Rich
I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the… — Howard Schultz
Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God.… — Aiden Wilson Tozer

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