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You really do learn by example... Especially women, sometimes we think somebody's going to rescue us, or somebody's going to teach us how to do… — Marlo Thomas
Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it. — Jean de La Fontaine
A system of general instruction, which shall reach every description of our citizens, from the richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so… — Thomas Jefferson
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a… — Seneca the Younger
Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots. — Sun Tzu
Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. He… — Sun Tzu
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the enemy's troops march… — Sun Tzu
There is nothing more difficult than tactical maneuvering. The difficult consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. Thus, to take… — Sun Tzu
No proceeding is better than that which you have concealed from the enemy until the time you have executed it. To know how to recognize… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness. — Niccolo Machiavelli
And when he is obliged to take the life of any one, to do so when there is a proper justification and manifest reason for… — Niccolo Machiavelli
When your weapons are dulled and ardour damped, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, neighboring rulers will take advantage of your distress to act. And… — Sun Tzu
Birds rising in flight is a sign that the enemy is lying in ambush; when the wild animals are startled and flee he is trying… — Sun Tzu
Generally in war the best policy is to take a state intact; to ruin it is inferior to this. — Sun Tzu
A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who learns nothing from… — Mahatma Gandhi
I'm not a statistician, but it doesn't take a genious to work out that 100 million children being denied an education is ridiculous. There is… — Scarlett Johansson
Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important issues, not politics. — Patrick Lencioni
His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said that sometimes old… — Stephen King
When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, 'Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?' He answered, 'If the zoo… — Jerry Lewis
I don't believe in bodybuilders using steroids. If a man doesn't have enough male hormones in his system to create, a nice hard, muscular body,… — Unknown Author

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