Taking Quotes

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We will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. — John Desmond Bernal
Living simply means concentrating on what's important in light of eternity. And not taking the rest of life too seriously. — Unknown Author
I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple… — Hank Aaron
Basketball is a game of sacrificing yourself for the next guy, being a team that takes good shots, and taking the right shots — Unknown Author
Viewing the man from the genuine abolitionist ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed cold, tardy, weak and unequal to the task. But, viewing him from the sentiments… — Frederick Douglass
Man must know the principle of Creation: giving between each interchanging opposite half of each cycle for the purpose of repeating its giving. This is… — Walter Russell
All of man's wars are based upon TAKING. There could be no war based upon GIVING. — Walter Russell
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and… — Stephen Covey
I fear that many of us rush about from day to day taking for granted the Holy Scriptures. We scramble to honor appointments with physicians,… — Carlos E. Asay
Personal importance, or taking things personally, is the maximum expression of selfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about me. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
We do not need, and indeed never will have, all the answers before we act ... It is often through taking action that we can… — Charlotte Bunch
If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle them, and, as it were, fondle them. Let them fall open where they will.… — Winston Churchill
The press never accepts at face value that the President is taking a certain action because he wants to create jobs or because he believes… — Dee Dee Myers
Go around asking a lot of dam fool questions and taking chances. Only through curiosity can we discover opportunities, and only by gambling can we… — Clarence Birdseye
I believe that the most joyful and intrinsic motivation human beings have for taking any action is the desire to meet our needs and the… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Praise and reward create a system of extrinsic motivations for behavior. Children (and adults) end up taking action in order to receive the praise or… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
In effort Happiness idleness life pleasure superstition support trouble work The superstition that all our hours of work are a minus quantity in the happiness… — Arthur Balfour
There is no freedom that I would grant to any man that I would refuse to woman, and there is no freedom that I would… — Benjamin Tucker
The various estimates of the height of the true summit vary considerably, but by taking an average of these figures it is possible to say… — Unknown Author
'Genius' which means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all. — Thomas Carlyle
Once we have surrendered our senses and nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who would try to benefit from taking a lease on… — Marshall McLuhan
Revolution does not mean torrents of blood, the taking of the Winter Palace, and so on. Revolution means a radical transformation of society's institutions. In… — Cornelius Castoriadis
Our modern economy privileges pure profit, momentary transactions and rapid fluidity. Part of craft’s anchoring role is that it helps to objectify experience and also… — Richard Sennett
Has the word propitiation any place in your Christianity? In the faith of the New Testament it is central. The love of God, the taking of human form… — J I Packer
Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which… — J C Ryle

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