Taking Quotes

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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
Then also pretexts for seizing property are never wanting, and one who begins to live by rapine will always find some reason for taking the… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The essential factor of military success is speed, that is taking advantage of others' unpreparedness or lack of foresight, their failure to catch up, going… — Sun Tzu
We must, therefore, be confident that the general measures we have adopted will produce the results we expect. most important in this connection is the… — Carl von Clausewitz
If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is tempermental,… — Sun Tzu
Some people like to live without too much risk. They're satisfied leading a safe existence. This attitude of caution infiltrates into their goals. Every successful… — Tom Platz
To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them. — Jacob Bronowski
Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so long and so carefully that he literally chokes with… — Soren Kierkegaard
The act of taking my own life is not something that I do without a lot of thought. I don't believe that people should take… — Wendy O. Williams
To get an elementary grasp of the game of golf, a human must learn, by endless practice, a continuous and subtle series of highly unnatural… — Alistair Cooke
Don Keough's (CEO Coca-Cola) 11 Rules on "HOW TO LOSE": 1. Stop taking risks 2. Be content 3. Never deviate from what the founder did… — Donald Keough
We are reinventing ourselves as a company. Compaq is taking ownership of its customer relationships and accountability of our customer's needs. — Eckhard Pfeiffer
It is impossible to talk of respect for students for the dignity that is in the process of coming to be, for the identities that… — Paulo Freire
I don't believe in an afterlife, but I'm taking an extra pair of underwear just in case. — Woody Allen
I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Anybody who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So… — Red Auerbach
Placing blame on others is easy. Taking responsibility for yourself is empowering. — Tony DiCicco
I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move, a screen, the… — Bobby Knight
When you go out on the court whether it be for the championship or just a scrimmage, have confidence that your abilities and what you've… — Bob Pettit
I'm not against taking shots, but I am against taking bad shots. — Henry Iba
The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers. — Brian Tracy
One day or another every athlete feels like taking it easy. He stops trying to exceed his limits, and thinks he can keep winning because… — Jesse Owens
I think the game has gotten better. (The two-ref system) keeps players from taking cheap shots behind the play. I never thought I'd like it,… — Brian Skrudland
This is taking [photos] from everybody - the entire collective memory of what the Earth looks like - and linking all of that together. — Blaise Aguera y Arcas
Honesty before God requires the most fundamental risk of faith we can take: the risk that God is good, that God does love us unconditionally.… — Gerald May
Nothing can tend so much to humble us before the mercy and justice of God as the consideration of His benefits and our own sins.… — Francis of Assisi

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