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act on
«Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage.»
Author: Jimmy Breslin
| About:
Men,
Politics,
Presidency,
Teachers and teaching
| Keywords:
act on, bald, disagreeable
«A goal is not the same as a desire, and this is an important distinction to make. You can have a desire you don't intend to act on. But you can't have a goal you don't intend to act on.»
«No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic motives, and idealism in our time has been shoved aside, and we are paying the penalty for it.»
Author: Alfred North Whitehead
(Mathematician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
act on, idealism, idealistic, In Our Time, motives, paying, penalty, shove, shoved, shoves, shove it, shoving
«However many holy words you read,However many you speak,What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?»
«Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.»
Author: Sir Robert Baden-Powell
(Army Officer)
| About:
Scouting
| Keywords:
accident, act on, emergency, motto, practicing, previous, scout, scouting, Scouts
«If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
| Keywords:
act on, angels, businesses, care for, closed, criticism, for all, For any, let alone, Let Me Alone, praise, shop, shop at
«A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.»
Author: General George S. Patton
(General)
| About:
Planning
| Keywords:
act on, battle, battle plan
«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 evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole--the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration. We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.»
Author: Stephen R. Covey
| Keywords:
act on, alternatives, balanced, bordered, bordering, borders, border on, centered, come up, consideration, evaluate, evaluated, factors, implication, implications, involved, limitations, limited, options, push, push back, The Family, various
