Humility is the embroidery of chiefs.
BILL VAUGHANThe real process of making decisions, of gathering support, of developing opinions, happens before the meeting or after.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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Most of us wait until we’re in trouble, and then we pray like the dickens. Wonder what would happen if, some morning, we’d wake up and say, “Anything I can do for You today, Lord?”
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Democracy in Yemen did not stop, instead it is in a continuous development, there is no other way to follow rather than democracy, it is our national way for building up our country, it was not imposed on us by others.
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Keep strong if possible; in any case, keep cool.
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A statesman is any politician it’s considered safe to name a school after.
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The eyes are the amulets of the mind.
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An indefinable something is to be done, in a way nobody knows how, at a time nobody knows when, that will accomplish nobody knows what.
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It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.
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He (God) doesn’t need me, but He desires me.
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Behavior is the theory of manners practically applied.
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Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.
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There is no need to engage in a mental dialogue about the merits and demerits of the fish, emotionally react to the fish, or jump into the water to try to catch the fish. Once the fish is out of sight, it should also be out of mind.
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Managers at [the nuclear] sector should know that we need diplomacy and not slogans, .. This [is] where we should use all our leverages with patience and wisdom, without provocation and slogans that can give pretexts to the enemies.
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Discipline means protection from one’s own wanton interest.
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Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare, But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.
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Do not expect too much of the end of the world.
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