There is a mighty big difference between good sound reasons and reasons that sound good.
BILL VAUGHANPatience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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The real process of making decisions, of gathering support, of developing opinions, happens before the meeting or after.
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A third, of more extensive learning, ran To Sir George Villiers’ Ghost, and Mrs. Veal; Of sheeted Spectres spoke with shorten’d breath, And thrice he quoted Drelincourt on Death.
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One in whose head is conceit, Think not that he will ever listen to truth.
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Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.
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Experience is something I always think I have until I get more of it.
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The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.
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And this has had a strong tendency to dampen serious discussion of theological issues in most groups, and hence to strengthen the general anti-intellectual bias.
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Do not believe a thing because you read it in a book! Do not believe a thing because another has said it so! Find out the truth for yourself.
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By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and just where his tastes lie.
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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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The finger of God never leaves identical fingerprints.
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Even if you feed the cow cocoa you will not get chocolate.
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One of the most gracious dispensations of God concerning His saints is their lovely unawareness of sanctity. The nearer they move to Him, the more conscious are they of sin.
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There is convincing evidence that the search for solitude is not a luxury but a biological need. Just as humans posses a herding instinct that keeps us close to others most of the time, we also have a conflicting drive to seek out solitude.
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Live constructively and live optimistically.
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