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ambition major outdoor plan title win
It has always been my ambition to win a major outdoor title and that will be the plan at the Commonwealths. Jason Gardener
ambition pride envy
All the wants which disturb human life, which make us uneasy to ourselves, quarrelsome with others, and unthankful to God, which weary us in vain labors and foolish anxieties, which carry us from project to project, from place to place in a poor pursuit of we don't know what, are the wants which neither God, nor nature, nor reason hath subjected us to, but are solely infused into us by pride, envy, ambition, and covetousness. William Law
ambition passion play
It seems idle to rail at ambition merely because it is a boundless passion; or rather is not this circumstance an argument in its favor? If one would be employed or amused through life, should we not make choice of a passion that will keep one long in play? William Shenstone
ambition belief transcendence
My principal motive is the belief that we can still make admirable sense of our lives even if we cease to have... an ambition of transcendence. Richard Rorty
ambition ego vision
Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision. Werner Herzog
ambition frustration men
Ninety-five per cent of films are born of frustration, of self despair, of ambition for survival, for money, for fattening bank accounts. Five per cent, maybe less, are made because a man has an idea, an idea which he must express. Samuel Fuller
ambition thinking people
There will always be people who think that you have ambitions. Wangari Maathai
ambition home limits
When I went back home, I was constantly being reminded, I'm an African woman, and so there are certain things I shouldn't do, certain ambitions that I should not entertain. That was a problem for me because I had never thought of myself as an African woman, never thought of myself as a woman to begin with. For me the limit was my capacity, my capability.
ambition men intelligent
Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition. W. H. Auden
yield subsidies prudent
We can applaud the state lottery as a public subsidy of intelligence, for it yields public income that is calculated to lighten the tax burden of us prudent abstainers at the expense of the benighted masses of wishful thinkers. Willard Van Orman Quine
yield statistics imperfect
My knowledge of the human psyche is as yet imperfect. Certain areas won't yield to computation. Poul Anderson
yield satisfaction bargaining
The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated. B. C. Forbes
yield details tiny
One must be entirely sensitive to the structure of the material that one is handling. One must yield to it in tiny details of execution, perhaps the handling of the surface or grain, and one must master it as a whole. Barbara Hepworth
yield results plans
A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed. Otto von Bismarck
yield needs genius
The thing about genius is it will never yield to circumstances. Genius regards what's given as the beginning of its need to find or devise something else. June Jordan
yield discipline joy
When discipline is sown, like a good seed, it yields a harvest of things that fulfill and satisfy us-things that make us happy and release peace and joy in our lives. Joyce Meyer
yield effort research
The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts comes from the coal that is mined while looking for diamonds. Paul D. Boyer
yield office done
I yield to no one in my admiration for the office as a social center, but it's no place actually to get any work done. Katharine Whitehorn
favors prepared
Life favors those who are prepared Troy Vincent
favors walking-with-god walking
Walking with God doesn't lead to God's favor; God's favor leads to walking with God. Tullian Tchividjian
favors mankind ingenuity
Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser. Joseph Addison
favors fortuna
La fortuna juega a favor de una mente preparada Louis Pasteur
favors political
It shouldn't be a place where political favors are granted.
favors facts resentment
You don't get somebody to like you by doing them a favor. That only tends to build resentment over the fact that they are needy and you are not. No, you ask them to do you a favor. Benjamin Franklin
favors lap slugs
Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses's lap and began to purr. 'The creature oozes like a furry slug,' said Ramses, eyeing it without favor. Barbara Mertz
favors farming farmers
How will you know a good farmer when you meet him? He will not ask you for any favors. Jane Smiley
favors percent served special supposed
Essentially, he has served about 85 percent of his sentence, which was all he was supposed to serve. He got no special favors or anything like that.