The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure something that happened to them that was personally difficult, even traumatic, something that made them feel that desperate sense of hitting bottom--as something they thought was almost a necessity. It's as if at that moment the iron entered their soul that moment created the resilience that leaders need.
Thought & Thinking Quotes (5714 Quotes)
I guess I'm the only guy in the world who would listen to those incredibly offensive songs and think, 'Hey, that guy should be making music for kids,' ... But that's what I thought.
For a long time the IOC liked the idea of money but they didn't like the thought of working for it.
I thought, this is another way to make them think,
There is a special kind of girl who goes where the action is, but only if the action is the right kind.... Who centers the happy storm about her, but doesn't stir up one. Who makes a mere event a happening. Who isn't content with contentment. Who doesn't fight the inevitable nor ignore opportunitiesbut who joins forces with time and fate and rises to every occasion. This special kind of girl knows that the way she moves, the way she speaks, the fragrance about her, and the good things she does mark the difference between herself and the girl who just doesn't really care enough about being a girl. This special kind of girl makes up her own mind after careful, prayerful thought. She sets her own image. Shes tasteful, individual, exciting. She's worthwhile and a breath of sweet life.
If anything, we've learned that we don't think this data's going to be as deterministic as was previously thought, ... There is even more need for this legislation until science catches up with our collective ignorance.
The virtues that combined to make this perfect character are truth, justice, wisdom, benevolence, and self control. His every thought, word, and deed was in harmony with divine law and therefore true. The channel of communication between him and the Father was constantly open so that truth which 'rests upon revelation' was always known to him.... His short though eventful life was one of benevolence which comprehends charity and love. His self-control, whether exemplified in his power over his appetites and passions or his dignity and poise when before his persecutors, was perfectwas divine.
Swim of my life I have to admit it was up there. It went really well. When we were in school, I was out of it, thinking about my race. Before the race you try to visualize as much as you can. Once you actually get in the water, you've already done it your mind, so it's pretty easy.
If you dissemble sometimes your knowledge of that you are thought to know, you shall be thought, another time, to know that you know not.
We have got a lot of thinking about which make-up we are going in with. The wicket will have a little bit to do with that, but in the end we have got to pick the four bowlers who we think are most likely to take 20 wickets for us in the Test.
Even though I will be a Canadian by the end of this year the thought of having to work with Athletics Canada is not appealing right now.
It kind of blew me away, and instantly I had this thought, well what if she is.
Q threw the ball outstanding. He's just a strike machine. We were shocked when he threw that one ball. I thought, 'Well, he probably just wants to throw some extra pitches and get some work in.' I haven't sat down and determined a role yet, but he will be very active in our bullpen.
Coming into the game we pretty much knew we were going to be outmatched. A little bit more than what I guess we even thought. They're very athletic, very quick. We couldn't get the ball where we wanted to go in our offense. They just met the basketball before we did and jumped in front of us.
The margin degradation that a lot of folks had been concerned about really wasn't as bad as people had thought. Overall, things look very good.
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.
We're hoping that in three or four years time, we'll have to never have to answer another question regarding 'Star Wars,' ... With the series, we're trying to do 100 hours worth and answer every single thing anybody has ever dreamed of, thought of, imagined or hoped for.
These stories and sayings contain patterns, like blueprints, for various inner exercises in attention, mental posture, and higher perception, summarized in extremely brief vignettes enabling the individual to hold entire universes of thought in mind all at once, without running through doctrinal discourses or disrupting ordinary consciousness of everyday affairs.
My thought is that this will not be a major stock market or earnings event. As recalls go, it's a lot of vehicles, but companies always make a provision for this sort of thing.
There were two stages of it. The sort of staggering enormity of that second plane - when you realized that this was obviously deliberate, and then all of a sudden, a lull sort of sank in for 20 minutes or half an hour. And then that really frightening thing when the Pentagon got struck. You just thought, where is this gonna end
It is the trained, living human soul, cultivated and strengthened by long study and thought, that breathes the real breath of life into boys and girls and makes them human, whether they be black or white, Greek, Russian or American.
He's a humble guy and the first impression was a good one, I thought. The first thing he came in and said was that it was all about the team, and that's good because we're pretty close after all we went through.
In sheer genius Pascal ranks among the very greatest writers who have lived upon this earth. And his genius was not simply artistic; it displayed itself no less in his character and in the quality of his thought.
As you see, I do not treat the creation of fiction, that to say the invention and development of fantasies, as a form of abstract thought. I dont wish to deny the uses of the intellect, but sometimes one has the intuition that the intellect by itself will lead one nowhere.
Certainly after the tragedy in Neil's life, we were holding out hope for his recovery. It wasn't too promising at the time and obviously you get to the point of thinking that that is it.
By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill, and art characteristic of aristocratic literature formal qualities will be neglected or actually despised. The style will often be strange, incorrect, overburdened, and loose, and almost always strong and bold. Writers will be more anxious to work quickly than to perfect details. Short works will be commoner than long books, wit than erudition, imagination than depth. There will be a rude and untutored vigor of thought with great variety and singular fecundity. Authors will strive to astonish more than to please, and to stir passions rather than to charm taste.
We worked on 'Fanny and Alexander' for seven months and it was an amusing production. Still, it was very long and heavy and so awfully complicated, ... And when the premiere was over and everything went well, I thought, 'That's that.'
The whole key for us in recruiting is that we have to make decisions not to waste our time. The biggest mistake people make at Missouri Valley schools, and I see it all the time with new coaches, is that they come in thinking, 'Hey, I'm going to conquer the world, these are the players I'm going after.' And more power to them, but you better get those guys, because if you don't and you haven't put the time in on the next level of guy, now you're dropping down even farther.
It looks like I'm this huge shark going in for the kill... I don't know what I was thinking.
A thought, once uttered, is a lie.
When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that segregation is proper, you have a hard time. You can't believe how much it's a part of your thinking.
Until input thought is linked to a goal purpose there can be no intelligent accomplishment.
They found someone to buy them an 18-pack of beer. After calling a friend, they went to what they thought was a party in Ames.
Just to be around this great group of people, I have grown up a lot, thought things out and have prayed about it. I have come to the conclusion that I am not finished yet. There are a lot of things I want to accomplish not only as a player but as a person.
Up and down the beaches, everyone is letting their commissions know that we don't want this and if you don't stop it, you won't be here any more. They went to the ballot and showed people what they thought.
Women's health is a priority for Wal-Mart. There's a lot of broader considerations, but it's something we're giving a lot of thought to.
The game was a little bit closer than what we thought. We ended up going with him for five innings. He threw extremely well.
I think we're pretty resilient. And I think our kids are all fighters. We could have been down and out a number of times this year. But we have a lot of fight. Other than our game at Fresno State, we haven't been blown out all year. That's a tribute to the work and fight of this team. It's pretty good for a team that many thought wouldn't five games.
I knew what everybody was thinking, but I played with Brian for three years in Cleveland. He's a great guy. I've never had any problems with him liked him a lot.
Just as the 99% of Soviet citizens who supported the Soviet regime in 1985 was no indication of what the people inside the USSR really thought, the army of true believers that we think we see in the Arab world is an illusion.
Then I read the book, 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' and that really got me thinking, ... Until then I hadn't really thought a lot about planning for the future.
There are a lot of conspiracy theories. One of the misconceptions I have heard is that the Heart of the Triad is an effort to do a giant industrial park. One of the goals (of the meeting) is to dispel any thought that people might have that there is a set agenda. People need to understand that this is a planning process.
The first thought was nobody was hurt. There didn't seem to be a lot of damage. There was water in the house, but not a lot.
There is a school of thought here that says we are too quick to undermine our elected leaders.
Though old the thought and oft exprest, 'T is his at last who says it best.
That's just a real-life condition I have to deal with. It has nothing to do with me doing the movie. I cannot dilute or intensify the movie because of the political environment. I cannot wait until the world is perfect to make my movie. If I don't do it, somebody else will -- and I will be very jealous. So I didn't really give it too much thought.
In terms of the thought process on the economy, today's ISM data on the services sector didn't help,
He has a power-runner's mentality. You still have to catch him, but he doesn't run for the sideline, his first thought isn't to make a move on you, and he has a strong stiff arm.
Why is it that no other species but man gets bored Under the circumstances in which a man gets bored, a dog goes to sleep. Thought Experiment Imagine that you are a member of a tour visiting Greece. The group goes to the Parthenon. It is a bore. Few peo.
I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought.