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Letter "D" » definite
«First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.»
«I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch.»
«If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information: french-fried potatoes are out.»
«I have tried to make all my acts and commercial moves the result of definite consideration and sound judgment. There were never any great ventures or risks. I practiced honest, slow-growing business methods, and tried to back them with energy and good system.»
Author: Marshall Field
| Keywords:
business methods, commercial, consideration, definite, move back, practiced, sound judgment, ventures
«Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not; and to believe in your own individuality.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
| About:
Belief,
Grace,
Learning,
Limits
| Keywords:
definite, individuality, limit, resign, resigning
«For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment.»
Author: John Wooden
| Keywords:
athlete, definite, for all intents and purposes, function, intent, intents, properly, resist, something else, temptation, to all intents and purposes
«Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| About:
Generosity,
Happiness,
Joy,
Life,
Social service
| Keywords:
definite, look upon, only if
«I can give you a definite perhaps»
«It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.»
«Mere colour, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.»
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