S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Setting goals is one of the most important things you can do to guarantee your personal, professional and financial success. Goals are like a road map to your target destination. Each goal accomplished is another mile behind you on the way to where you want to be.”
“Setting goals is the first important step in achieving success in an activity. It's a reminder of what you are working towards.”
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”
“Setting goals that have already been achieved is a cop-out.”
“Setting Goals to Increase Dopamine. People are often at their best when working toward a long-term, meaningful goal that they believe is achievable, like earning a degree or getting a promotion. That’s because not only is dopamine released when you finally achieve a long-term goal but it’s also released with each step you make as you move closer to achieving it. Having a goal also allows the prefrontal cortex to more effectively organize your actions. And most importantly, achieving the goal is often less important to happiness than setting the goal in the first place.”
Source: The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time
“Setting is a major aspect in writing all of my books, both in terms of natural and cultural environments.”
“Setting is my primary joy as a writer, building a world and watching people respond to it.”
“Setting is preliminary to brighter rising; decay is a process of advancement; death is the condition of higher and more fruitful life.”
“Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.”
Source: Father of the Blues: An Autobiography of W. C. Handy
“Setting off unknown to face the unknown, against parental opposition, with no money, friends, or influence, ran it a close second. Clichés like "blazing trails," flying over "shark-infected seas," "battling with monsoons," and "forced landings amongst savage tribes" became familiar diet for breakfast. Unknown names became household words, whilst others, those of the failures, were forgotten utterly except by kith and kin.”
“Setting out around midnight, I couldn't help shaking my head, "We're the goddamned hottest vampire hunters ever." I muttered.”
Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection
“Setting out is always a leap of faith, a risk in the deepest sense of the term, and yet an adventure too. The familiar and the habitual are so falsely reassuring, and most of us make our homes there permanently. The new is always by definition unfamiliar and untested, so God, life, destiny, suffering have to give us a push--usually a big one--or we will not go.”
Source: Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
“Setting out on a mission for physical fitness will not yield results after a single jog or a single trip to the gym. Results must compound with consistency and time.”
“Setting out rules for waging war (the Geneva Convention).”
“Setting out some honey shortbread cookies to go with the lemonade, she flashed on memories of her grandmother, offering refreshments to anyone who was lucky enough to come through the kitchen door. As a working farm, Bella Vista was always busy with workers, some seasonal and others permanent. 'In my kitchen, everyone is family,' Bubbie used to say, beaming as the orchard workers, mechanics or gardeners gladly wolfed down her baked goods.”
Source: The Beekeeper's Ball
“Setting people to spy on one another is not the way to protect freedom.”
“Setting proper expectations from the moment you meet a potential client will reduce stress and enable all parties to work together, rather than struggling contentiously through the process.”
Source: Selling Simplified
“Setting skepticism aside, even briefly, can make for very interesting explorations. It is not necessary that we change any of our beliefs. It is necessary that we examine them.”
Source: The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
“Setting specific deadlines for applications ensures that the admissions process remains organized and equitable for all prospective students.”
“Setting specific goals, finding a workout buddy, varying your routine, and rewarding yourself are all effective ways to stay motivated to exercise regularly.”
“Setting that little girl loose in her society would be like putting a fox in with the chickens. (Violet Strange's detective boss.)”
Source: Violet's Problem
“Setting the ground on fire, they are seeking refuge in the sky!”
“Setting the intention to practice kindness toward one’s partner or family members or friends does not preclude getting angry or upset.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“Setting the remains of a freshly erupted volcano, I walk.”
Source: The Masquerade
“Setting the stage for the Tower of Babel, the author says that, while humanity had a mission to reflect God, it had been distracted by its own reflection and was both fascinated and fearful of what it saw.”
Source: Simply Christian
“Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against them.”
Source: The Essential Leviathan: A Modernized Edition
“Setting too good an Example is a Kind of slander seldom forgiven.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Setting up a college fund would be a great way to redirect the tangible evidence of Daddy's love.”
“Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.”
“Setting up absurd worlds with rules to violate - it's one of the things I hope to achieve with my work.”
“Setting up an idea can be easy, but getting it to run is another thing entirely. Most errors made by business innovators and start-up entrepreneurs are that they assume creation is the same as nurturing. So they create funnels that lead to nowhere. Excessive digital marketing without customer receptivity and retention relations will crash your business and ideas. This is why they sing hurray on their first sales, and the second one would take another year with exhaustive online hosting expenses plus digital marketing; joining every group just to post and excessively irritating every post just to get seen. Research and studies have shown that most successful business innovators and start-up experts attained the level of professionalism via training and taking professional courses. Take more courses, learn more be equipped before you jump.”
“Setting up your workspace for success creates a virtuous cycle to achieve your goals.”
Source: Harmonize Your Home 52 Tips to Energize Your Work From Home Life for Greater Success
“Settle back is to settle without knowing.”
“Settle down, Maverick, this isn’t the danger zone.”
Source: Blind Attraction
“Settle down nighttime.
Cast away arduous thoughts
Peace belongs to you.”
“Settle down! she thought. Yes, settle down into dreariness and quietness and forgetfulness and boredom.”
Source: The Nice and the Good
“Settle down, it'll all be clear
Don't pay no mind to the demons
They fill you with fear
The trouble it might drag you down
If you get lost, you can always be found
Just know you're not alone
Cause I'm going to make this place your home”
“Settle down, Princess. It’s not my first time.”
Source: Magic Strikes
“Settle down, pup. I ain’t had my caffeine yet.” – Sundown”
“Settle for nothing
less than the
object of your
desire.”
“Settle, for sure and universally, what conduct will promote the happiness of a rational being.”
“Settle for what you can get, but first ask for the World.”
“Settle into kissing Ambrose as soon as possible. You'll enjoy it very much, and you'll only have time for so many kisses.”
Source: The Darkness Outside Us
“Settle into mystery as you would settle into your most comfortable chair. Listen. Have visions. Lose yourself.”
Source: The Creativity Book: A Year's Worth of Inspiration and Guidance
“Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.”
“Settle the issue in your heart.”
“Settle this in your heart: Whether I am up or down, the Lord Jesus is the same. Whether I sing or sigh, the promise is true and the Promiser is faithful. Whether I stand on the summit or am hidden in the vale the covenant stands fast and everlasting love abides.”
“Settle this issue in your heart. The Holy Spirit is always positive, and Satan is always negative.”
“Settle your quarrels, come together,
understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is
already here, that people are already dying who could be saved, that
generations more will live poor butchered half-lives if you fail to
act. Do what must be done, discover your humanity and your love in
revolution.”
Source: Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
“Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon God in yourself.”