“Listen, everything I did in my childhood was competitive. Everything we did my dad made it into a game to win. We used to drive my mum nuts.” MadeUsedGamesWinningChildhoodDadMy DadMade ItNutsMum Author:Lee Westwood
“I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To win them, to create readers rather than to give something that readers are expecting. That would bore me to death.” GivingBelieveMadeBookWinningI BelieveReadyReaderI Believe InExpectingBores Author:Carlos Fuentes
“John Prescott has made the government look greedy and ridiculous. Labour is seen as the corrupt party. The government has been fulfilling the old rule that oppositions do not win elections, governments lose them.” LooksHas BeensMadeGovernmentWinningLosesPartyElectionRidiculousOppositionLabourFulfillingGreedy Author:William Rees-Mogg
“In many ways, large profits are even more insidious than large losses in terms of emotional destabilization. I think it's important not to be emotionally attached to large profits. I've certainly made some of my worst trades after long periods of winning. When you're on a big winning streak, there's a temptation to think that you're doing something special, which will allow you to continue to propel yourself upward. You start to think that you can afford to make shoddy decisions. You can imagine what happens next. As a general rule, losses make you strong and profits make you weak.” ThinkingWayLongMadeImportantBigsHappensNextWinningStrongTermLossDecisionImagineWorstSpecialEmotionalPeriodsWeakTradeProfitTemptationSomething SpecialStreaksInsidious Author:William Eckhardt
“It costs something to be a real Christian, according to the standard of the Bible. There are enemies to be overcome, battles to be fought, sacrifices to be made, an Egypt to be forsaken, a wilderness to be passed through, a cross to be carried, a race to be run. Conversion is not putting a person in an arm-chair and taking them easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.” PersonsMadeRealRunningChristianWinningHeavenRaceEnemySacrificeArmsVictoryBattleCostConflictStandardsCrossesOvercomingConversionChairsWildernessEgyptForsaken Author:J. C. Ryle