“We do not accost a physician as we do any mere nobody; nor a magistrate as we do a private individual. We try to get some advantage from the skill of the one and the position of the other. Walk in the sun, and your shadow will follow you, whether you will or not.” TryingIndividualWalksSunPositionSkillsShadowAdvantageMerePhysiciansMagistrates Author:Saint Basil
“There are advantages to being the chairman. One of my favorite perks was picking out an issue and doing what I called a "deep dive." It's spotting a challenge where you think you can make a difference - one that looks like it would be fun - and then throwing the weight of your position behind it. Some might justifiably call it "meddling." I've often done this just about everywhere in the company.” ThinkingLooksDoneMightWould BeFunChallengesDifferencesBehindsCompanyIssuesPositionAdvantageWeightMy FavoriteMaking A DifferenceThrowingChairmanPerksMeddlingYou Can Make A Difference Author:Jack Welch
“I personally feel that parachute files give a more realistic impression of an insect to the fish that views the fly, since the hackles are in the same position as the insect's legs, and when tied with brightly colored hackles, these flies are easier to see on the float. A final advantage is that in rough water, a parachute-hackled dry fly will float longer and better than a conventional one” GivingFeelsWaterViewsSeaPositionEasierAdvantageRiversFinalsFishesLegsImpressionBoatDryLakesFishingRoughRealisticTiedConventionalInsectsFloatsFilesParachutes Author:Lefty Kreh
“When once a social order is well established, no matter what injustice it involves, those who occupy a position of advantage are not long in coming to believe that it is the only possible and reasonable order.” BelieveWellsLongMatterOrderSocialPositionAdvantageNo Matter WhatInjusticeReasonableSocial Order Author:Suzanne La Follette
“Not everyone in an organization is in a position to accumulate power through competent performance because most people are just carrying out the ordinary and the expected - even if they do it very well. The extent to which a job is routinized fails to give an advantage to anyone doing it because 'success' is seen as inherent in the very establishment of the position and the organization surrounding it. Neither persons nor organizations get 'credit' for doing the mandatory or the expected.” PeopleIfsGivingWellsPersonsJobsWorkFailingPositionOrdinaryAdvantagePerformancesOrganizationCreditExpectedEstablishmentInherentCompetenceCompetent Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“It is often asserted that woman owes all the advantages of the position she occupies to-day to Christianity, but the facts of history show that the Christian Church has done nothing specifically for woman's elevation. In the general march of civilization, she has necessarily reaped the advantage of man's higher development, but we must not claim for Christianity all that has been achieved by science, discovery and invention.” MenHas BeensDoneFactsShowsChristianChurchChristianityAtheismPositionDevelopmentHigherCivilizationDiscoveryAdvantageClaimsPositive AtheismInventionMarchElevationChristian ChurchDiscovery And Invention Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“We shall never want to serve God in our real and secret hearts if He looms in our subconscious mind as an arbitrary Dictator or a Spoil-sport, or as one who takes advantage of His position to make us poor mortals feel guilty and afraid. We have not only to be impressed by the "size" and unlimited power of God, we have to be moved to genuine admiration, respect, and affection, if we are ever to worship Him.” IfsWantFeelsMindHeartRealSportsPoorSecretPositionWorshipAdvantageMovedSizeAffectionGenuineGuiltyMortalsAdmirationDictatorServing GodImpressedSubconsciousUnlimitedArbitrarySpoilPower Of GodSubconscious MindUnlimited Power Book:Your God is too small Source: Your God is too small
“I've taken advantage of the laws. And frankly, so has everybody else in my position.” LawTakenPositionAdvantageTaken Advantage Author:Donald Trump
“Honestly, after doing a TV show for eight years and a cartoon for more than a decade, you are, financially speaking, in a very lucky position where you don’t have to work for the sake of working. And I decided to take advantage of that.” YearsShowsPositionTvsLuckyAdvantageDecidedSakeEightDecadesHonestlyTv ShowsCartoon Author:Mila Kunis
“I think that we are all in the right place at the right time almost every day. It's the people who are prepared to be lucky who can take advantage of being there. How do these people position themselves to be lucky? It was Goethe who said, 'Anytime that you take the first step toward trying to achieve something in life, all manner of good things will mysteriously fall into your path to help speed you along your way.' Amen to that!” PeopleThinkingWayTryingFirstsSaidHelpingFallStepsPathAchievePositionLuckyAdvantageGood ThingsPreparedSpeedFirst StepsRight TimeRight PlaceBeing ThereAmen Author:Phil Hellmuth
“It's hard to explain why exactly, but I think that when I began writing plays, it was from an actor's point of view more than anything. I had the feeling that if you put yourself in the position of the actor on stage and write from that perspective, it would give you a certain advantage in terms of being inside of the play.” IfsThinkingGivingWritingHardPlayFeelingsCertainActorsTermViewsStagePositionPerspectiveAdvantagePoint Of View Author:Sam Shepard
“It is my responsibility to take advantage of my position to make the world a better place” WorldResponsibilityPositionAdvantageBetter Place Author:Al-Waleed bin Talal
“Some if it may seem hokey to some people, but if you traveled where I've traveled, done what I've done and seen the results that I've been getting, then you understand where I'm coming from. Playing in a football game is like being in 30-40 car accidents. You can find yourself in awkward positions. That stuff takes its toll. But if you take advantage of health care, balance your body back out, put it back where its supposed to be, you function better, and you recover faster.” PeopleIfsMayDoneBodySeemsCareGamesStuffResultsCarPositionFootballBalanceAdvantageFunctionAccidentsYour BodySupposed To BeHealth CareFasterFinding YourselfBe YouAwkwardTraveledTollsFootball GameCar Accident Author:Emmitt Smith
“I disobeyed a basic basketball rule and never boxed out. I figured that if I had the inside position I had enough of an advantage to just go get the ball. And coaches left me alone because I got it.” IfsEnoughLeftPositionBasketballAdvantageBallsCoachesMe AloneHad Enough Author:Dolph Schayes
“Good fortune almost always makes some change in a man's behavior - in his manner of speaking and acting. It is a great weakness to want to bedeck oneself in qualities which are not his own. If he esteemed virtue above all other things, neither the favors of fortune nor the advantages of position would change a man's face or heart.” IfsMenWantHeartFacesActingQualityVirtuePositionBehaviorWeaknessAdvantageFortuneOneselfFavorsGood Fortune Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable
“Not only America but all countries should think together about how the enormous might of the sole remaining superpower should be used. We need a leadership that is based on partnership, a leadership that unites nations and makes it possible to solve the problems of the globe together. Otherwise, we will have another Gold Rush for a superpower that wants to gain even greater advantages, that wants to gain an absolutely new position for itself. That would lead to a perverse utopia.” ThinkingWantNeedsShouldCountryProblemMightTogetherAmericaUsedNationsGreaterPositionGainsAdvantageGoldSolveEnormousSolePartnershipGlobesUtopiaSuperpowerGold RushNew Position Author:Mikhail Gorbachev