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“The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress.”

May War Sometimes Nations Fate Position Depends Fortresses

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Success, the real success, does not depend upon the position you hold but upon how you carry yourself in that position.”

Doe Real Position Depends Real Success

Book:African and European Addresses

Source: African and European Addresses

“I must make MAGICK the essential factor in the life of ALL. In presenting this book to the world, I must then explain and justify my position by formulating a definition of MAGICK and setting forth its main principles in such a way that ALL may understand instantly that their souls, their lives, in every relation with every other human being and every circumstance, depend upon MAGICK and the right comprehension and right application thereof.”

Source: Magick: In Theory and Practice

“Our scientists all the more occupy advanced positions in the development of world science. By the example of their successes in the field of atomic energy, our scientists and technicians have vividly shown how much the increased might of the Soviet state and the further growth of its international authority depends on their efforts and practical successes.”

World States Might Energy Growth Effort Example Fields Position Depends Development Authority Scientist International Practicals Soviet Technicians Atomic Energy

Author:Vyacheslav Molotov

“There is a form of eminence which does not depend on fate; it is an air which sets us apart and seems to prtend great things; it is the value which we unconsciously attach to ourselves; it is the quality which wins us deference of others; more than birth, position, or ability, it gives us ascendance.”

Life Giving Doe Seems Form Success Values Winning Ability Quality Fate Air Position Depends Birth Great Things Success In Life Eminence Deference

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“We have not chosen this time. We cannot help it if we are born as men of the early winter of full Civilization, instead of on the golden summit of a ripe Culture, in a Phidias or a Mozart time. Everything depends on our seeing our own position, our destiny, clearly, on our realizing that though we may lie to ourselves about it, we cannot evade it. He who does not acknowledge this in his heart, ceases to be counted among the men of his generation, and remains either a simpleton, a charlatan, or a pedant.”

Source: Form and actuality

“So the principles of warfare are: Do not depend on the enemy not coming, but depend on our readiness against him. Do not depend on the enemy not attacking, but depend on our position that cannot be attacked.”

Enemy Principles Position Depends Warfare Attacking Readiness

Author:Sun Tzu

“War is like a game of chess ... but with this little difference, that in chess you may think over each move as long as you please and are not limited for time, and with this difference too, that a knight is always stronger than a pawn, and two pawns are always stronger than one, while in war a battalion is sometimes stronger than a division and sometimes weaker than a company. The relative strength of bodies of troops can never be known to anyone.... Success never depends, and never will depend, on position, or equipment, or even on numbers, and least of all on position.”

Thinking May Littles Long Two War Sometimes Body Moving Games Differences Numbers Company Known Position Depends Please Stronger Chess Division Relative Troops Equipment Knights Pawns

Author:Leo Tolstoy

“Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of each of us would some day depend upon our winning or losing a game of chess. Do you not think that we should all consider it to be our primary duty to learn at least the names of the pieces and how to position them on the chessboard?”

Thinking Should Certain Games Winning Names Pieces Position Duty Depends Losing Fortune Chess Primaries Win Or Lose Losing A Game

Author:Aldous Huxley

“When a stock doubles, sell half - then what you have is a free position. Then it becomes more of an art form. When you sell depends on individual circumstances.”

Art Form Individual Half Position Depends Circumstances Sells

Author:Peter Cundill

“My analysis is that most faith based systems depend upon an absolute moral order. The declaration of things as absolutely evil or absolutely good, as sin or virtue, puts liberalism into a horrible position because it's founded on no judgment on anything. As a result, any faith that is seriously practiced or understood is a challenge to the politics that depend on constituencies that would rather not be told that their choices are bad and their lives are not virtuous.”

Order Choices Evil Challenges Sin Results Moral Virtue Position Depends Judgment Understood Absolutes Horrible Analysis Liberalism Virtuous Declaration Faith Based

Author:Hugh Hewitt