“I think that's an important lesson for young people who want to be artists: You have to find someone who believes in you and who will help you find that time where you don't have to think about a job but just making work. If I didn't have those people in my life, I wouldn't be in the position I'm in.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantBelieveImportantHelpingJobsYoungArtistPositionLessonsBelieve In YouImportant Lessons Author:Ryan McGinley
“One of the most common mistakes for an entry-level job interview is to take the position: 'What is this job going to do for me?' You should be saying 'Here's what I can do and here's what I want to do to help you.” WantShouldI CanHelpingJobsCan DoLevelsCommonMistakePositionInterviewsEntryJob Interview Author:Norah O'Donnell
“The Women's Sports Foundation holds a unique position in developing opportunities for girls and women of all abilities to be active whether recreationally or competitively, and I'm excited to help lead the organization to impact even more lives. It is an honor to continue to build the legacy created by Billie Jean King and all of our leaders.” HelpingGirlOpportunitySportsAbilityLeaderPositionKingsHonorUniqueOrganizationFoundationImpactExcitedActiveDevelopingLegacy Author:Angela Ruggiero
“If someone comes to you and asks for help, and you can help them, you're supposed to help them. Why wouldn't you? You have been put in the position somehow to be able to help this person.” IfsPersonsHas BeensHelpingAbleAsksPosition Author:Gil Scott-Heron
“My position is that serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. I don’t see how art can be called art if its purpose is to frustrate humanity. To make humanity uncomfortable, yes. But intrinsically to be against humanity, that I don’t take.” IfsArtHelpingPurposeHumanityPositionSeriousUncomfortableGood Art Author:Chinua Achebe
“I have always enjoyed do-it-yourself projects, .. Being in a position to actually help design and bring tools to market is an incredible opportunity. Being able to fund charities as a result is phenomenal.” HelpingAbleOpportunityResultsDesignPositionProjectsToolsCharityIncrediblesEnjoyedFundPhenomenalDo It Yourself Author:Tim Allen
“It helps certain church leaders identify the fact that they have the spiritual gift of leadership that the Bible talks about in Romans 12:8. Once you understand that God has given a gift, then training becomes more seriously. When you receive better training, you become more effective in the leadership position that God has assigned to you.” FactsHelpingSpiritualCertainGivenChurchLeaderPositionTrainingBibleSpiritual GiftsChurch LeadersRomans 12 Author:Bill Hybels
“Remembering that God is my source, we are in the spiritual position of having an unlimited bank account. Most of us never consider how powerful the creator really is. Instead, we draw limited amounts of the power available to us. We decide how powerful God is for us. We unconsciously set a limit on how much God can give us or help us. We are stingy with ourselves. And if we receive a gift beyond our imagining, we often send it back.” IfsInspirationalGivingHelpingRememberSpiritualPowerfulPositionSourceAmountLimitsDrawsAccountsCreatorAvailableUnlimitedBank AccountsStingyPowerful God Book:The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition Source: The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
“But maybe because the dot-com world gives people positions at a younger age, and many women are prominent in this business, it will help change the view about who can run big companies.” PeopleWorldGivingHelpingBigsRunningAgeViewsCompanyEconomyPositionDotsProminentBig Companies Author:Christie Hefner
“If we repeatedly read the Bible without the help of the Holy Spirit, it tends to reinforce our own prejudices and rock-hard doctrinal positions. We end up merely finding ammunition for what we already believe. We become so spiritually proud, so convinced of our own positions, that the Spirit is hindered in helping us to grow in the things of God.” IfsBelieveEndsHardGodHelpingChristianSpiritualSpiritFaithReadingBeliefGrowsReligiousLordRocksPositionProudBecomingHolyFindingsBiblePrejudiceConvincedChristian InspirationalDoctrineHoly SpiritPastorAmmunition Author:Jim Cymbala
“Those who can bring themselves to renounce wealth, position and power accruing from a social system based on violence and putting a premium on acquisitiveness, and to identify themselves in some real fashion with the struggle of the masses toward the light, may help in a measure - more, doubtless, by life than by words - to devise a more excellent way, a technique of social progress less crude, brutal, costly and slow than mankind has yet evolved.” WayMayRealHelpingLightSocialWealthStruggleProgressViolenceMankindFashionPositionMassTechniqueExcellentBrutalCrudeRenounceSocial ProgressSocial SystemsPremium Author:A. J. Muste
“I want to show the world that you do have some artists that are ready to go to the next level, and instead of being selfish with their career they'll open up the door to other people. I'm in a position to open up the door to help other people do what I do.” PeopleWorldWantHelpingShowsArtistNextLevelsCareersDoorsPositionReadySelfishHelping OthersNext LevelBeing Selfish Author:Raekwon
“We should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried. The more I am in a position to be tried in faith, the more I will have the opportunity of seeing God’s help and deliverance. Every fresh instance in which He helps and delivers me will increase my faith. The believer should not shrink from situations, positions, or circumstances in which his faith may be tried, but he should cheerfully embrace them as opportunities to see the hand of God stretched out in help and deliverance. Thus his faith will be strengthened.” ShouldMayHelpingHandsOpportunitySituationSeeingPositionCircumstancesIncreaseEmbraceBelieverInstanceShrinksDeliveranceHands Of God Author:George Muller
“I don't see makeup as a defense. I see it as a creative outlet. I am a woman who has my extreme vulnerable side and my baggage--and at times I feel extremely weak. And who's to say a little mascara doesn't make you feel more confident when you pop it on and look in the mirror? It helps, especially in my position, where I have people waiting down the street to take pictures of me so they can evaluate and criticize every little flaw on my face.” PeopleFeelsLooksLittlesHelpingFacesWaitingSidesCreativeStreetsPositionWeakMirrorsExtremesPopsDefenseVulnerableMakeupFlawsCriticizeOutletsEvaluateBaggageMascaraCreative Outlets Author:Christina Aguilera
“Gay marriage is a tricky issue for the Democrats due to the fact that - like taxes, defense and education - they are forced to lie about their position when running for office. In other words, Democrats are gay marriage supporters trapped in the bodies of candidates who oppose gay marriage. And no issue-reassignment surgery can help them.” FactsHelpingBodyRunningLyingIssuesPositionGayTaxesOfficeDemocratDuesDefenseCandidatesTrappedSurgerySupporterGay MarriageTrickyRunning For Office Author:Ann Coulter
“It's absolutely philistine not to recognize what a great book 'An American Dream' is. Norman Mailer is his own worst enemy, and if you don't catch him in a defensive position, he'll admit it. I'd really like to help that man.” IfsMenBookHelpingDreamEnemyWorstPositionAmerican DreamWorst EnemyGreat BookPhilistines Author:Germaine Greer
“If the ad is bad people get turned off. That's 125 million potential viewers, so you just killed reach. But there's also a big potential payoff. I think it does pay off because you get a lot of traffic, a lot of free public relations(in media stories). It helps position themselves for the next round of financing.” PeopleIfsThinkingDoeHelpingStoriesBigsNextPayMillionsMediaPositionRelationKillingRoundsAdsTrafficViewersBad PeoplePublic RelationsFinancingPayoffTurned Off Author:Charlene Li
“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.” IfsMenHeartMayDoeHelpingLyingCultureRealizingBornDestinySeeingGenerationsPositionHe ManDependsCivilizationRemainsWinterCeaseChosenGoldenAcknowledgeOur DestinySummitRipeCharlatansPedantsSimpletonsPhidias Book:Form and actuality Source: Form and actuality
“I have very little interest in the bottom line or signing artists to help make the label profit. That's a lucky, unique position to be in, but it all comes out in the wash.” LittlesHelpingArtistInterestLinesPositionLuckyUniqueBottomProfitLabelsBottom LineSigning Author:Jack White
“An atheist before Darwin could have said, following Hume: I have no explanation for complex biological design. All I know is that God isn't a good explanation, so we must wait and hope that somebody comes up with a better one. I can't help feeling that such a position, though logically sound, would have left one feeling pretty unsatisfied, and that although atheism might have been logically tenable before Darwin, Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist.” KnowsHas BeensMadeSaidI CanHelpingFeelingsMightLeftWaitingSoundAtheismDesignPositionComplexesAtheistCome UpFollowingPositive AtheismMade ItExplanationFulfilledMight Have BeenUnsatisfiedSelfish GeneHumeFeeling Pretty Author:Richard Dawkins
“There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous. Some of them are not known even in their own countries, but when you come across them you are very impressed. Those are heroes or heroines we must never forget. Because of their service to society, you can't really help but admire them.” MenHas BeensCountryHelpingForgetKnownPositionDevelopmentHeroMen And WomenEnormousAdmireContributionNever ForgetImpressedHeroinesDistinctiveDevelopment Of Society Author:Nelson Mandela
“Whatever success I have achieved, whatever positions of leadership I have held have depended less on Ivy League degrees or SAT scores or GPAs and have instead been due to that sense of connection and empathy, the special obligation I felt as a black man like you to help those who need it most, people who didn't have the opportunities that I had because there, but for the grace of God go I. I might have been in their shoes. I might have been in prison. I might have been unemployed. I might not have been able to support a family. And that motivates me.” PeopleMenNeedsHas BeensHelpingMightAbleOpportunityFeltBlackSupportGraceSpecialPositionLike YouEqualDegreesEmpathyConnectionsPrisonShoesDuesObligationLeagueSatScoreMight Have BeenEqual RightsGrace Of GodUnemployedIvyIvy LeagueSat ScoresGpa Author:Barack Obama
“If I need to help my team and play a different position for that game because somebody is hurt or they want to give a day off to somebody, I'll do it.” IfsWantNeedsGivingDifferentPlayHelpingGamesHurtTeamPositionDays Off Author:Albert Pujols
“It's never really fun to have to cry in a scene, or anything like that. I just try to put myself in the characters position, and that helps. It's never really fun, but at the same time, if you're having a really bad day, it's a great way to get out all of your frustration by doing a really angry or sad scene. That's always a good release.” IfsWayTryingCharacterHelpingFunCryPositionSceneAngryReleaseFrustrationBad DayReally Bad Days Author:Abigail Breslin
“Love doesn't have any color. Other people may discriminate against us, but what is more important is whether we discriminate against them. If we don't do that, we are a happier person, and as a happier person, we are in a position to help. And anger, this is not a help.” PeopleIfsMayPersonsImportantHelpingPositionColor Author:Nhat Hanh
“My parents and grandparents always made me feel fortunate. I'm in a position to help others feel the same. It's just in my heart and is something I feel very very strong about.” FeelsHeartMadeHelpingStrongParentPositionMy HeartHelping OthersFortunateVery StrongGrandparentParents And Grandparents Author:Kevin Martin
“If you become so frightened of realities that are not your own, if you take upon yourselves tragedies that do not exist in your reality, in your moment, then you weaken your position and weaken the position, of those you think you are helping. You look about you and you see only hopelessness and helplessness. You organize your reality according to the tragedies of the newspapers!” IfsThinkingLooksMomentsHelpingRealityPositionTragedyNewspapersFrightenedOrganizeHopelessnessHelplessnessYour Mom Author:Seth
“The strong and undeniable fundamentals of low-cost clean energy and the cheapest petrochemical feed-stocks in the world will prevail we believe and we're seeing the demand pool beginning to grow. We have continued to position ourselves in a way that will catch this very sustainable and fundamentally supported wave of volume growth and at the same time, help our customer base achieve their lofty goals of growth as well.” WorldWayBelieveWellsHelpingEnergyStrongGrowsGoalGrowthSeeingAchievePositionCostDemandLowsFundamentalsCleanWaveCustomersPoolVolumeLoftyClean EnergyLofty Goals Author:Alan Armstrong
“There was no "decision" per se to re-position myself. I simply decided that I wanted to write a book that would help people influence others.” PeopleWritingBookHelpingWantedDecisionInfluencePositionDecided Author:Guy Kawasaki
“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
“Playing catch is often the first professional act of the day, it's a transition from personal life to team business. Lastly, as all position players think they can pitch, at least half of us are working on our off-speed stuff likely at the detriment of our elbows and shoulders, but we can't help it. It's too much fun. My changeup has come a long way since high school.” ThinkingWayFirstsLongHelpingSchoolFunStuffHalfToo MuchPlayerTeamPositionHigh SchoolSpeedShouldersTransitionPersonal LifeLong WayElbowsToo Much Fun Author:Fernando Perez
“Through the Social Enterprise Demonstration Fund, we are connecting high-potential social enterprises with the resources they need to grow and create jobs. This not only contributes to a fairer, more prosperous province; it also helps position Ontario as a global impact investment leader.” NeedsHelpingJobsSocialGrowsLeaderPositionResourcesImpactInvestmentEnterpriseFundConnectingProsperousDemonstrationProvincesOntario Author:Brad Duguid
“Without a sense of the shame or guilt of his or her action, the child will only be hardened in rebellion by physical punishment. Shame (and praise) help the child to internalize the parent's judgment. It impresses upon the child that the parent is not only more powerful but also right. Like the Puritans, Locke (in 1690), wanted the child to adopt the parent's moral position, rather than simply bow to superior strength or social pressure.” ChildrenHelpingActionWantedSocialParentPowerfulMoralPositionJudgmentPressurePraiseShameGuiltPunishmentSuperiorsRebellionBowsImpressPuritanHardenedSocial Pressure Author:C. Sommerville
“I am a sensitive person, so it is actually saddening to learn that these poverty-stricken families are most of the time mistreated or looked down upon. Help the poor, like how you would want to be helped if you were in their position.” IfsWantPersonsHelpingPoorPovertyPositionSensitiveHelp The PoorMistreatedSensitive PersonSaddening Author:Hillary Clinton
“I'm really tired of Americans being the only ones asked to do all the heavy lifting when it comes to charity, and, quite frankly, my number one concern right now is taking care of the fact that Americans are taking it in the gut without jobs. Many of them working two and three part time jobs. And, if America wants to do something great, let's get our economy growing again, stabilize the dollar, and we'll be in a much better position to help people around the world.” PeopleIfsWorldWantTwoFactsHelpingCareJobsAmericaThreeNumbersEconomyGrowingPositionRight NowConcernTiredDollarsCharityHeavyAround The WorldGutsLiftingPart TimeHeavy LiftingPart Time Jobs Author:Mike Huckabee
“When a lot of athletes get done playing, they end up in some really tough positions. They have a hard time transitioning because their identity is wrapped up in who they are as a player and what they do rather than who they can be in Christ. We desire to help people understand the invitation that God has given each one of us as Christ followers to be a part of this global redemptive story. If you can't give your life to something with meaning and purpose of that magnitude then there's nothing there.” PeopleIfsGivingEndsHardDoneHelpingStoriesDesirePurposeGivenChristPlayerIdentityPositionToughAthleteHard TimesFollowersInvitationsMagnitude Author:Aaron Kampman
“I've worked hard with my body, just in case someone needs me to play third or short. I'm happy to go back to short, it's my natural position. I'm here to help and here to do whatever the manager wants me to do.” WantNeedsHardPlayHelpingBodyNaturalCasesPositionThirdsManagersWant Me Author:Miguel Tejada
“If we want to be used for the benefit of mankind-helping the Lord with his mission-we must ourselves be in a position to be used by him.” IfsWantHelpingUsedLordMankindPositionBenefitsMissions Author:Elaine A. Cannon
“And all of you, all your lives, should be telling those of us in the media leadership positions to tell the whole truth and calling us to complain when we don't. Break this know-nothing pact now and you will have taken as mighty a step as you can as an individual to help see to it that we as a nation move together toward a lively, hopeful, confident, and all-embracing future.” KnowsShouldWholeHelpingTogetherMovingIndividualNationsStepsBreakTakenMediaPositionCallingComplainingHopefulLivelyPactWhole Truth Author:Geneva Overholser
“At times we are thrown suddenly into positions that seem too big for us and for which we have little preparation. The Lord stimulates our growth this way.... The Lord blesses us far beyond our natural ability and experience. However, it has been my experience that he expects us to quickly exert ourselves and acquire the things we need. He gives us a little time to improve our management skills and detailed knowledge so that we don't have to rely upon him for everything. We'll always need inspiration in these areas we couldn't possibly understand without his help.” WayNeedsGivingLittlesHas BeensHelpingBigsInspirationSeemsGrowthNaturalAbilityLordPositionSkillsAreasManagementPreparationRelyAcquireThrownBlessLittle TimeRely UponNatural AbilityManagement Skills Author:Robert E. Wells
“I have what I call an iron prescription that helps me keep sane when I naturally drift toward preferring one ideology over another and that is: I say that I'm not entitled to have an opinion on this subject unless I can state the arguments against my position better than the people who support it. I think only when I've reached that state am I qualified to speak. This business of not drifting into extreme ideology is a very, very important thing in life” PeopleThinkingI CanImportantStatesHelpingSpeakOpinionSupportSubjectsPositionArgumentImportant ThingsExtremesIdeologyHelp MeIronSaneThings In LifeEntitledQualifiedPrescriptionsDrifting Author:Charlie Munger
“College football is no more of a minor league than, say, the universities' schools of journalism, engineering or music are. We can argue at another time whether football should occupy the same space on campus as those disciplines, but for now, it does. The critical point is that a coach is less concerned with preparing athletes for the next level than he is with molding them to fit a system that helps him win games, keep his job and, eventually, move on to a position with a more prestigious program.” ShouldDoeHelpingSchoolJobsMovingNextGamesWinningSpaceLevelsPositionFootballCollegeDisciplineFitConcernedProgramUniversityAthleteCriticalArguingCoachesJournalismLeagueEngineeringMinorsPreparingCampusNext LevelAnother TimeCollege FootballPrestigiousMolding Author:William C. Rhoden
“We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts. I support them. I won't chip away at them. I believe they help protect us and provide for our safety. I'm sure my positions won't make me the hero of the NRA.” BelieveHelpingLawI BelieveSupportPositionHeroProtectGunToughSafetyChipsMassachusettsNraGun Law Author:Mitt Romney
“We consider ISIS and extremism to be a threat to all of us in the region. . . . Our position is that we help the legitimate governments in the region that have representation in the United Nations. We help the Iraqi government on their request through advisers; we help the Syrian government on their request to help with advisers to fight extremists. . . . So it's both lawful and legitimate.” HelpingGovernmentFightingNationsUnitedPositionThreatRegionsRepresentationUnited NationsIsisRequestExtremismExtremistAdviserLegitimate Government Author:Mohammad Javad Zarif
“I don't consider myself a teacher of moral and political positions. I don't want to be that. I can't help but have a point of view when I make a film, but my first job is to entertain you.” WantFirstsI CanHelpingJobsFilmPoliticalViewsMoralTeacherPositionPoint Of View Author:Sydney Pollack
“We oppose all corporate welfare, whether we benefit or not. You will find that our policy positions mainly hurt our profitability rather than help it.” HelpingHurtPolicyPositionBenefitsCorporateWelfareProfitability Author:Charles Koch
“This investment will provide capital to help high-potential start-up companies transition from product development to market entry, while also providing skills training to help them position themselves to be more attractive to investors and commercial partners. We are pleased to support the entrepreneurial community in southern Ontario and contribute to economic growth and job creation.” HelpingJobsGrowthCommunityCompanySupportEconomicCreationPositionProductsDevelopmentSkillsTrainingInvestmentPartnersAttractiveTransitionSouthernInvestorsProvidingEconomic GrowthEntrepreneurialEntryJob CreationOntarioProduct DevelopmentSkills Training Author:Gary Goodyear
“I play a lot of basketball and racquetball, as they're both great for your feet and hand eye coordination. Other drills can help as well, such as simply catching a football in distant positions from different heights and velocities.” WellsDifferentPlayHelpingHandsEyeFeetPositionFootballBasketballHeightCatchingDrillsVelocityCoordinationRacquetball Author:Antonio Cromartie
“If you take a wrong step but you're still in that football position, you can just react and change directions. I think for the most part young guys need to work on their football position. Get in their stance and hold it as long as possible. Work on your flexibility, especially in the hips, so you can hold that longer. A good football position will help you be more mobile and give you better leverage in the trenches.” IfsThinkingNeedsGivingLongStillsHelpingYoungGuyStepsPositionFootballHipsFlexibilityMobileStanceTrenchesYoung GuysGood Football Author:Brandon Spikes
“Since I'm not focusing on my speed as much now as I was heading into the combine, I'm really focusing on my position work, trying to perfect how I play the safety position. I've been doing a lot of backpedaling and drills that focus on turning my hips, which help me out on the football field.” TryingPlayHelpingPerfectFocusFieldsPositionFootballSafetySpeedHipsHelp MeHeadingsDrillsFootball Field Author:Calvin Pryor