“You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.” IfsWayGivingResultsAcceptingReadyShotsCompetitionMy WayOutcomesBest Shot Author:Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
“Some things the legislator must find ready to his hand in a state, others he must provide. And therefore we can only say: May our state be constituted in such a manner as to be blessed with the goods of which fortune disposes (for we acknowledge her power): whereas virtue and goodness in the state are not a matter of chance but the result of knowledge and purpose. A city can be virtuous only when the citizens who have a share in the government are virtuous, and in our state all the citizens share in the government.” MayMatterStatesHandsGovernmentPurposeChanceResultsCitiesVirtueShareReadyCitizensGoodnessBlessedFortuneAcknowledgeGoodsVirtuousLegislatorsBeing Blessed Book:Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)
“The innocence of those who grind the faces of the poor, but refrain from pinching the bottoms of their neighbour's wives! The innocence of Ford, the innocence of Rockefeller! The nineteenth century was the Age of Innocence--that sort of innocence. With the result that we're now almost ready to say that a man is seldom more innocently employed than when making love.” MenAgeFacesPoorResultsWifeCenturyReadyBottomGreedLustInnocenceMaking LoveEmployedNeighbourGrindNineteenth CenturyRefrainPinchingLove Lust Book:The collected works of Aldous Huxley Source: The collected works of Aldous Huxley
“While I do not think it was so intended I have always been of the opinion that this turned out to be much the best for me. I had no national experience. What I have ever been able to do has been the result of first learning how to do it. I am not gifted with intuition. I need not only hard work but experience to be ready to solve problems. The Presidents who have gone to Washington without first having held some national office have been at great disadvantage.” ThinkingNeedsFirstsHas BeensHardProblemAblePoliticsPresidentResultsOpinionGoneReadyHard WorkOfficeIntuitionSolveGiftedDisadvantages Author:Calvin Coolidge
“I don't have to prove anything to anyone. As a result, I am ready to take up again the characters who are closer to what I really am.” CharacterResultsReadyProve Author:Christopher Reeve