A good leader must have the wisdom to know when a pursuit is no longer worthy of being pursued - a time when the losses of the present must be accepted - and cut - to preserve the gains and providence of the future.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING A great future starts with what you can see SOTONYE ANGA The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window SUZY DAVIES Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be. STEPHEN CHBOSKY He said it was the kind of book you made your own. STEPHEN CHBOSKY No hay nada como respirar hondo después de reírte tanto. Nada en el mundo como el dolor de estóma... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements. LAURA DOCKRILL The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Look to your heart and soul first, rather than looking to your head first, when choosing. Rather tha... JEFFREY R. ANDERSON The Dream of a Queer Fellow I write the words again and they appear doubly pregnant with meaning. It... JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY If you have read this far in the chronicle of the Baudelaire orphans - and I certainly hope you have... LEMONY SNICKET In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word. DIANA WYNNE JONES The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO It's nice to have things to look forward to. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I wish I was home", She said miserably. She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Si escuchas la canción Asleep, y piensas en esos días en los que hace un clima precioso que te hac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it wer... J.R.R. TOLKIEN No one should let yesterday use up too much of today. Easy to say, hard to live. ANDREA HAIRSTON Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE Avoid the temptation to force a moment so you won’t miss the one with your name on it. GINA GREENLEE It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Mother Superior jump the gun... -The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun LAUREN MYRACLE Oh happy day! A day to make a hay! And when it is mid-day, think about the day! And when you think a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
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I've got to take responsibility for that and try to cut down on the mistakes. A.J. FEELEY As you know, all the rumors were that he was on his way. We had not officially heard that. But we go... A.J. SMITH It's disappointing, but it's business. A.J. SMITH We are letting the dust settle around here. We are not pressed. We will let it all go for a couple o... A.J. SMITH That's the way they wanted to approach it. Miami made an offer but was told it was not acceptable. W... A.J. SMITH I've heard that for a long, long time. I wasn't even here during the Leaf era. Our ownership was. Bu... A.J. SMITH I don't know if they were wrong. Sure you want your 1-2-3-4 picks to make it ---- that's how you get... A.J. SMITH Our policymakers, economists and the media bestowed that role on it. A.J. SENCHACK We don't like to see people say stuff in the newspaper, but he didn't say anything bad about me. So ... A.J. PIERZYNSKI For him, he likes to have it when he's on the mound. He's the type of guy that feels more confident ... A.J. PIERZYNSKI I don't know what happened. I guess I thought I fouled it off. A.J. PIERZYNSKI You play here enough, you know that balls on the line roll back fair. Really nothing you can do abou... A.J. PIERZYNSKI They look good. They're a team that has a chance (if) they get any kind of pitching. A.J. PIERZYNSKI We like to see the crowds there and the people excited. That's good, but we've still got to go out a... A.J. PIERZYNSKI I didn't do anything. I struck out. A.J. PIERZYNSKI It's an exciting time. I'm mostly excited, and a little nervous in a way. I just feel fortunate that... A.J. NICHOLSON If they're paying money to have you on their team, [teams] should want to ask and should want to kno... A.J. NICHOLSON If they're paying money to have you on their team, you should want to ask and should want to know --... A.J. NICHOLSON We broke down a couple of times out there. But we ended up with more plays than breakdowns and that'... A.J. NICHOLSON He doesn't do a lot of looking off. Once he looks at a certain direction, you can pretty much guess ... A.J. NICHOLSON I took part in every drill. It was just a scare. A.J. NICHOLSON They are athletic and they like to run the option, but they have a lot of other weapons. On defense,... A.J. MASSENGALE It's definitely a tough stretch for us. All we can do is play it. We just want to do the best we can... A.J. MASSENGALE I think we will be better up front, but our skill position people will have to evolve during the sea... A.J. MASSENGALE We've spent a lot of time working on tackling, something we were terrible at last season. We want to... A.J. MASSENGALE It's very hard to move on. We did everything together, and things aren't the same without him. A.J. LEPORE We started off all eight together, did some medium turns, then four went over to a jump. A.J. JONES The hardest thing is to ski your count in your head. You are counting and trying to visually look do... A.J. JONES They've been working really hard, and they've really changed their style of skiing from when they st... A.J. JONES Dentists are not taking Medicaid because of the low reimbursement and the cumbersome paperwork. It i... A.J. JONES When I went to California, I played alongside a lot of Gator commitments, and they welcomed me in li... A.J. JONES It feels great knowing I'm going to play with people I know. In a couple of years, maybe next year, ... A.J. JONES It's great to be wanted in this recruiting class. If we [this recruiting class] come together and do... A.J. JONES Florida has a great program, and they are headed in the right direction. They have the No. 1 recruit... A.J. JONES I couldn't get things going, so it gets frustrating. As a quarterback you want to make plays and put... A.J. FEELEY One of the most bizarre plays I've ever been a part of. A.J. PIERZYNSKI I have no timetable. I have none. I wish I could tell you, but I don't (have a schedule). We're goin... A.J. BURNETT They say you get what you can handle, and I can handle it just fine. A.J. PIERZYNSKI We are going to try to long-term him. We originally wanted to do this in early February, but I guess... A.J. SMITH Every play they made behind me pumped me up even more and gave me the energy to keep going. A.J. BURNETT If you do something great people will think you're great! A.J. CHILSON Popularity will never bring you power, unless you have Christ. A.J. CHILSON What I wanted was to write a better love poem than the last, and when that didn't happen it killed m... A.J. CHILSON The church that I go to might just as well be my home. The people I go to church with are more like ... A.J. CHILSON Brooklyn is the only place in baseball where money doesn't matter. Only the fans do. A.J. CHILSON If life is short, then how come most books reflect the opposite approach? A.J. CHILSON I am not afraid to be controversial, because people with a voice are controversial. And I am one of ... A.J. CHILSON Sexuality, as far as I am concerned, means little to me. A.J. CHILSON The worst thing there is about having a birthday is when it's over. A.J. CHILSON Anytime you get a chance to play, you have a chance to succeed, ... It's a matter of what you do wit... A.J. FEELEY