#maxim

Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces that are within us. ↗

— David Sarnoff

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Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself. ↗

— John Searle

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Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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If somehow a proclamation were made that C.E.O.'s could only make a maximum of $300,000 a year, you would not have any shortage of very qualified men and women seeking the jobs. ↗

— James Sinegal

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There is nothing wrong with wanting pay for work, or seeking to maximize one's income, as long as one does not use means that are destructive. ↗

— Richard Stallman

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The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform. ↗

— George Steiner

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A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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I don't think there's a date minimum or maximum. I don't get the whole 'All right, you've got to wait three days to call after the date.' If I got a number from a girl, I'd call that night. There's no science to it for me. You just do what it is that you feel like doing. ↗

— Channing Tatum

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The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results. ↗

— Major Taylor

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You can create sense out of nonsense, something out of nothing. You can create wealth out of dearth, viable ventures out of turbulent adventures. You can create mercies out of miseries. You can create tomorrow’s peace out of today’s crisis. ↗

— Ikechukwu Joseph

#create-vision #destiny #develop-talents #discover-potentials #dreams