Position Quotes
Power: The ability to force or coerce someone to do your will, even if they would choose not to, because of your position or your might.
We are not in a position to criticize anyone. The existence of enemies means for us that our friendliness has not been sufficient enough.
Not money, or success, or position or travel or love makes happiness,--service is the secret.
A man is most accurately judged by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or to reciprocate.
I wont ever put myself in a bad position so that people can say bad things about me. I make smart decisions, and my friends and my family, they are all there for the right reason.
The Japanese position was hopeless even before the first atomic bomb fell because the Japanese had lost control of their own air.
Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
You don't have to get in or out of a position all at once. Avoid the temptation of wanting to be completely right.
Ten properties of an object, according to Leonardo: light and dark, color and substance, form and position, distance and nearness, movement and stillness.
In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken..."
The strategic initiatives we propose to undertake as part of our plan over the next few years position us well to lead this evolution.
When an issue becomes a vital part of a political agenda, as is the case with climate, then the politically desired position becomes a goal rather than a consequence of scientific research.
What to do when inspiration doesn't come; be careful not to spook, get the wind up, force things into position. You must wait around until the idea comes.
Why are we putting people who are already in a vulnerable position through this dreadful, appalling stress?
It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position
The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia.
I'm pleased the administration is endorsing the need for legislation dealing with the chemical sector. In the past, the administration's position has been ambiguous.
It's hard for me to feel bad for myself because I'm doing what I love to do. I'm in a good position.
It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world.
Colombia is in a risky position. They've got a peace process that's going nowhere, and a drug production problem that's skyrocketing.
Every position must be held to the last man. There must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight to the end.
I think that once you lose your fear, and understand that your position is God-given, then, if you lose your fear of what man can do, it enables you to do some things that God wants you to do.
I realize that it is an unpopular and unhumanitarian position, for which I have been excoriated by 'liberal' colleagues, but I think Plessy v. Ferguson was right and should be re-affirmed.
I refuse to "look up." Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery.
You just can't have a position where some pumped up bunyip potentate dismisses an elected government.
Liberals have a preternatural gift for striking a position on the side of treason...Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy.
The Catholics had been in the position of oppressors, and the Protestants of the oppressed
So far I've been very, very fortunate because it appears that people like to hear the music I like to play. What more fortunate position can a musician be in?
Never abandon the possibility of attack. Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy's plans. This often results in improving one's own position.
Complaining about your current position in life is worthless. Have a spine and do something about it instead.
I became an animal painter because I loved to move among animals. I would study an animal and draw it in the position it took, and when it changed to another position I would draw that.
Today - and it's happening very rapidly - money, wealth, position, birth are of no importance at all. The thing that is important is the individual you are.
No one has a right to occupy the privileged position all the time, so it should be contested. It should always be messy in there.
Freedom is the default position. Everything the government does takes away some of our freedom... That's why we have a constitution, to restrain the government.
I only get the points because I have team-mates who do the work and put me in the position to get them.
An attempt to gain a value by deceiving the mind of others is an act of raising your victims to a position higher than reality.
What is important is not victory or the position of a victor, but rather the labor of striving towards God and devotion to Him.
