Rules Quotes

I make myself strict rules in order to correct my nature. But it is my nature that I finally obey.

If after accepting the spiritual master and being initiated one does not follow the rules and regulations of devotional service, then he is again fallen.

The Kremlin is constantly changing the rules of the game to suit its purposes. We are not playing chess, we're playing roulette.

The thrust of continuous action is the firewood which fuels motivation.

Rules like 'don't wear white after Labor Day' or 'shoes matching the handbag' are antiquated. Modern women should feel free to experiment.

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.

You never date someone's ex-boyfriend. Period. That's not even the unspoken rule - that's the spoken rule.

The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary.

Too often, people get stuck in a state of over-thinking, the result is that they never reach a decision.

There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.

The sprint is like life ... blink and you miss it.

Change comes from power, and power comes from organization. In order to act, people must get together.

By the time you learn the rules of life, you're too old to play the game.

Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.

A rule to live by: I won't use anything I can't explain in five minutes.

The most unethical of all means is the non-use of any means.

Life cannot be administered by definite rules and regulations; that wisdom to deal with a man's difficulties comes only through some knowledge of his life and habits as a whole.

Unlike multiculturalism, cultural pluralism doesn't just mean diversity but also togetherness - primarily the understanding of the rules of the game - the European values structure.

Strict rules of evidence would destroy psychoanalysis and literary criticism.

Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still.

The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the middle of a sentence.

Make rules and follow rules as needed, but don't focus on riles. Focus on faith. Focus on grace. Focus on Jesus.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

The thing about parenting rules is there aren't any. That's what makes it so difficult.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

So the next thing I assume I'll be hearing from Republicans, they want to change rules some way, as they do on the House when you get a problem with ethics, they just change the rules.

Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.

People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place.

...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.

We all live inside the terrible engine of authority, and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one will say: lines on maps are silly.

I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure.

I found that people like rules, and I love to tell people what to do. It's not rocket science when it comes to weight loss. It's about eating a little less and moving a little bit more.

The rules of Panic are simple. Anyone can enter. But only one person will win.

I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct.

Religion is a very dangerous thing. By that I mean being so caught up in rules and regulations and not focusing on the thing that matters most- a personal relationship with God.

Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.

If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked.

As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be.

It is a good idea to obey all the rules when you're young just so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old.

The human soul is not framed for continued proximity, and the result of this enforced neighbourhood is often an appalling loneliness for which the rules of the game forbid assuagement.

Agree to these ground rules: Be curious, conversational and real. Don't persuade or interrupt. Listen, listen, listen.

Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.

I had everything working my way, strong as a bull. And still I ignored the rules of the game of life.

Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.

The way forward is to stop pestering yourself for answers and let it, the creative part of your mind, come up with the solution when the time is right.

If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.

Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.

It's a courageous thing to do something that doesn't have rules or limits.

When you have rules to abide by, does that curtail you as a designer, or set you free? People think of classical architecture visually, but I think the brilliant part of it is actually spatial.