Quotes with duty-first

Quotes 1221 till 1240 of 1725.

  • Bernard Mandeville The first Rudiments of Morality, broach'd by skilful Politicians, to render Men useful to each other as well as tractable, were chiefly contrived that the Ambitious might reap the more Benefit from, and govern vast Numbers of them with the greater Ease and Security.
    The Fable of the Bees An Enquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue, p. 33
    Bernard Mandeville
    British writer and artist (1670 - 1733)
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  • Bill Gates The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.
    The Road Ahead
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Carl Hiaasen The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.
    Carl Hiaasen
    American writer, author and journalist (1953 - )
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  • Anthea Turner The first rule of management is delegation. Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't.
    Anthea Turner
    English television presenter (1960 - )
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  • Ben Horowitz The first rule of the C.E.O. psychological meltdown is 'Don't talk about the psychological meltdown.'
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Bobby Keys The first session I did with the Stones was an accident. I just happened to be wandering down the hallway of the same studio.
    Bobby Keys
    American saxophonist (1943 - 2014)
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  • Milo Bloom The first sign of a nervous breakdown is when you start thinking your work is terribly important.
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  • Georges Bernanos The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
    Georges Bernanos
    French writer (1888 - 1948)
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  • Bill Buford The first sign that I'd been unknowingly affected by cooking shows occurred on a Sunday morning when I realized I was talking to myself. I'd been making toast. 'First, we cut our bread,' I whispered. 'Do you know why?' I stopped what I was doing and looked up. 'Let me tell you why.'
    Bill Buford
    American author and journalist
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  • Thomas Carlyle The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Seneca The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Marianne Williamson The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.
    Marianne Williamson
    American writer (1952 - )
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  • Zig Ziglar The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.
    Zig Ziglar
    American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. (1926 - 2012)
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  • Albert Schweitzer The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Alan Cohen The first step to boosting your income is to identify where your passion lives and to be true to it.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Augustus William Hare The first step to self-knowledge is self-distrust. Nor can we attain to any kind of knowledge, except by a like process.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Nathaniel Branden The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
    Nathaniel Branden
    Canadian–American psychotherapist and writer (1930 - 2014)
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  • Mark Caine The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
    Mark Caine
    American writer
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  • Richard Cecil The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.
    Richard Cecil
    British Evangelical Anglican priest (1748 - 1810)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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