#confer

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#favor #graciously #refuse

When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#confer #favor #those #worthy #you

Animals have genes for altruism, and those genes have been selected in the evolution of many creatures because of the advantage they confer for the continuing survival of the species. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#altruism #because #been #confer #continuing

And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit. ↗

— Bobby Knight

#be the first #been #benefit #coaching #conferences

Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two Arab countries created realities that led to the Madrid Peace Conference. ↗

— Yitzhak Rabin

#aggression #arab #arab countries #between #change

I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust. ↗

— Geronimo

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I have learned that the harder you fall…the higher you bounce! ↗

— John Paul Warren

#conferences #crusades #eeaders #inspirational #john-paul

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#exact #full #maketh #man #reading

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#characteristic #compensate #confer #inferiority #intelligence

When I worked for Entertainment Tonight I got to emcee Paul McCartney's press conference. ↗

— Nina Blackwood

#emcee #entertainment #got #i #mccartney