#vantage

By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#asking #concentrating #disadvantage #faith #future

The year 1915 was one of meager results, the advantages remaining on the side of the Central Powers, with this understanding, however: The Allies were growing stronger because Great Britain was making rapid progress in marshaling her resources for war. ↗

— Kelly Miller

#allies #because #britain #central #great

Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

#advantages #affairs #being #being done #desire

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#doing #exactly #lay #oneself #places

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#advantage #being #every #every man #himself

We must carefully examine change so that we are able to discard those aspects of change which would be detrimental to our way of life, and, at the same time, take advantage of those aspects of change which will enhance and improve our quality of life. ↗

— Alex Campbell

#advantage #aspects #carefully #change #detrimental

I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin. ↗

— Tia Carrere

#been #got #gullible #had #i

I was born in a very small town in North Dakota, a town of only about 350 people. I lived there until I was 13. It was a marvelous advantage to grow up in a small town where you knew everybody. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#advantage #born #dakota #everybody #grow

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#danger #fear #fears #gives #prevent

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#forego #important #important thing #know #knowing