Quotes About Clarity

If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame.

Again the girls assented. The words of command having been thus explained, he set up the halberds and battle-axes in order to begin the drill. Then, to the sound of drums, he gave the order "Right turn." But the girls only burst out laughing. Sun Tzu said: "If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame.

The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive.

Sun Tzu said: If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame.

Au petit matin, les esprits sont pénétrants ; durant la journée, ils s'alanguissent, et le soir, ils rentrent à la maison.

When the general is weak and without authority; when his orders are not clear and distinct; when there are no fixes duties assigned to officers and men, and the ranks are formed in a slovenly haphazard manner, the result is utter disorganization.

A wise warrior never gets lost when he goes; he's never in confusion, when acting.

A menos que tu corazón esté totalmente abierto y tu mente en orden, no puedes esperar ser capaz de adaptarte a responder sin límites, a manejar los acontecimientos de manera infalible, a enfrentarte a las dificultades graves e inesperadas sin turbarte, dirigiendo cada cosa sin confusión.

Cuando las órdenes son razonables, justas, sencillas, claras y consecuentes, existe una satisfacción recíproca entre el líder y el grupo.

la utilización del fuego para apoyar un ataque significa claridad, y la utilización del agua para apoyar un ataque significa fuerza. El agua puede incomunicar, pero no puede arrasar.

People seemed to me to fill life with shadows that should not be there.

At the centre of the Light there is a cold white flame

But then I looked in the glass and saw the spy beyond the clergyman, the image beyond the image, and beyond the spy was yet another man, the image beyond the image beyond the image. Reality blurred; fantasy and truth became inextricably intertwined. I told myself I had imagined the distant stranger but as I felt my personality begin to divide I covered my face with my hands.

It's hard to see people properly,' I said, 'when there's a big shadow blocking the light.

In fact the great truth of life is that the things most people think are important aren't really important at all.

I have trouble asking for what I want, especially when it comes to men. If you don't ask for what you want, how do you get it? Felicia asked. If you're relying on him guessing, you're sabotaging your own happiness.

If you want to know, you need to ask her. Speculation will only lead to trouble.

Right now you're drowning and you don't even know it.

That's information, not an excuse.

Whatever the outcome, she would have done the right thing, which meant she would be able to sleep that night. Some days that was as good as it was going to get.

We understand what we want to understand.

Most people when you get up close are not more in focus, but less.

Whatever else you may need to get clarity, you must start with open eyes.

Unlike kitsch, moral clarity is hard to come by. It means working to make sense of things you do not even want to acknowledge. It often means not knowing if you ever get it right.