Quotes About Advantage

At every place and time throughout your life, take frankly what that place and time can give you, and think of its limitation as advantage rather than harm. —JOHN RUSKIN

Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.

One direct approach had, by its vain cost, done much to undo the aggregate advantage which indirect approaches alone had built up. And it is not the least significant feature that the issue was finally settled, in the reverse way, by yet another example of the indirect approach.

You'll be amazed at how capable people think you are if they don't know you well. Don't waste that advantage.

The advantage of a market-based national defense is obvious: Every citizen would receive an individualized amount of military protection, based on the value each of us placed on defending the homeland.

To score goals, you need to receive the ball in advantageous positions.

It's been a great advantage and a privilege to have the Tagore surname. Wherever you go, you are recognised.

Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage.

Derbies are always difficult to play because you have to handle the pressure. There's no advantage or disadvantage for either side.

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.

My height might be a disadvantage in some parts of my game, but it is a big advantage in rushing the passer.

Height is definitely an advantage no matter what position you are at.

I have big hands - I wear either a XXXL or XXL glove. I have a 6-8 wingspan on a 5-11 body - I can dunk. My wingspan allows me to do a lot of things that other people at my height might not be able to do.

I guess I concentrated exclusively on basketball because of my height. If I was shorter, I don't think I would play.

I guess what I've been told makes me dangerous is my height and length, so I just use that.

I feel like I'm a matchup problem, but that's of course because of my height and the height difference at my position sometimes.

Growing up, it was kind of a struggle being small, since everyone would make fun of you - except for when it came to hide and seek: that's the only advantage I ever had!

I'm not going to deny that knowing someone in high places can sometimes get the job done. That's the name of the game. A son or daughter of someone famous will get a break. But once they're in there, they're on their own.

The other farmers sympathised in principle, but they did not at first give him much help. At heart, each of them was secretly wondering whether he could not somehow turn Jones's misfortune to his own advantage.

because the chances of profit are always in his favor.

I learned that to attract good luck to oneself, it is necessary to take advantage of opportunities.

A fortunate birth, in other words, is a shock absorber. -The Thought Experiment

System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.

O God, I love you to the edge of madness, Venetia, but I'm not mad yet--not so mad that I don't know how disastrous it might be to you--to us both! You don't realize what an advantage I should be taking of your innocence!