Quotes About Resources

Should you live each second to the full, grabbing every opportunity and making as many precious memories as possible? Or should you carefully salt resources away, having a comfortable buffer zone in place, in the event that disaster struck? It was impossible to decide, because you never knew what was coming down the tracks.

The willingness to indulge in ideological thinking - that is, in thinking that by definition is not one's own, which is blind to experience and to the contradictions that arise when broader fields of knowledge are consulted - is a capitulation no one should ever make. It is a betrayal of our magnificent minds and of all the splendid resources our culture has prepared for their use.

This "manna from heaven" was being squandered because of the laziness and stupidity of the savages who refused to work as harvesters of latex and obliged the planters to go to the tribes and take them by force. Which meant a great loss of time and money for the enterprises. "Well

La economía de recursos es maniática: nunca sobra ni un dato ni una palabra, aunque, a menudo, han sido escamoteados algunos ingredientes para hacer trabajar a la inteligencia del lector.

In any case as long as there is oil in the middle east they will never have peace

De todas formas, mientras haya petróleo en oriente medio, no conoceremos la paz.

Bagaimanapun, selama ada minyak di Timur Tengah kita takkan pernah damai.

Vision beyond your resources? Don't let fear dictate your decisions. If your vision is God-given, it will most definitely be beyond your ability and beyond your resources. The God who gives the vision is the same God who makes provision.

We have to learn to do more ministry with less money.

One of humankind's most enduring misconceptions is that of nature's bounty... the belief that nature is such a powerful force that it is indestructible.

Now, at peace, Jordan has few resources but is full of plans. Mohammed Noufal observed with a smile, "All we need is Israel's technology, Egypt's workers, Turkey's water, and Saudi Arabia's oil, and I am sure we can build a paradise here.

But as soon as paper started to be made from trees, concern shifted to the destruction of the forests.

People who consistently succeed are those who can commit all of their resources, mental and physical, to work together toward achieving a task.

Timing the market is basically playing poker with the best players in the world who play round the clock with nearly unlimited resources.

Often our resources are limited only by the questions we ask ourselves.

En otras palabras, su comportamiento no es el resultado de su habilidad, sino del estado en que se encuentre en ese momento. Para cambiar su habilidad, cambie su estado. Para abrir la multitud de recursos de que dispone, sitúese en un estado lleno de recursos y en una expectativa activa, ¡y observe cómo se producen los milagros!

Si suprime sus emociones y trata de eliminarlas de su vida, o si las magnifica y permite que lo controlen todo, estará despilfarrando uno de los recursos más preciosos de la vida.

Belief in limits creates limited people. The key is to let go of those limitations and operate from a higher set of resources. The leaders in our culture are the people who see the possibilities, who can go into a desert and see a garden. Impossible?

Friendship is an obstetric art; it draws out our richest and deepest resources; it unfolds the wings of our dreams and hidden indeterminate thoughts; it serves as a check on our judgements, tries out our new ideas, keeps up our ardor, and inflames our enthusiasm.

but the outcome of the battle depended on nerve as much as resources.

Now it would obviously be absurd to press this analogy too far; it breaks down at many points. But I put it to you for this reason: What degree of co-operation or understanding would ever be possible between human beings and termites? When there is no conflict of interest, we tolerate each other. But when either needs the other's territory or resources, no quarter is given.

To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.

La fécondité absurde de la femme l'empêchait de participer activement à l'accroissement de ces ressources tandis qu'elle créait indéfiniment de nouveaux besoins.

I knew that no harm could ever come to me from him - unless he were to die before I died. Happiness is a rarer vocation than people suppose. I hoped I might help her to stop wasting her resources on barren preoccupations such as boredom or guilt...