Chiefs Quotes - Page 6

• Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Motivational, Procrastination, Successful

  Jawaharlal Nehru (1960). “Freedom from Fear: Reflections on the Personality and Teachings of Gandhi”

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• The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

  Alfred Adler

  Self Esteem, Life Is Good, Danger In Life

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• The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spirits is their materialism.

  H. P. Blavatsky

  Believe, Men, Spirit

  H. P. Blavatsky (2011). “The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy”, p.276, Cambridge University Press

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• I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.

  William Booth

  Heaven, Ghost, Hell

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Among our neighbors of Central and Southern America, we see the Caucasian mingled with the Indian and the African. They have the forms of free government, because they have copied them. To
  its benefits they have not attained, because that standard of civilization is above their race. Revolution succeeds Revolution, and the country mourns that some petty chief may triumph, and
  through a sixty days' government ape the rulers of the earth.

  Jefferson Davis

  Country, America, Race

  Jefferson Davis' speech, 1858.

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• The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

  Don Marquis

  Race, Life Sucks, Progress

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• The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

  Colin Powell

  Business, Health, Destiny

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• The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

  Joseph Addison

  Quality, Literature, Gains

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• The home is the chief school of human virtues.

  William Ellery Channing

  Inspirational, Home, School

  William Ellery Channing, George Channing (1849). “(411 p.)”, p.69

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• Looking back, my life so far seems like one long obstacle race, with me as its chief obstacle.

  Jack Paar

  Race, Long, Obstacles

  "I Kid You Not".

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• I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

  John McCain

  Jobs, Training, Needs

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.

  H. L. Mencken

  Religion, Atheism, Proof

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.311, Knopf

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• The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

  H. L. Mencken

  Funny, Inspiring, Appreciation

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.616, Vintage

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• It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Vision, World

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• That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.

  John Stuart Mill

  Success, Time, Work

  John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.202, Hackett Publishing

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• In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Shapes, States, Institutions

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• Bill Clinton is not my Commander in Chief.

  Oliver North

  Bills, Clinton, Commander In Chief

  "North Draws Fire for Comments on Clinton Military Policy" by Richard L. Berke, www.nytimes.com. October 11, 1994.

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• I put a lot into it, and when I am done playing, I plan on going undercover and then being the sheriff or chief of police somewhere, either Miami or Orlando, I don't know yet.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Police, Done

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• There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Hilarious, Single

  P. J. O'Rourke (1983). “Modern manners”, Dell Books

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• We need a commander in chief not a professor of law standing at a lectern - the lectern. 

  Sarah Palin

  War, Winning, Law

  Sarah Palin's Keynote Address at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, www.c-span.org. February 6, 2010.

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• The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.

  C. Northcote Parkinson

  Blessing, Boredom, Progress

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• Although in our country the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a part only, but of the whole people of the United States.

  James K. Polk

  Party, People, History

  Inaugural Address, avalon.law.yale.edu. March 04, 1845.

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• I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.

  Dan Quayle

  Politics, States, Graves

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• Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Responsibility, Marketing, Bucks

  John D. Rockefeller (2015). “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth”, p.7, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Country, Exercise, Tasks

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