Recommendations Quotes

• Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

  Aristotle

  Beauty, Philosophical, Letters

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• The ultimate purpose of collecting the data is to provide a basis for action or a recommendation.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Data, Decision, Purpose

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• People influence people. Nothing influences people more than a recommendation from a trusted friend. A trusted referral influences people more than the best broadcast message. A trusted referral is the Holy Grail of advertising.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  People, Holy Grail, Referrals

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• A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.

  Henry Fielding

  Letters, Countenance

  Henry Fielding (1749). “The history of Tom Jones: a foundling”, p.232

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• The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me, I will try and do for myself.

  John James Audubon

  Trying, Fruit, Talent

  John James Audubon (1873). “The Life of John James Audubon, the Naturalist”, p.145

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• The hardest thing is writing a recommendation for someone we know.

  Kin Hubbard

  Writing, Hardest, Knows

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• People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Sep 22, 2016

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• Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Philosophical, Speech, Brevity Of Life

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• On the path of actions, great heart is the chief recommendation; on that works, a great head.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Heart, Path, Action

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “the Wisdom of Life: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.65, 谷月社

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• We need to tell people not to be helpful. Trying to be helpful and giving advise are really ways to control others. ... Advice, recommendations, and obvious actions are exactly what increase the likelihood that tomorrow will be just like yesterday.

  Peter Block

  Learning, Knowledge, Yesterday

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• If the past decade was the decade of searching and finding and looking for stuff, this coming decade is going to be the decade of filtering and going to your friends for recommendations.

  Esther Dyson

  Past, Stuff, Findings

  "After Banner Decade, Peering in on the Future of Technology". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. January 3, 2010.

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• A good face is the best letter of recommendation.

  Elizabeth I

  Letters, Faces

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• You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.

  Charles Dickens

  Integrity, Letters, Ethics

  Charles Dickens (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)”, p.2441, Delphi Classics

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• A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.

  Publilius Syrus

  Beauty, Beautiful, Faces

  'Sententiae' no. 199, in J. W. and A. M. Duff 'Minor Latin Poets' (Loeb ed., 1934); translated by Francis Bacon in Apophthegms no. 12

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• The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.

  Henry Fielding

  People, Praise, Slander

  Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy, James P. Browne (1871). “Preface. Essay on the life and genius of Henry Fielding, esq. Love in several masques, a comedy. The temple beau, a comedy. The author's farce; with a puppet shew, called The pleasures of the town. The coffee house politician; or, The justice caught in his own trap, a comedy. The tragedy of tragedies; or, The life and death of Tom Thumb the Great”, p.186

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• He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty solemnity of demeanour.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Solemnity, Crafty

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• I like to not be too involved in the beginning and during the process so as to keep this fresh look and be able to give constructive recommendation on the final production.

  Guy Laliberte

  Air, Giving, Looks

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• A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!

  Henry Fielding

  Art, Nature, Men

  Henry Fielding (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Fielding (Illustrated)”, p.1805, Delphi Classics

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• I urge our people everywhere, with all of the persuasiveness of which I am capable, to live worthy to hold a temple recommend, to secure one and regard it as a precious asset, and to make a greater effort to go to the House of the Lord and partake of the spirit and the blessings to be had therein.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  God, Christian, Religious

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• The Alexander Technique works... I recommend it enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain.

  Roald Dahl

  Pain, Healing, Health

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• Poverty is no disgrace. But it is certainly not a recommendation.

  Napoleon Hill

  Money, Poverty, Wealth

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• Live in rooms full of light. Avoid heavy food. Be moderate in the drinking of wine. Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics. Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water. Change surroundings and take long journeys. Strictly avoid frightening ideas. Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements. Listen to music.

  Aulus Cornelius Celsus

  Music, Fitness, Running

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• An old medical friend gave me some excellent practical advice. He said: "You will have for some time to go much oftener down steps than up steps. Never mind! win the good opinions of washerwomen and such like, and in time you will hear of their recommendations of you to the wealthier families by whom they are employed." I did so, and found it succeed as predicted.

  William Crawford Williamson

  Success, Winning, Advice

  William Crawford Williamson (1896). “Reminiscences of a Yorkshire Naturalist”

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• I consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best recommendations for public service.

  John Adams

  Presidential, Christianity, Public Service

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1854). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.110

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• I was the chief executive once, I've been there. My recommendation to anybody is don't go backwards.

  Stuart Rose

  Chiefs, Chief Executives, Backwards

  "Sir Stuart Rose: 'They say we can't afford to retire, and I don't want to'". Interview with Juliette Garside, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2012.

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