Underestimate Quotes - Page 7

• The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. It happens quietly. It happens inevitably. Don’t underestimate God’s power.

  Alistair Begg

  Kingdoms, Mustard Seed, Kingdom Of God

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• The media - and I'm not blaming them - obviously like to seize on the differences between people and, sure, there are some senior members of the government who are in a slightly different philosophical space to mine. But do not underestimate the substantial single-mindedness of this government.

  Tony Abbott

  Senior, Philosophical, Differences

  "Grattan on Friday: In Conversation with Tony Abbott". Interview with Michelle Grattan, theconversation.com. March 27, 2014.

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• People often overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will happen in ten.

  Bill Gates

  Years, Two, People

  The Road Ahead "Afterword" (1996).

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• Writers shouldn’t underestimate the difficulty of what they’re doing, and they should treat it with great seriousness. You’re doing something that really matters, you’re telling stories that have an impact on other people and on the culture. You should tell the best stories you can possibly tell and put everything you’ve got into it.

  David Guterson

  Writing, Impact, People

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• Success means crossing a limit. To cross a limit you need to assume that you have a limit. Assuming a limit is underestimating yourself. If you have no boundaries then where is your success?

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Mean, Needs, Limits

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (2014). “Celebrating Silence”, p.109, Arktos

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• Never underestimate your potential for Jannah

  Boonaa Mohammed

  Jannah, Never Underestimate

  Twitter post from Feb 20, 2014

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• We underestimate the value of patience. It is possible that people might sometimes interrupt our meditation sessions or Dharma study, but they can never take away our opportunity to train in inner virtues such as patience. It is this mental training, rather than outer virtuous activities, that is the essence of Dharma practice.

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  Opportunity, Essence, Practice

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• But we must not underestimate the potency of the mathematical process of abstraction. A surprising variety of things happen to have both magnitude and direction and to combine according to the parallelogram law; and many of them are not at all reminiscent of journeys.

  Banesh Hoffmann

  Journey, Law, Statistics

  Banesh Hoffmann (2012). “About Vectors”, p.8, Courier Corporation

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• What worries me, especially, is that public opinion over here is patting itself on the back every morning and thanking God for theAtlantic Ocean (and the Pacific Ocean). We greatly underestimate the serious implications to our own future.... Things move with such terrific speed these days, that it is really essential to us to think in broader terms and, in effect, to warn the American people that they, too, should think of possible ultimate results in Europe and the Far East.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Morning, War, Moving

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• Don't underestimate the power of your vision to change the world. Whether that world is your office, your community, an industry or a global movement, you need to have a core belief that what you contribute can fundamentally change the paradigm or way of thinking about problems.

  Leroy Hood

  Thinking, Office, Community

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• Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.

  Elia Kazan

  Narcissism, Never Underestimate

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• Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for. It’s my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an album’s price point is. I hope they don’t underestimate themselves or undervalue their art.

  Taylor Swift

  Art, Important, Albums

  "Taylor Swift takes a stand over Spotify music royalties" by Hannah Ellis-Petersen, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2014.

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• Never underestimate a dumb question.

  Brandon Boyd

  Dumb, Dumb Questions, Never Underestimate

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• I would far rather over-estimate the threat [imposed by the Patriot Act] and be proven wrong than to underestimate the threat and wake up one morning in a world where the 21st century's J Edgar Hoover has the power to blackmail anyone in America.

  Tim Lee

  Morning, America, Wake Up

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• While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.

  Dan Ariely

  Motivation, Revenge, People

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• You always overestimate what you can get done in a year and underestimate what you can get done in 10 years.

  Bill Gates

  Years, Done, Overestimate

  "Microsoft in the age of Satya Nadella" by Jessi Hempel, www.wired.com.

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• Photography is all about capturing a mood, a feeling. I feel a special connection with nature, often very powerful. This late afternoon was phenomenal. Standing on the edge of the ocean, I gasped in awe as the holy light illuminated this cathedral window. Witnessing such a moment and capturing it is what I live for. Mother Nature is so powerful, I never underestimate Her.

  Peter Lik

  Photography, Mother, Nature

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• Never underestimate the human capacity for delusion.

  Roger Cohen

  Human Nature, Capacity, Delusion

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• Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life. For better or worse. God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way.

  Jane Wagner

  Power, Impact, Small Gestures

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• Don't underestimate your own strength. To persevere. To make it through the most difficult of times. And, JUST as importantly, don't underestimate your ability to help someone ELSE during THEIR most difficult times. Sometimes all it takes is a kind word, or gesture, to help someone make it through their day.

  Jared Padalecki

  Gestures, Helping, Difficult Times

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• The caretaking has to be done. "Somebody's got to be the mommy." Individually, we underestimate this need, and as a society we make inadequate provision for it. Women take up the slack, making the need invisible as we step in to fill it.

  Mary Catherine Bateson

  Needs, Done, Steps

  Mary Catherine Bateson (1990). “Composing a Life”, Plume

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• Never underestimate the vital importance of finding early in life the work that for you is play.

  Ken Robinson

  Motivational, Work, Passion

  Ken Robinson Ph.D., Lou Aronica (2009). “The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything”, p.14, Penguin

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• All sorts of dung and compost contain some matter which, when mixed with the soil, ferments therein; and by such ferment dissolves, crumbles, and divides the earth very much. This is the chief and almost only use of dung. ... This proves, that its (manure) use is not to nourish, but to dissolve, i.e., divide the terrestrial matter, which affords nourishment to the Mouths of vegetable roots.
  His underestimate of the value of manure.

  Jethro Tull

  Vegetables, Roots, Use

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• Comedy is lively, comedy is joy, and that's what keeps us [people] going, we've got to look forward to little, little happiness's. Little, little joys, and comedy is very, very important, it's a vital. We underestimate its value, but we should see more comedies. Comedy is life giving, it's invigorating. I really believe it.

  Mel Brooks

  Believe, People, Giving

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• One thing people underestimate is how markets don't allow anyone to do anything except make better and better products. There's not much leeway. The world is a lot more competitive than most people think, particularly in a high-technology area. If a company takes its eye off improving its products, if it tries to do anything that would be viewed as an exercise of power, it'll be displaced very rapidly.

  Bill Gates

  Eye, Exercise, Technology

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