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Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. -- Peter Drucker
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion. -- Simone de Beauvoir
Leadership is defined by results not attributes. -- Peter Drucker
The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is. -- William Ames
I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse. -- Florence Nightingale
Living in a tower, however secure it may feel, is hardly a social attribute. -- Dirk Bogarde
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive. -- William James
But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage. -- Ralph Adams Cram
If any performer has quality in his voice he can almost always be helped to develop all the other necessary attributes. -- Lawrence Welk
I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no substitute for working hard. -- Maria Bartiromo
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man. -- Joseph Addison
We often attribute 'understanding' and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars, adding machines, and other artifacts, but nothing is proved by such attributions. -- John Searle
When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people. -- Kiana Tom
Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people. -- Ibrahim Babangida
To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world. -- Major Taylor
In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin. -- Desmond Tutu
After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork. -- James Prescott Joule
I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused. -- Baruch Spinoza
From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and everything we have comes from one attribute of man - the function of his reasoning mind. -- Ayn Rand
If the omniscient author of nature knew that the study of his works tends to make men disbelieve his Being or Attributes, he would not have given them so many invitations to study and contemplate Nature. -- Robert Boyle
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. -- George Washington
I attribute my entire football career, as far as getting me started, getting me interested, keeping me that way was my father. He went to every game even though he was crippled and wasn't real healthy. -- Bob Lilly
The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain. -- Simon Greenleaf
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it. -- James Truslow Adams
Shall it any longer be said that a science [geology], which unfolds such abundant evidence of the Being and Attributes of God, can reasonably be viewed in any other light than as the efficient Auxiliary and Handmaid of Religion? -- William Buckland
All this we see, and, therefore, instead of inanely repeating the old formula, Respect the law, we say, Despise law and all its Attributes! In place of the cowardly phrase, Obey the law, our cry, is Revolt against all laws! -- Peter Kropotkin
The Times has much less power than you think. I believe we attribute power to the media generally that it simply doesn't have. It's very convenient to blame the media, the same way we blame television for everything that's going wrong in society. -- Michael Pollan
Whoever considers the Attributes of Allaah to be like the attributes of the creation, such that the Istawaa of Allaah is like the ascending of the creation, or His Descending (Nuzool) is like the descending of the creation or other than that, then he is a deviated innovator. -- Ibn Taymiyyah
Now, which am I to believe, a book that any impostor might make and call the Word of God, or the creation itself which none but an Almighty Power could make? For the Bible says one thing; and the creation says the contrary. The Bible represents God with all the passions of a mortal, and the creation proclaims him with all the attributes of a God. -- Thomas Paine
Fear is not one of my attributes. -- Bernie Mac
Dispose attributes that can dis-posses you of greatness." -- Constance Chuks Friday
All merely graceful attributes are usually the most evanescent." -- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Black Swan has three attributes: unpredictability, consequences, retrospective explainability." -- Nicholas Nassim Taleb
I think one of the most important attributes is perseverance. -- David Rose
The valuable attributes of research men are conscious ignorance and active curiosity." -- Willis R. Whitney
Christlike attributes come into our lives as we exercise our agenncy righteously." -- Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is." -- William Ames
Duty and conscience were, for Theodora, attributes which belonged properly to Girl Scouts." -- Shirley Jackson
Poetry, like sanctity, is the orchestration of multiple attributes into vast, compelling wholes." -- William Everson
A man has generally the good or ill qualities, which he attributes to mankind." -- William Shenstone
Isn't that funny, that deity is passe but the attributes and implications of deity linger--" -- Gregory Maguire
American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age." -- Marshall McLuhan
If Satan should ever replace God he would find it necessary to assume the attributes of Divinity." -- Robert A. Heinlein
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes." -- Peter Drucker
A man without equals is a dangerous man indeed. He must exercise the most difficult of attributes, restraint." -- Daniel McHugh
The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor." -- Walter Gilbert
Your shyness alone will bring you more emotional and material losses than all of your other negative attributes." -- Amit Kalantri
Ecology should be object lessons that the world sees, that explains in a visceral, physical way, the attributes of God. -- Joel Salatin
Ecology should be object lessons that the world sees, that explains in a visceral, physical way, the attributes of God." -- Joel Salatin
No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job." -- James Fallows
If any performer has quality in his voice he can almost always be helped to develop all the other necessary attributes." -- Lawrence Welk
Well, uh, all people - all, I think all human begins, uh, have good attributes, and they also have their flaws." -- Scott McClellan
Panty Melter: an exceedingly rare species of man blessed with so many desirable attributes he effortlessly gains access into a girl's panties." -- Tracy Brogan
Don't invest your love and respect for everyone. These attributes are admired by some. It is unfortunate but it is cold hard truth" -- Ahmed Akram Mirza
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion." -- Simone de Beauvoir
It's one of the strangest attributes of this profession that when we writers get exhausted writing one thing, we relax by writing another." -- Dan Simmons
People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers." -- Bob Iger
Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace." -- Eddie Bernice Johnson
Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest. -- Leonardo da Vinci
God is compassionate and just, loving and holy, wrathful and forgiving. WE can't sideline His more difficult attributes to make room for the palatable ones." -- Francis Chan
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged devotion to God." -- Swami Vivekananda
(Those who) possessed in highest degree the attributes (of the Tao) did not (seek) to show them, and therefore they possessed them (in fullest measure)." -- Lao Tzu
Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards." -- Galileo Galilei
Beauty is given to dolls, majesty to haughty vixens, but mind, feeling, passion and the crowning grace of fortitude are the attributes of an angel." -- Charlotte Bronte
What makes big boobs and perkiness so attractive to boys? I mean, really. Two round, mounds of fat and a fake smile. Yeah, winning attributes." -- Gena Showalter
May your efforts to develop Christlike attributes be successful so that His image may be engraven in your countenance and His attributes manifest in your behavior" -- Lynn G. Robbins
Thing, body, matter, are nothing apart from the combinations of the elements, - the colours, sounds, and so forth - nothing apart from their so-called attributes." -- Ernst Mach
It is best not to study too much on who gets what they deserve. It can lead to an overly complicated interpretation of God's personal attributes." -- Charles Frazier
Approved attributes and their relation to face make every man his own jailer; this is a fundamental social constraint even though each man may like his cell." -- Erving Goffman
The cologne you pick should make you feel good when you go out with it. I think confidence comes across more than any other of our attributes." -- Mark Ronson
To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at least two sets of interactions in time." -- Gregory Bateson
We're teaching our kids that attributes as vague and relatively meaningless as a toothy smile or a fine head of hair make a fine statement about a person." -- Neil Cavuto
We're teaching our kids that attributes as vague and relatively meaningless as a toothy smile or a fine head of hair make a fine statement about a person. -- Neil Cavuto
I wasn't young, I wasn't pretty, and I was a black woman looking for success in a business where those attributes were certainly not in demand in the 1960s." -- Isabel Sanford
There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not woman; and third, Greek and not barbarian. -- Thales
The One, the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, these are what we call the transcendental attributes of Being, because they surpass all the limits of essences and are coextensive with Being." -- Hans Urs von Balthasar
After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork. -- James Prescott Joule
After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork." -- James Prescott Joule
She was endowed with great beauty for all those attributes that were outside her control, but it was said that in all characteristics for which she herself was responsible, she was utterly wicked" -- Anonymous
[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing." -- Aristophanes
And now it appeared that there was a mysterious Queen clothed by rumour with dread and wonderful attributes, and commonly known by the impersonal but, to my mind, rather awesome title of She." -- H. Rider Haggard
We observe that one of the great attributes of discretion is that it can mask ignorance of all the most common and lowly varieties, and Walter Moody was nothing if not excessively discreet." -- Eleanor Catton
Classical philosophical theism maintained the ontological distinction between God and creative world that is necessary for any genuine theism by conceiving them to be of different substances, with particular attributes predicated of each." -- Arthur Peacocke
I argued that I didn't have any of the attributes to pose for cheesecake. I said I would have to make good on my acting ability, which was the only attribute I could offer." -- Teresa Wright
Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society. -- Michel Foucault
Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society." -- Michel Foucault
The breakthrough researcher first discovers the fundamental causal mechanism behind the phenomena of success. This allows those who are looking for "an answer" to get beyond the wings-and-feathers mind-set of copying the attributes of successful companies." -- Clayton M. Christensen
Never heard you talk about a man this way. Usually you rattle off their attributes like you're fixing to fricassee the poor sons of bitches. God help the poor bastard you ever fall in love with." -- Leslea Tash
Aren't you afraid you will be damned?''I believe I already am, but not by the Holy Spirit,' said Delaura without alarm. 'I have always believed He attributes more importance to love than to faith." -- Gabriel García Márquez
But to be the Vicar of Christ, to claim to exercise his prerogatives on earth, does involve a claim to his attributes, and therefore our opposition to Popery is opposition to a man claiming to be God." -- Charles Hodge
Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation." -- Richard Holloway
Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation. -- Richard Holloway
Our aim in studying the Godhead must be to know God himself better. Our concern must be to enlarge our acquaintance, not simply with the doctrine of God's attributes, but with the living God whose attributes they are." -- J. I. Packer
Social media and the Internet haven't changed our capacity for social interaction any more than the Internet has changed our ability to be in love or our basic propensity to violence, because those are such fundamental human attributes. -- Nicholas A. Christakis
Social media and the Internet haven't changed our capacity for social interaction any more than the Internet has changed our ability to be in love or our basic propensity to violence, because those are such fundamental human attributes." -- Nicholas A. Christakis
Her religious beliefs went first, for all she could ask of a god, or of immortality, was the gift of a place where daughters love their mothers; the other attributes of Heaven you could have for a song." -- Thornton Wilder
Lena was going down the list of John's attributes in her mind, a list I was hoping wasn't too longHe could see and hear and smell things I couldn't."Link inhaled deeply, then coughedDude, you really need a shower." -- Kami Garcia
The degree to which a person reflects or relates himself with his cherished guru in life measures the proportion of the personality traits, attributes and behavioral similarities that summarily exist between them on good and bad value terms equally." -- Anuj Somany
When commercializing disruptive technologies, they found or developed new markets that valued the attributes of the disruptive products, rather than search for a technological breakthrough so that the disruptive product could compete as a sustaining technology in mainstream markets." -- Clayton M. Christensen
In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism." -- George J. Mitchell
Buy a gift for dog, and you'll be amazed at the way it will dance and swerve its tail, but if don't have anything to offer to it, it won't even recognize your arrival; such are the attributes of fake friends." -- Michael Bassey Johnson
This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults. -- Haile Selassie
It is now generally admitted, at any rate by philosophers, that the existence of a being having the attributes which define the god of any non-animistic religion cannot be demonstratively proved... [A]ll utterances about the nature of God are nonsensical." -- A.J. Ayer
This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults." -- Haile Selassie
God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation." -- John Calvin
As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone. -- Heather Bresch
As a leader, these attributes - confidence, perseverance, work ethic and good sense - are all things I look for in people. I also try to lead by example and create an environment where good questions and good ideas can come from anyone." -- Heather Bresch
God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation. -- John Calvin
My search for more attributes ended when I was halted in my tracks by the sky in her eyes looking back. I took the ball. And she noticed the sky in my eyes too. Our eyes kissed, and from that moment, we were inseparable." -- Craig Stone
Music is a mixed mathematical science that concerns the origens, attributes, and distinctions of sound, out of which a cultivated and lovely melody and harmony are made, so that God is honored and praised but mankind is moved to devotion, virtue, joy, and sorrow." -- Christoph Wolff
As I've progressed in my career, I've come to appreciate - and really value - the other attributes that define a company's success beyond the P&L: great leadership, long-term financial strength, ethical business practices, evolving business strategies, sound governance, powerful brands, values-based decision-making. -- Ursula Burns
I pattern my actions and life after what I want. No two people are alike. You might admire attributes in others, but use these only as a guide in improving yourself in your own unique way. I don't go for carbon copies. Individualism is sacred!" -- Richard Chamberlain
Beauty is the enemy . We try to conquer not feeling beautiful all our lives. It's a battle that can't be won. There's no definition of beauty. The only way to achieve beauty is to feel it from inside without breaking down into individual physical attributes" -- Miley Cyrus
Blogging is a great way to show your talents and interests to prospective employers, while adding an edge to your resume. If you blog consistently it shows your dedication, passions and creativity - all of which are key attributes employers look for in job candidates. -- Lauren Conrad
Blogging is a great way to show your talents and interests to prospective employers, while adding an edge to your resume. If you blog consistently it shows your dedication, passions and creativity - all of which are key attributes employers look for in job candidates." -- Lauren Conrad
I pattern my actions and life after what I want. No two people are alike. You might admire attributes in others, but use these only as a guide in improving yourself in your own unique way. I don't go for carbon copies. Individualism is sacred! -- Richard Chamberlain
That doesn't mean you have to have the lowest costs in the industry to succeed. But you need to make sure the activities and product attributes that increase your costs above the other guy bring in at least that much more in revenue, and hopefully more." -- Gerard Arpey
Branding is not merely about differentiating products; it is about striking emotional chords with consumers. It is about cultivating identity, attachment, and trust to inspire customer loyalty. Chinese brands score low on attributes such as 'sophisticated,' 'desirable,' 'innovative,' 'friendly,' and 'trustworthy.' -- Nirmalya Kumar
And yet sometimes it seems to me I am there, among the incriminated scenes, tottering under the attributes peculiar to the lords of creation ... Yes, more than once I almost took myself for the other, all but suffered after his fashion, the space of an instant." -- Samuel Beckett
Primarily affecting low-information voters and members of the mainstream media, Obama Worship Syndrome attributes impossible capabilities to Obama's political opponents, finds excuses for every Obama failure in everyone around him and praises the president as the finest politician - nay, human being - of our time. -- Ben Shapiro

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