Best 583 quotes in «advantage quotes» category

What is essential is to suddenly make a move totally unexpected by the opponent, pick up on the advantage of fright, and seize the victory right then and there.

What luck has gave you will probably leave you.

Whenever she saw in others an advantage, however trivial, which she herself lacked, she would persuade herself that it was no advantage at all, but a drawback, and would pity so as not to have to envy them.

You should love yourself to an extent where you cannot let anyone take advantage of you, no matter who they are.

When you look through a window you gasp at the beautiful tree in the backyard or the magical sunrise coming over the horizon, No one looks at a window and is taken away by the complexity of the transparency of millions of atoms joined together to form, from our perception of a crystal clear yet structural opening to the exterior, the same is with life, if you spend your whole life being a medium to enable others then you will be nothing but a sheet of glass, overused, underappreciated, and fragile to opportunity

You can take a thing when no one's looking. But defending it, even with all the advantage on your side, is no easy task,' Madoc told her with a laugh. She looked up to find him offering her a hand. 'Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold on to.

You want to achieve your dreams early, right? I know of only one back door; that's HARDWORK. Only few people use that entrance so the advantage is that there is no or less traffic there!

Advantage comes not from the spectacular or the technical. Advantage comes from a persistent seeking of the mundane edge.

Accidents did not just happen. From time to time they were carefully plotted, calculated, and arranged to one’s advantage-all, of course, under the cloak of happenstance.

Acting serves as the quintessential social lubricant and a device for protecting our interests and gaining advantage in every aspect of life.

Advertising doesn't create a product advantage. It can only convey it.

A child should have every advantage - including those taught by disadvantage.

Advantage is a better soldier than rashness.

A guy that has more knowledge has the advantage.

A great advantage I had when I started The Body Shop was that I had never been to business school.

A grapefruit is just a lemon that saw an opportunity and took advantage of it.

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.

Air power is new to all our countries. It brings advantages to some and weakens others; it calls for readjustment everywhere.

A hitter's impatience is the pitcher's biggest advantage.

Alexia suspected Lord Maccon's handling was a tad more than was strictly called for under the circumstances, but she secretly enjoyed the sensation. After all, how often did a spinster of her shelf life get manhandled by an earl of Lord Maccon's peerage? She had better take advantage of the situation.

A lawyer's dealings should be just and fair; Honesty shines with great advantage there.

All I ever wanted was an unfair advantage

American businessmen have taken advantage of the opportunities which existed in Europe and Europeans seem not to have been aware of.

An advantage could consist not only in a single important advantage but also in a multitude of insignificant advantages.

A moral rule is essentially 'advantage-reducing.' It prohibits you doing something you could do that would serve your interests at someone else's expense.

An advantage that the Hague Conferences lack, in contrast to the peace associations and the Interparliamentary Union, is a bureau.

Any MC who chooses to go up against me is getting taken advantage of like Monica Lewinski

And I don't want to live anywhere where I am famous. It makes me very, very uncomfortable, because it conveys an advantage over people, and I don't like that.

An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent.

An instructor should exemplify the things he seeks to teach. It will be of great advantage if you yourself can do all you ask of your students and more.

Anyone may fairly seek his own advantage, but no one has a right to do so at another's expense.

As far as rapprochements go, it's awkward and vague, but the advantage of being as emotionally inarticulate as we are is that it will do the trick.

A pleasing countenance is no light advantage.

A related advantage of mission oriented ideas, is that you yourself will be dedicated to them.

As an athlete, there are advantages being with a team and getting regular physio...

As a white person, I realized I had been taught about racism as something that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not to see one of its corollary aspects, white privilege, which puts me at an advantage.

Being an NFL quarterback there's a lot of advantages that come with it. There are a lot of doors that open when you're a quarterback but at the same time there's a lot of scrutiny. There are a lot of things you can't do as well.

As thou directest the power, harm or advantage will follow, and the torrent that swept the valley may be led to turn a mill.

A third advantage of mission oriented companies, is that people outside the company are more willing to help you.

A total nuclear freeze is counterproductive - especially now, when technology is rapidly changing and the Soviets have some important strategic advantages.

Because you took advantage of my disadvantage.

As not a native, I have the advantage of not seeing scenes habitually. I can see things fresh.

As to sex, the original pleasure, I cannot recommend too highly the advantages of androgyny.

As with ships, so with men; he who turns his back to his foe gives him an advantage.

At a minimum, in explaining evolutionary pathways through time, the constraints imposed by history rise to equal prominence with the immediate advantages of adaptation.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

Be careful in your relations with the government; for they draw no man close to themselves except for their own interests. They appear as friends when it is to their advantage, but they do not stand by a man in his time of stress.

Be known for pleasing others, especially if you govern them. Ruling other has one advantage: you can do more good than anyone else.

Bigger brands like Shinola are capitalizing on what all of us small companies did. Shinola is just totally fake. It's a corporate entity that's taking advantage of what everybody else has done. They say it's all about made in U.S., but one Wal-Mart hires more employees than their whole company.

Builders eventually took advantage of the look of modernism to build cheaply and carelessly.