Best 80 quotes in «pragmatic quotes» category

Always be organized in adding value

Always live in active consciousness

Always live in the here and now

Always have a list of what you want to achieve in life

Always put your heart into and show commitment in whatever you do

Always take an inventory of your life

Be organized in maximizing time

Are you choosing your life from the past, the expectation of the future, or from this very moment?

A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.

But the main source of the naturalistic outlook is the political experience of the generation of 1848: the failure of the revolution, the suppression of the June insurrection and the seizure of power by Louis Napoleon. The disappointment of the democrats and the general disillusionment caused by these events finds its perfect expression in the philosophy of the objective, realistic, strictly empirical natural sciences. After the failure of all ideals, of all Utopias, the tendency is now to keep to the facts, to nothing but the facts. The political origins of naturalism explain in particular its anti-romantic and ethical features: the refusal to escape from reality and the demand for absolute honesty in the description of facts; the striving for impersonality and impassibility as the guarantees of objectivity and social solidarity; activism as the attitude intent not only on knowing and describing but on altering reality; the modernism which keeps to the present as the sole subject-of consequence; and, finally, its popular trend both in the choice of subject and in the choice of public.

Be strategic and purposeful in whatever you do

Depression... is what your suffering actually yours?

Every fragment of time that passes daily must be converted for it to be fully effective

Greatness is the quality of time converted into production or value

Bring real and practical life experience to the people

Combine your calling with your passion to achieve great results

Everything looks for you when you become great

How we present ourselves at any given time is dependent on the situation. We constantly balance the tension of high aspirations with the pragmatism of realistic expectations. The key is to represent ourselves in such a way that we can fulfill the expectations we create.

If you are not living in active consciousness, you will always be lost

I mean he's honest, he sees the terrible things, he doesn't try to cover them up or imagine them away — the evil of the world, the senselessness of it all, the rottenness of us ordinary people, our fantasy life, our selfishness —

Intensity is the extreme application of force and strength

If your idea is not against your conscience or the will of God, go for it

I hated Sundays as a kid. From the moment I woke up, I could feel Monday looming, could feel another school week all piled up and ready to smother me. How was I supposed to enjoy a day of freedom while drowning in dread like that? It was impossible. A pit would form in my chest and gut—this indescribable emptiness that I knew should be filled with fun, but instead left me casting about for something to do. Knowing I should be having fun was a huge part of the problem. Knowing that this was a rare day off, a welcome reprieve, and here I was miserable and fighting against it. Maybe this was why Fridays at school were better than Sundays not in school. I was happier doing what I hated, knowing a Saturday was coming, than I was on a perfectly free Sunday with a Monday right around the corner.

In meetings philosophy might work, on the field practicality works.

Lovers tend to be philosophical, achievers are practical.

Invest in your purpose and land of promise

Make sure everything you do is targeted at yielding maximum results

It is impossible to pause, stop or delay time

Living in active consciousness is being in the “here and now

Our ability to convert time determines how great we will become

Salary is the currency that is gotten from mortgaging your life and time

Pragmatism is good prevention for problems.

The ability to be intense in whatever you do is a key factor in reclaiming your lost years

The amount of value produced at a certain period depends on the level of focus used to attain it

Purposefully dedicating time into developing yourself is one of the keys to being effective in life

Speed is the ability to take a decision in a few seconds

The doctrine of waiting for confirmation is one of the greatest time killers

There's something immoral about abandoning your common sense in matters of social importance.

Throw away the doctrine of waiting for confirmation

Time evolves daily

Time wasters are life wasters

To prove to an indignant questioner on the spur of the moment that the work I do was useful seemed a thankless task and I gave it up. I turned to him with a smile and finished, 'To tell you the truth we don't do it because it is useful but because it's amusing.' The answer was thought of and given in a moment: it came from deep down in my mind, and the results were as admirable from my point of view as unexpected. My audience was clearly on my side. Prolonged and hearty applause greeted my confession. My questioner retired shaking his head over my wickedness and the newspapers next day, with obvious approval, came out with headlines 'Scientist Does It Because It's Amusing!' And if that is not the best reason why a scientist should do his work, I want to know what is. Would it be any good to ask a mother what practical use her baby is? That, as I say, was the first evening I ever spent in the United States and from that moment I felt at home. I realised that all talk about science purely for its practical and wealth-producing results is as idle in this country as in England. Practical results will follow right enough. No real knowledge is sterile. The most useless investigation may prove to have the most startling practical importance: Wireless telegraphy might not yet have come if Clerk Maxwell had been drawn away from his obviously 'useless' equations to do something of more practical importance. Large branches of chemistry would have remained obscure had Willard Gibbs not spent his time at mathematical calculations which only about two men of his generation could understand. With this trust in the ultimate usefulness of all real knowledge a man may proceed to devote himself to a study of first causes without apology, and without hope of immediate return.

To regain your lost years, you must make sure that any activity targeted at attaining your goal must be done with the qualities of intensity, speed and focus

We can only speak true, talk straight and be outspoken, if we prove to be able to decrypt the veiled elements of the puzzle inside and outside our environment; describe the intricacies of the social constructions and the emotional sensitivities; analyze the feasible contingencies and practical options; arbitrate and come to sensible conclusions; and invent pragmatic proposals and equitable solutions. (“Mutilated memory”)

What if fighting was no longer your first answer but change is?

You can discover your calling through the eyes of others

You cannot replace time

You don’t need any confirmation if you are already in the spirit

You have to be pragmatic, purposeful and goal-oriented to be fully effective

You have to be purposeful and intense to reclaim your lost years