"You will excel only by maximizing your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses."

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Source : Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton (2001). “Now, Discover Your Strengths”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

Marcus Buckingham

#Weakness Quotes #Maximizing Quotes #Fixing Quotes

“Palestine is Arab and must be liberated from the river to the sea and all the Zionists who emigrated to the land of Palestine must leave.”

Source : "Muslim Anti-Semitism: A Clear and Present Danger" by Robert Wistrich, (p. 43), 2002.
“War is part of what I do, it's not what I do. It's certainly not what I am and who I am.”
“If we had to preach to thousands year after year, and never rescued but one soul, that one soul would be a full reward for all our labour, for a soul is of countless price.”
“Only the unprepared are overcome by pressure”
“In India, I learned a proverb that says, 'Distrust the calculation seven times over, the mathematician a hundred times.'”
“Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.”

Source : Alan Bradley (2009). “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Novel”, p.87, Delacorte Press
“As a preacher, I'm working with the crowd, watching the crowd, trying to bring them to that high point at a certain time in the evening. I let everything build up to that moment when they're all in ecstasy. The crowd builds up and you have to watch it that you don't stop it. You start off saying you've heard that tonight's going to be a great night; then you begin the whole pitch and keep it rolling.”
“I think relationships are more valuable than anything - in not just music, but any kind of business - if you can be a good, honest person who keeps your word and works hard, and by practising and getting good, you develop your skills, then you have a lot of opportunity to succeed, because you'll have all these people out there to support you. If you have those relationships, then doors open for you, and that's really valuable.”

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