Advantage Quotes

• Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Humorous, Opportunity, Differences

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• There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.

  Emil Zatopek

  Motivational, Workout, Race

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• I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

  Joan Jett

  Strength, Strong, Believe

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• If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.

  Jack Welch

  Success, Encouragement, Business

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• Every disadvantage has its advantage.

  Johan Cruijff

  Soccer, Sports, Disadvantages

  "They Said It: Johan Cruyff". www.fifa.com. April 25, 2014.

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• The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

  Oscar Wilde

  Drinking, Emotion

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.216, Courier Corporation

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• It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.

  George Santayana

  Philosophy, Phylosophy

  The Unknowable (1923)

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• I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Literature, Common

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition)”, p.112, Jazzybee Verlag

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• You better take advantage of the good cigars. You don't get much else in that job.

  Thomas P. O'Neill III

  Jobs, Cuban Cigars, Politics

  1977 Advice to Vice-President Walter P Mondale. Quoted in Time, 4 Jun1984.

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• But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation.

  Oscar Robertson

  Basketball, Stars, Thinking

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• Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one.

  Robert Breault

  Life, Kindness, Generosity

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• Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.

  Robert Collier

  Lying, Opportunity, Giving

  Robert Collier (2013). “Riches Within Your Reach”, p.176, Simon and Schuster

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• The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Truth, Believe, Greatness

  Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Gaudy Night”, p.427, Open Road Media

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• There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.

  Demosthenes

  Trust, Wise, Tyrants

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• Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not.

  Raoul Vaneigem

  Taken, Knowledge, Mind

  Raoul Vaneigem (1994). “The revolution of everyday life”, Left Bank Distribution

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• Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage.

  Scott Hamilton

  People, Confusing, Fame

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• Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.

  Yul Brynner

  Funny, Girl, Witty

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• Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Communication, Opportunity

  "Technical Support Essentials: Advice to Succeed in Technical Support". Book by Andrew Sanchez, p. 79, December 30, 2009.

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• The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Funny Inspirational, Memories, Philosophical

  Friedrich Nietzsche “Writings of Nietzsche: Volume III”, Lulu.com

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

  William Hazlitt

  Should, Graves, Shows

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.137

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• Sure, the home-field is an advantage - but so is having a lot of talent.

  Dan Marino

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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• Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Fear, Giving, Spurs

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• The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has many people to love.

  Jean Renoir

  Birthday, Years, People

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• We've been in that situation where you're just so happy to be doing what you love to do that you get taken advantage of.

  Justin Timberlake

  Taken, Doing What You Love, Situation

  "New Again: Justin Timberlake". Interview with Rebecca Wallwork, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 19, 2013.

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• It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark.

  Larry King

  People, Giving, Want

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