Engagement Quotes - Page 3

• When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.

  Calvin Trillin

  Wise, Kitchen, Preparation

  Calvin Trillin (1984). “Third Helpings”, Viking Press

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• A marriage is like a long trip in a tiny row boat: if one passenger starts to rock the boat, the other has to steady it, otherwise, they will go to the bottom together.

  David Reuben

  Marriage, Rocks, Long

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• What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Love, Marriage, Fashion

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (1972). “Love letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1839-1863”

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• Business and human endeavors are systems...we tend to focus on snapshots of isolated parts of the system. And wonder why our deepest problems never get solved.

  Peter Senge

  Appreciation, Focus, Snapshots

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• My heart to you is given:
  Oh, do give yours to me; We'll lock them up together, And throw away the key.

  Arthur Frederick Saunders

  I Love You, Romantic, Valentines Day

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• Dispirited, unmotivated, unappreciated workers cannot compete in a highly competitive world.

  Frances Hesselbein

  Inspirational, Unmotivated, World

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• For you see, each day I love you more. Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.

  Rosemonde Gerard

  Love, Romantic, Marriage

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• Your number one customers are your people. Look after employees first and then customers last.

  Ian Hutchinson

  Inspirational, Numbers, People

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• The main engagement of the writer is towards truthfulness; therefore he must keep his mind and his judgment free.

  Gabrielle Roy

  Sweet, Mind, Judgment

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• We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

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• We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Benjamin Disraeli (1974). “Sybil”, p.308, Prabhat Prakashan

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• Things must be felt with the heart.

  Helen Keller

  Long Distance Relationship, Valentine, Heart

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• Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007). “A Mortal Antipathy”, p.246, Reprint Services Corporation

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• For those who love... time is eternity.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Love, Valentines Day, Powerful

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• I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.

  Lord Byron

  Happiness, Wedding, Men

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• Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.

  William Westmoreland

  Military, Vietnam, Involved

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• I like it, but it's yellow, and I'm like, I didn't want yellow for my engagement ring.

  Paris Hilton

  Yellow, Want, Rings

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• On what high-performing companies should be striving to create: A great place for great people to do great work.

  Marilyn C. Nelson

  Appreciation, People, Strive

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• To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.

  Douglas Conant

  Appreciation, Winning, Top Management

  Twitter post from Oct 03, 2015

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• Highly engaged employees make the customer experience. Disengaged employees break it.

  Timothy R. Clark

  Inspirational, Break, Employee

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• When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.

  Simon Sinek

  Inspirational, People, Want

  Twitter post from Aug 02, 2012

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• Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

  Zig Ziglar

  Appreciation, Jobs, Organization

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• You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Best Friend, Cute

  Dale Carnegie (2012). “The Leader In You”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.

  Oscar Wilde

  Sweet, Owing, Insult

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• I have an engagement ring, which is my favorite accessory.

  Jules Asner

  Accessories, My Favorite, Rings

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