Guidelines Quotes

• Problems are guidelines, not stop signs!

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

  "Move Ahead with Possibility Thinking" by Robert H. Schuller, (p. 90), 1967.

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• Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines.

  David Letterman

  Funny, Sarcastic, New York

  "Late Show with David Letterman",

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• Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.

  Stephen Covey

  Principles, Endure, Humans

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.36, Mango Media Inc.

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• There is no such thing as an average person. They really are guidelines for people to grapple with the unknown, and we can always surprise expectations.

  Daniel Tammet

  Average, People, Expectations

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• And then ultimately what I tell the kids is: coaches can give you information, they can give you guidelines, and they can put you in a position. But the only person who can truly make you better is you.

  Brandi Chastain

  Motivational, Athlete, Kids

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• Contrary to a common myth, while there are general guidelines, there is no exact 'right' way to run ... I am amazed by the many ways people move forward.

  Grete Waitz

  Inspirational, Running, Moving

  Grete Waitz, Gloria Averbuch (2015). “Run Your First Marathon: Everything You Need to Know to Reach the Finish Line”, p.115, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• To study music, we must learn the rules. To create music, we must break them.

  Nadia Boulanger

  Music, Creativity, Breaking Rules

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• Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

  Bertrand Russell

  Fear, Science, Infancy Is

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• It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.

  Marcia Angell

  Believe, Editors, Two

  "Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption". www.nybooks.com. January 15, 2009.

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• History provides no precise guidelines.

  Douglas Hurd

  Precise

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• Strategy is the articulation of the overall objectives along with general guidelines on achieving those objectives.

  Leonard Saffir

  Strategy, Achieve, Articulation

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• I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.

  Belva Ann Lockwood

  Law, Racism, Prejudice

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• Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality.

  Phil Ochs

  Reality, Sea, Umpires

  "An American Ordeal: The Antiwar Movement of the Vietnam Period". Book by Charles DeBenedetti, 1990.

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• Simplicity and order are, if not the principal, then certainly the most important guidelines for human beings in general.

  M. C. Escher

  Order, Simplicity, Important

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• We live in a complex world. There are many forces calling out, 'Love me.' A sure way to set our guidelines for that which we choose to serve and learn to love is to follow the admonition of Joshua: 'As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Love Is, House, Calling

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• Hang that question up in your houses, "What would Jesus do?" and then think of another, "How would Jesus do it?" for what he would do, and how he would do it, may always stand as the best guide to us.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Jesus, Thinking

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1882). “The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons”

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• There are only two guidelines in good sex, Don't do anything you don't really enjoy and find out what are your partner needs and dont balk them if you can help it.

  Alex Comfort

  Sex, Two, Needs

  Alex Comfort (1986). “The Joy of Sex”, Pocket

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• Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my exercise guidelines exactly but ignored their diet, their weight and their cigarette smoking had heart attacks at age 55.

  Kenneth H. Cooper

  Heart, Exercise, Years

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• ...whoever is guided solely by his own judgment and decision will never climb up to the summit of perfection and will not fail to be the victim of the devil's ruinous power to delude.

  John Cassian

  Christian, Failure, Power

  John Cassian, Colm Luibhéid (1985). “Conferences”, p.79, Paulist Press

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• I learned the bad guys are not always bad, the good guys are not always good, and to quote Captain Barbossa, the parameters are like rules, mostly guidelines. And that it takes a little bit of bad boy to fight the evil in the world. --Terri Mitchell

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Inspirational, Learning, Fighting

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• Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!

  Harold H. Greene

  Irs, Complicated, Code

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• I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.

  Juliana Hatfield

  Moving, People, Inspire

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• I'm not against ratings per se. I think more information is always good. But I certainly don't think the government has to step in and set guidelines for how shows should be rated.

  Drew Carey

  Thinking, Government, Information

  "Stand-Up Guy". Interview with Nick Gillespie & Steve Kurtz, reason.com. November 1, 1997.

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• We have a training period; we have certain guidelines and structure. You can't hire talented people and stifle them. That's not the way it works anymore.

  Todd English

  People, Training, Way

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• I think my guideline has been to find things that inspire me. And as long as I stick to that, I don't think I'll have any problems crossing over to becoming an adult actress.

  Elisabeth Moss

  Thinking, Long, Inspire

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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