“ To break through creativity, we must defer judgment. That is, learn to accept all ideas, without prejudice, and examine them each in turn. ”
- Scott Isakson- Copy
- 286
“ Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when desire cometh, it is a tree of life. ”
- King Solomon- Copy
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“ I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous. ”
- Billy Crudup- Copy
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“ Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker. ”
- Mikhail Bakunin- Copy
- 279
“ A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last. ”
- Joseph Fort Newton- Copy
- 166
“ Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise. ”
- William Congreve- Copy
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“ We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
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“ One important source of happiness is the habit of putting off living to some fictional future date. Men and women are constantly making themselves unhappy because in deferring their lives to the future they lose sight of the present and its golden opportunities for rich living. ”
- W. Beran Wolfe- Copy
- 3K
“ Emotional maturity is ability to stick to a job and to struggle through until it is finished; to endure unpleasantness, discomfort, and frustration; to give more than is asked for or required; to size things up and make independent decisions; to work under authority and to cooperate with others; to defer to time, other persons, and to circumstances. ”
- Edward A. Strecker- Copy
- 651
“ I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness or ablities that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. ”
- William Penn- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now. ”
- P. T. Barnum- Copy
- 590
“ I expect to pass through this world but once, therefore any good that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not come this way again. ”
- Stephen Grellet- Copy
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