Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Cease being intimidated by the argument that a right action is impossible because it does not yield maximum profits, or that a wrong action is to be condoned because it pays.
It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.
A significant number of petroleum geologists believe that we will reach the global maximum of petroleum extraction within this decade or that we have already reached it. Peak Oil happened in 1970 in America, when over half of our oil that we gained from the soil was exhausted. . . This is very disturbing, regardless of global warming.
In a series of events, all of which had been a bit thick, this, in his opinion, achieved the maximum of thickness.
The person who received maximum affection from mother, that person also sort of cultivated the potential showing affection to others.
What is Maximum Governance, Minimum Government? It means government has no business to be in business.
Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his life forces as an investment which must bring him the maximum profit obtainable under existing market conditions.
A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.
What are the "maximum" limits of acceptance of the term "intellectual"?
Although it takes a long warm-up for an eight to swing, on an erg such subtleties don't matter. For me the sound alone raised my pulse to 120. Tying my feet into the stretchers increased it to 180. My maximum pulse was 200. I didn't need a warmup. I needed a sedative.
Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience.
The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explanation.
A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment.
I do esteem individual liberty above everything. What is a nation for, but to secure the maximum liberty to every individual?
For maximum impact, listen more and speak less.
Male chauvinism is. . . a shrewd method of extracting the maximum of work for the minimum of compensation.
I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
Maximum individuality within maximum community