Patrick Sweeney > Quotes

“What people are looking for is you. As a leader, people need you to be clear about and demonstrate a passion for your purpose. They want to know that you practice your values consistently. And they absolutely want to know that you lead from your heart as well as your head. People are not looking for you to say the perfect words. They are looking for you to show up, being absolutely real and believable. They are seeking to believe.”
― Patrick Sweeney, What You Aren't Seeing: How Using Your Hidden Potential Can Help You Discover the Leader Within, The Inspiring Story of Herb Greenberg

“Our beliefs are the lens through which we see the world. They are the glasses we put on in the morning, which provide the patterns we see. As we become more self-aware, we can identify our patterns, and then, to the extent we desire, change our lenses.”
― Patrick Sweeney

“Sometimes when our backs are up against the wall, we can surprise ourselves with what we are truly capable of. We can push off those walls and discover something deep within ourselves. We just have to make sure we do not create walls within ourselves, or between us and other people. Walls are for scaling. Or for knocking down and crumbling.”
― Patrick Sweeney, What You Aren't Seeing: How Using Your Hidden Potential Can Help You Discover the Leader Within, The Inspiring Story of Herb Greenberg

“You have to be willing to enter a situation where you know that you probably will not make it - while you absolutely believe that you will. You've got to know somewhere deep inside that you can take it, that you are in it to the end, whenever that may be. You have to know that what you are pursuing is worth it and that it means that much to you. So when you get knocked down, you can pick yourself back up and go at it again. Even though you might lose rounds five and six, a championship bout is 12 rounds. You've got to be willing to lose some of those rounds and still believe that you will win the match. Through all of that, you've got to be willing to bleed.”
― Patrick Sweeney, What You Aren't Seeing: How Using Your Hidden Potential Can Help You Discover the Leader Within, The Inspiring Story of Herb Greenberg

“We can be pretty sure this indicates a Glock actually made in the U.S.A.,”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“From page 90. This book was produced prior to the elementary school shootings in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, which pushed hi-cap magazine prices much higher.”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“sclerotic”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“brisance”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“Each operation had a set of instructions, the relevant dimension, and how the process was done, all laid out in what was called in most shops “the book.”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“does it matter?”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“Can I Inadvertently Blow Things Up? You bet. One of the easiest ways to do so is to fail to follow good reloading habits.”
― Patrick Sweeney, Reloading for Handgunners, 2nd Edition

“Will there be a Gen5 series of Glocks?”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“The military prizes reliability and durability over accuracy.”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“unlike Glocks,”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“If you shoot enough, you will eventually have a “boom” of some kind, regardless the firearm you’re using. Wait for it, expect it, but do everything you can to keep it from happening.”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“you can’t own one. They are non-importable,”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“they got numbers 20 guns apart.”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“barrels and slides”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“When you get down to it, what matters is practice, will and a certain amount of skill. Capacity is a small matter, but if everything else is equal, capacity will win out. That's why we want magazines with lots of bullets in them.”
― Patrick Sweeney, 1911 The First 100 Years

“(Think of the firearms makers you wouldn’t buy from, based on what you’ve “heard” about their product.”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“(And I am both appalled and put off by those who use “civilians” to describe citizens. All of us, police and non-police, are civilians. Unless you are subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, i.e., in the armed forces, you are a civilian. Soap box mode off.)”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“passivates” the surface, that is, makes it less reactive to oxygen.”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“A single-stack Glock could come close, but even if Glock did it, probably not.”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“RDIAS: registered drop-in auto Sear.”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“Protection works and you need it. You need it because sound becomes painful around 125 dB. Short-tem exposure that is pretty certain to cause damage and hearing loss begins around 140 dB. Firearms? They run 145, 150, 160, 165 dB. Pick a number, it doesn’t matter, you will lose hearing. A “quiet” 12-gauge load at 140 dB is going to damage your hearing a bit slower than a magnum at 165, but you will go deaf.”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“in matches. He pioneered the matted slide and the frenched borders on 1911s. Now, the look of an honest-to-goodness”
― Patrick Sweeney, 1911 The First 100 Years

“Schnellfeuer,”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“frame is a mystery.”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“What’s new in the realm of Glock barrels? From Glock, not a thing.”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed

“What can you do to ensure your magazines will “survive” a future hi-cap magazine ban? Don’t vote for people who will ban them and assist those who oppose them.”
― Patrick Sweeney, Glock Deconstructed