Advantages Quotes

“We have advantages. We have a cushion to fall back on. This is abundance. A luxury of place and time. Something rare and wonderful. It's almost historically unprecedented. We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.”
― Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

“You don't talk quite like a girl who has had no advantages.”
― Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

“Being bored is the price we pay for not being insane.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“In some rare cases, a friendship between two people benefits both of them, and what’s more, in some rarer cases, it benefits both of them equally.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Selfish Genie: A Satirical Essay on Altruism

“It's your duty to use what influence you have, unless you want to drift through life like a fish belly-up on the stream"
"I wish I could believe that life really is something more than a stream that carries us along, belly-up"
"Alright, if it's a stream, you're still free to be in this part of it or that part, aren't you? The water will divide again and again. If you bump, and tussle, and fight, and make use of whatever advantages you might have-"
"Oh, that's fine, I'm sure, when you have advantages."
"You'd find them everywhere, if you ever bothered to look!”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

“It is always good to have friends. Friends may be considered as part of the family because you have created and unbreakable bond. But, sometimes we outgrow certain people. We no longer have the same interests or outlook on life. That is when you realize that the friendship has to be maintained from a distance. Therefore, you create a new avenue in your life by removing toxic people who defeat your purpose.”
― Amaka Imani Nkosazana

“Two people don't see same event as opportunity. When one see it a problem; other look to capitalize it for optimum benefit”
― Ashish Patel

“I was raised with all the advantages except a backbone.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, The Great Escape

“Sadly, so many people stand and watch their life melt away every day without taking advantage of it to produce something of worth.”
― Sunday Adelaja, How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?

“No matter how hard you try, there are times when things just don't go as planned. And, it's not because you are doing something wrong. It is because the thing you are after is not designed for you. It is not a part of your destiny.”
― Amaka Imani Nkosazana

“Being happy has -huge- advantages. One, you smile more. Training of facial muscles. Automatic! But did you know that the risible muscle, the one that gets the biggest benefit, is part of the stomach muscles? Yes. Stomach training. Up and down.”
― René Friedrich, Success, Love, Poetry.

“The very same fact about a thing can be both the good and the bad thing about it.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“How do the advantages in your life contribute to your opinions and actions, and how does the lack of disadvantages in certain areas keep you from fully understanding the struggles others face, and may contribute to those struggles?”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“How had he suffered the old arrangement for that long? Part of moving up in the world is realizing how much shit you used to eat.”
― Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle

“Whatever your motivation for downsizing, you're going to love the benefits that come with this change. Let me highlight a few:
1. More money... in general a smaller home costs less to buy or rent and less to maintain.
2. Less time and energy spent cleaning and maintaining...
3. Better family bonding... A smaller home naturally brings family members into proximity, leading to their having more conversations and doing more things together.
4. Less environmental impact... using less energy and fewer natural resources.
5. Easier perpetuation of your minimalism...
6. Wider market to sell.”
― Joshua Becker, The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

“Do not underestimate the evils men will do for a small advantage.”
― Guy Haley, His Will

“Beauty is an advantage, smile is guarantee.”
― Amit Kalantri

“Unfortunately, we do not often see the advantages in the power of values and virtues. We are easily taken away by physical wealth, material possessions and the power of money.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“I'm sure that the book is incrediable, phenomenal and so on and so on going in positive direction... But the film wasn't made well (I'm talking about NeedFul Things by Stephen King), the effects weren't good, some scenes were missed, for example I'm very curiouis how does the guy kills his wife with the harmer... The scene reminds me for Shining, but Unfortunately in the Shining there were more possibilities to be saw this scene, than in this film... If some disadvantages will be fixed, then I'm sure that the film will be pretty interesting, however to don't forget about the quality!”
― Deyth Banger

“In most cases, you look for what you don't have. It limits and stagnates you. And unfortunately, you don't know know how to use what you do have. Yes, you've got your Brain, Google, and most importantly, you've got Youtube. Use'em to your advantage! They are powerful channels you can harness for maximum accomplishments in your life.”
― Olawale Daniel

“When people ask me how come I have written over three hundred books my response to them is take advantage of time.”
― Sunday Adelaja, How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?

“New perspectives and conquered fears are two of the extra-added attractions of learning.”
― J. Earp

“What are the advantages of diversity that not only compensate for agonizing conflicts but justify considering it America’s “greatest strength?” If readers cannot immediately think of any besides ethnic restaurants, they are not alone. A 2007 study by the University of Minnesota found that Americans claim to be positive and even optimistic about the word “diversity” but are unable to explain its value or give examples of its benefits. The researchers found that even people who work in the field of race relations stumble when asked to list its benefits.
In 2009, a San Francisco radio host named Marty Nemko agreed to host an on-air debate on
workplace diversity in which the author of this book was to argue that it was a weakness, not a strength. Mr. Nemko contacted a Georgia-based diversity consultant whose slogan was “Stronger Performance Through Diversity,” fully expecting that he would be happy to argue the other side. The consultant declined, admitting that he did not think diversity was a strength, only that it can be made to work better with “diversity management” of the kind he offers.”
― Jared Taylor, White Identity: Racial Consciousness in the 21st Century

“Just about the only serious argument anyone tries to make in favor of diversity echoes Jonathan Alger, a lawyer who has argued before the Supreme Court in favor of racial preferences: “Corporations have to compete internationally,” he says, and “cross-cultural competency is a key skill in the work force.”
This argument assumes that people get along best with people like themselves, that Koreans, for example, can do business most effectively with other Koreans. Presumably, if the United States has a large population of Koreans they will be a bridge between Korea and the United States. For that to work, however, Korean-Americans should not fully assimilate because if they do, they will lose the qualities that make them an asset. America should give up the ideal of Americanization that, in a few generations, made Englishmen, Dutchmen, Germans, Swedes, the Irish, and all other Europeans essentially indistinguishable. Do we really want to give up the idea of assimilation? Or should only racial minorities give up on assimilation?
More to the point, is a diverse population really an advantage in trade or international affairs? Japan is one of the most racially homogeneous nations. It would be hard to find a country that so clearly practices the opposite of American-style diversity, but it is one of the most successful trading nations on earth. If diversity were a key advantage, Brazil, Indonesia, Sudan, Malaysia, and Lebanon would be world leaders in trade.
Other great trading nations—Taiwan, Korea and China—are, if anything, even more closed and exclusionist than Japan. Germany is likewise a successful trading nation, but its trade surpluses cannot be attributed to cultural or racial diversity. Only since the 1960s has it had a large non-German minority of Turks who came as guest workers, and there is no evidence that Turks have helped Germany become more of a world presence or even a better trade partner with Turkey.
The world’s consumers care about price and quality, not the race or nationality of the factory worker. American corporations boast about workforces that “look like America,” but they are often beaten in their own market by companies whose workforces look like Yokohama or Shanghai.
If we really took seriously the idea that “cross-cultural competence” was crucially important, we would adjust the mix of immigrants accordingly. We might question the wisdom of Haitian immigration, for example, since Haiti is a small, poor country that is never likely to be an important trade partner. And do 32 million Mexican-Americans help our trade relations with the world—or even with Mexico? Canada is our number-one trading partner. Should we therefore encourage immigration from Canada? No one ever talks about immigration in these terms because at some level everyone understands that diversity has nothing to do with trade or influence in the world. The “cross-cultural competence” argument is artificial.”
― Jared Taylor, White Identity: Racial Consciousness in the 21st Century

“A disadvantage is often a seed of an advantage.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Insanity has its advantages.”
― Steven Magee

“A relationship has its advantages.”
― Steven Magee

“A single disadvantage could spoil our many advantages.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“There are many advantages to success. One of them is that you can make a difference. So, succeed and use your influence to make an impact.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success