Psychology helps to measure the probability that an aim is attainable.
Edward Thorndike
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Fight for your highest attainable aim/ But never put up resistance in vain.
HANS SELYE Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, a...
DEBORAH DAY I think the reason Buddhism and Western psychology are so compatible is that Western psychology help...
TARA BRACH The probability of life originating from accident is comparable to the probability of the unabridged...
EDWARD CONKLIN A system is a network of interdependent components that work together to try to accomplish the aim o...
W. EDWARDS DEMING It was shown to them that justice is attainable.
JAMES PAOLETTI Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education...
EDWARD THORNDIKE Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature.
EDWARD THORNDIKE The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, ...
EDWARD THORNDIKE The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of a...
EDWARD THORNDIKE Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
EDWARD THORNDIKE An adult who ceases after youth to unlearn and relearn his facts and to reconsider his opinions... i...
EDWARD THORNDIKE There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no ...
EDWARD THORNDIKE To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of...
EDWARD THORNDIKE It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sc...
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EDWARD THORNDIKE On the whole, the psychological work of the last quarter of the nineteenth century emphasized the st...
EDWARD THORNDIKE Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men,...
EDWARD THORNDIKE The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not w...
EDWARD THORNDIKE This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations p...
EDWARD THORNDIKE So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act.
EDWARD THORNDIKE The real difference between a man's scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of other...
EDWARD THORNDIKE Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and o...
EDWARD THORNDIKE Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals.
EDWARD THORNDIKE Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.
EDWARD THORNDIKE When, instead of merely associating some act with some situation in the animal way, we think the sit...
EDWARD THORNDIKE The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because...
EDWARD THORNDIKE Amongst the minds of animals that of man leads, not as a demigod from another planet, but as a king ...
EDWARD THORNDIKE Yes Rosalie, we all know how proficient of an assassin you are.
STEPHENIE MEYER Life is an audition.
THOMAS FLAJNIK - ANTICHIMERAPODAL I have an aim - I have a clear aim in my mind, and the aim is that I do not like what I see in India...
RAHUL GANDHI The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
LEO TOLSTOY Don't aim for perfect. Aim for complete. Perfection is an unattainable illusion.
LISA GENOVA Our goal remains to take first place in the East, and it's an attainable goal,
DON MATTHEWS Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.
WILLIAM OSLER One of my goals is to win a conference championship. And that's an attainable goal for these kids.
CRAIG WEISBROD It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate ...
W. EDWARDS DEMING It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate ...
W. EDWARDS DEMING Life is a school of probability.
WALTER BAGEHOT It seems like a gamble, but that is a set play if Edward sees the right situation. Edward is a good,...
JULIUS MCCHRISTIAN Any psychology of sign systems will be part of social psychology - that is to say, will be exclusive...
FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE Having an aim is the key to achieving your best.
HENRY J. KAISER I think objectivity is like this strange myth that people think you're supposed to achieve, but ...
SEBASTIAN JUNGER Bite me.
STEPHENIE MEYER 'Proof,' dealing as it does with the psychology of creativity, aging and the family dynamic, is an i...
MARK COLE The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.
LEIGH BARDUGO I'd say for him to average the 30 points he did in college this past season is an attainable goal fo...
JOE BECERRA The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the Middle is to change places with the ...
GEORGE ORWELL Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
C. JOYBELL C. What is Genius?- To aspire to a lofty aim and to will the means to that aim.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Seeing eye to an eye is a must, especially when there lies a case, or an intent, to meet; even by in...
PRIYAVRAT THAREJA Physiological psychology is, therefore, first of all psychology.
WILHELM WUNDT Projects are usually undertaken to either solve a problem or take advantage of an opportunity. The p...
BRUCE PITTMAN The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.
B. F. SKINNER The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again.
B. F. SKINNER Once you get a probability of an accident occurring, the question is what's the impact to people? Th...
ALICE CAPONITI I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.
YITZHAK RABIN The X Factor to all probability is God.
GEORGE OTERO An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w...
JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It...
COLSON WHITEHEAD To have a part that is written for you certainly helps an actor.
A. J. BOWEN I told the girls that I've already requested time off for the post-season tournament, and we feel th...
BOB DENBROCK A leader of transformation, and managers involved, need to learn the psychology of individuals, the ...
W. EDWRDS DEMING Seeing, touching is believing!
THOMAS FLAJNIK - ANTICHIMERAPODAL SEO is DEAD in the eyes of the people who know LESS about it.
J. ORACOY I let out a sound that was definitely not a whimper. It was something far more manly, no matter what...
BRANDON SANDERSON The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
BEN OAK I think it helps for sure. I also think it helps that we're 15 minutes up the road and Copley is an ...
DAN TREASE The aim of this tribunal is to justify the crimes committed in Yugoslavia. That is why this is a fal...
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC It is not discretionary to pick a number that helps with an earnings target.
THOMAS BAUER The probability that there are still victims underneath is very, very low.
KAZIMIERZ KRZOWSKI Success therefore is only attainable in your calling
SUNDAY ADELAJA My look is attainable. Women can look like
AUDREY HEPBURN Physical activity is considered a promising preventive measure against breast cancer - not only beca...
MICHAEL GREGER The baby is fine, the only problem is that he looks like Edward G. Robinson.
WOODY ALLEN To measure up takes skill, but to err is an art.
ANTHONY MARAIS In genetic epistemology, as in developmental psychology, too, there is never an absolute beginning.
JEAN PIAGET Edward: "Wait--you were trying to hit on me?"
Susan: "Damn straight."
Edward: "The ...
JODI PICOULT Cisco has an excellent track record of meeting analysts' expectations and the probability of them mi...
CHRISTIN ARMACOST Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim
GRAHAM GREENE The attitude of physiological psychology to sensations and feelings, considered as psychical element...
WILHELM WUNDT But to us, probability is the very guide of life
JOSEPH BUTLER I'd always had an interest in physiotherapy and psychology.
BOB PAISLEY Unconditional love, is love, regardless anything; attainable or impossible.
ANTHONY LICCIONE probability is the very guide of life
LEONARD MLODINOW Dreams are an insight into our psychology: they are what we are, but stripped of the conventions and...
BELSEBUUB Something that always fascinated me was the psychology and the psychology differences between men an...
KARRINE STEFFANS Breaking, in modern psychology, 'learned helplessness.' This is where you crush an animal's desire t...
REBECCA K. O'CONNOR The probability is going up that there's going to be some kind of transaction involving Knight Ridde...
ED ATORINO We cannot afford to lose anything, and the probability of that happening with four copies is minute.
RICHARD BOULDERSTONE The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual ...
HERBERT HOOVER To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that...
GERALD VANN I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm reall...
ZACHARY QUINTO An information campaign is being led against us with the aim of showing that civil society is a pupp...
EDIL BAISALOV Clearly the aim of this escalation is to force the people to kneel down. The government is able to f...
ISMAIL HANIYA Monotheism and an absolute God define one another.
The absolute is a mental construct, an...
HAROUTIOUN BOCHNAKIAN The measure of love is to love without measure.
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO There's a little luck involved, but preparation is what gets you to the top, ... We've learned that ...
FRANK RUSSO The only other home I can enter without an invitation, is my parents home.
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And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousa...
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Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
...
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EDWARD YOUNG When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
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Whate...
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EDWARD MOORE To leave a sting within a brother's heart.
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Much wealth, how little worldlings can enjoy.
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Or to her virtues be a friend,
But instantly your forehead lou...
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EDWARD DOWDEN To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.
EDWARD WEEKS Less base the fear of death than fear of life.
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EDWARD ABBEY And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
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EDWARD DAHLBERG Each mind is pressed, and open every ear, to hear new tidings, though they no way joy us.
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