Quotation Explorer - 'Application'

The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit. - Mark Twain
Knowing something and acting on it are not the same thing. Knowledge without the application of what has been learned is useless. - Peter James West
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge. - Peter F. Drucker
knowledge without application is like a book that is never read' , Hemel Hempstead. - Christopher Crawford
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this... - William Wordsworth
Nature takes the decision first, man agrees, reconciles, modifies, refutes, contradicts etc., subsequently. It means the application of reason, the discretionary power of a man, only happens afterwards! - Thiruman Archunan
Knowledge isn’t life changing. The application of knowledge is. - Todd Stocker
There is no study that is not capable of delighting us, after a little application to it. - Alexander Pope
In truth, ideas and principles are independent of men; the application of them and their illustration is man's duty and merit. The time will come when the author of a view shall be set aside, and the view only taken cognizance of. This will be the millennium of Science. - Edward Forbes
Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Engineering is the professional and systematic application of science to the efficient utilization of natural resources to produce wealth. - T. J. Hoover and J. C. L. Fish
Engineering is the practice of safe and economic application of the scientific laws governing the forces and materials of nature by means of organization, design and construction, for the general benefit of mankind. - S. E. Lindsay
Knowledge is half the battle. The application of knowledge is the other half. - Gary Steven Borthick 1970 - 2001
The problem with the prosperity gospel is that it makes prosperity the Gospel. God's word is flawless, however if your interpretation of the word is wrong, your application will be wrong also. - Kingsley Opuwari Manuel
Knowledge is half the battle. The application of knowledge is the other half. (1998) - Gary Borthick 1970 2001
Adultery is the application of democracy to love. - H. L. Mencken
The West did not come to rule the world through its superiority of religion or ideas, but rather through its superior application of organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do.
Anyway, it's a good thing we're human. We design business spreadsheets, paint programs, and word processing equipment. So that tells you where we're at as a species. What is the search for the next great compelling application but a search for the human identity? - Douglas Coupland
Science affects the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its application driving a motor-car or omnibus instead of a horse-drawn vehicle, and being treated for disease by a doctor or surgeon rather than a witch. - J.B.S. Haldane
The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason. - Marya Mannes
The results of knowledge without application results in nothing at all. Do what you know better to do. - DeWayne Owens
I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual discipline of the subject. It is due simply to the fact that power, wealth and prestige can only be obtained by the correct application of science. - Derek Barton
It’s not the application that is stopping people from using timeless knowledge passed on to us, it’s the acknowledging part. - Daya Kudari
Know how to choose. Most things in life depend on it. You need good taste and an upright judgement; intelligence and application are not enough. There is no perfection without discernment and selection. - Baltasar Gracián
Preparation, application and determination are three of the most important factors that enable you to regain your sparkle and shine like never before. - Donald Pillai
No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought that counts." - - Bob Proctor
The life-tree of practice is single-minded application. - Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye
We believe more readily in the abstract application of God's promises than we do in their application to us personally. - Matt Chandler
Great ideas doesn't need approvals, they need application. - Amit Kalantri
Knowledge is NOT power. The correct application of knowledge is power. - Izey Victoria Odiase
It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma... which human ingenuity may not, by proper application, resolve. - Edgar Allan Poe
We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy. - Henry David Thoreau
High powered radio frequency (RF) transmitters really need to be reclassified as an industrial application and banned out of residential communities that have developing babies and children. - Steven Magee
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