Quotes about Clarity
Do not say you agree, disagree, or suspend judgement until you can say "I understand
- Mortimer Adler
Analytical reading is preeminently for the sake of understanding
- Mortimer Adler
Good controversy should not be a quarrel about assumptions
- Mortimer Adler
Some writers have excellent "control"; they know exactly what they want to convey, and they convey it precisely and accurately
- Mortimer Adler
you have to discover the meaning of a word you do not understand by using the meanings of all the other words in the context that you do understand.
- Mortimer Adler
your primary obligation is not to become competent in the subject matter but instead to understand the problem.
- Mortimer Adler
You must be able to say, with reasonable certainty, I understand, before you can say any one of the following things: I agree, or I disagree, or I suspend Judgment.
- Mortimer Adler
When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable
- Myles Munroe
the world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.
- Napoleon Hill
The leaders in every walk of life decide quickly, and firmly. That is the major reason why they are leaders. The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.
- Napoleon Hill
Anyone who submits to annoyance by things he does not want is not definite. He is a drifter.
- Napoleon Hill
One quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
- Napoleon Hill