Sentences with phrase «not by the strength»

Each case is unique, he argues, and success is mediated by the performance of individual franchisees, not by the strength of the franchising model.

In the darkness of modern skepticism, Karl Barth saw the opportunity to assert a classical theological truth: We are saved not by the strength of our reason but only by the initiative of God's grace.

i desire to perform the utmost for his highest to achieve an accomplish the goal that God has set before me, not by my strength or power but by the power of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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The bottom line is that Gates gives this book his most enthusiastic endorsement, concluding: «I don't know how Kalanithi found the physical strength to write this book while he was so debilitated by the disease and then potent chemotherapy.

By plotting his grip strength and grip consistency, we could show him where he was gripping the steering wheel tightly when contextually (where he was on the racetrack) he might not need to.

And in the case that something were to be affected by it, I am confident that I can turn it around into a strength and not a weakness.

But one way those strengths can come in handy tremendously is by using them as a blueprint to discovering talents you may not have understood before.

«That great strength can be a weakness if you're not adapting to the environment that you're in,» says Jonathan Wellum, who worked side by side with Lee - Chin at AIC for almost 20 years.

In Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength, Roy F. Baumeister explains that people who tell themselves «not now, but later» are generally less tormented by the temptation of something they are trying to avoid (his example is eating chocolate cake).

Not only that, but it was a strategy that gave us an insane edge by elevating the competitiveness of our new products, authenticity of our marketing and strength of our team.

The likelihood of your announcement or article being picked up is entirely based on the strength of the story itself, not the channel by which it is announced.

Even if your startup's mission isn't as grand as saving the world, entrepreneurs can be more successful business leaders by focusing on sharpening strengths rather than compensating for weaknesses.

Strength isn't something you can force on people; it's something you earn by demonstrating it time and again in the face of adversity.

«The real strength of our growth plan for the next five or six years is our high level of certainty, and it's not constrained by market access issues,» he said.

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For months, some of our internal strength measures have favored secondary stocks, indicating comparatively favorable action in indices such as the Russell 2000 and the Value Line Arithmetic average (which is not weighted by capitalization, so it reflects broad action).

«Perhaps the biggest issue we have with high yield is that the asset class» performance has been driven over the last several years not by fundamental strength, but by QE and a lack of global yield,» BofAML credit strategist Michael Contopoulos and others said in a note to clients.

[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?

It's not by chance that «Diversity: Our Strength» is Toronto's motto.

By allowing management to put all of its attention on the product, and not internal politics, Apple's organizational structure is a major strength, not weakness.

«We recommend that foreign companies don't allow themselves to be an instrument of issues that surpass their limits and strength, by trusting the Greek Cypriot side,» Erdogan said.

However, while the Fed's mandate does not extend to reacting to the vagaries of the currency market or the dynamics affecting other economies, recent US dollar strength and wobbles in risk assets caused by concerns over the state of the Chinese economy can not be entirely ignored.

This is the sign of a noble heart — to aim at high things, measuring one's effort, not by one's own strength, but by the strength of one's nature, and to envisage enterprises beyond the accomplishment even of those equipped with heroic courage.»

Law believed that much of the strength of France was lying unused and that the innovation of paper money, backed not by gold but by credit, could re-invigorate France.

By looking at the Long View results in aggregate, there is an opportunity to examine whether or not family firms are adopting governance best practices, and highlight areas of strength and potential weakness.

I think that the strength can be explained by the precarious global economic and monetary situations, but the point is that a knowledgeable and unbiased observer of the markets shouldn't be scratching his / her head or feeling the need to get creative when coming up with justifications for gold's current US$ price.

Everyone loves a bubble (until they don't), and those journalists who go out with pokers to test their surface strength are not held in high esteem by newsroom bosses, some readers and viewers, investors, companies pitching their products, or politicians who have hitched their wagon to making that bubble get bigger.

So we wrote in that report that all the cell phones and PCs being bought by Chinese was not the result of domestic economic strength, but merely the recycling of export revenues and direct foreign investment funds.

Uber built a better mousetrap by exploiting not just the weaknesses of the taxi industry, but also its strengths, by offering immediate procurement.

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Far be it for some Christians to validate a young woman's strength and equality by wrapping it up in some phony «It's not okay for a young X-tian boy to grapple with a girl» But it is just fine to grapple for hours with a boy?

The problem is that by striving to be perfect, we are relying on our own strength, not God's.

The key to the strength of Victorian virtues was that those virtues were not, in fact, just middle class but were shared by nearly everyone: from the Queen down to the poorest Cockney, nearly everyone believed in the public good that came from observance of the national ethic.

I guess with a handle like, «Prophet,» humility is not your strength; further demonstrated by your comment.

The way out of this dilemma occurred only after he realized that his will was so deformed by the strength of habit that, on his own, he did not have the power to change himself.

However, when we do these things, we need to remember that we ourselves are not getting stronger, nor is it our strength by which we are doing these things.

For we do not have a spirit of fear but of strength and power and self control... By his stripes we are healed..

Yet if Luther was right and humanity can not storm heaven with its understanding and strength, then doesn't the mystery of glorious light — «the Holy Ghost has called me by the Gospel and illuminated me with His gifts» — take us into a predestinarian darkness?

It does not easily befit a Mephistophelean Superpower, posing his supernatural guile and strength in eternal battle with the Almighty, to be distressed by the fact that Job has got a lot of sheep.

I believe that I can not of my own understanding and strength believe in or come to Jesus Christ my Lord, but that the Holy Ghost has called me by the Gospel and illuminated me with His gifts, and sanctified and preserved me in the true faith..

The beasts receive their doom, and pass from the scene: the powers of evil are overthrown, not by any human virtue or strength, but by the presence and power of the living God.

Herod's fortress and all the wealth and strength it represented was contrasted by the poverty and weakness of Joseph and Mary struggling to make their way to Bethlehem where they were not even able to find a room to sleep in.

We can't do it through our own strength, but by surrendering it all to God his grace is enough.

We should not be contemplating our navels and patting ourselves on the back by exaggerating our strength...

Would not greater strength be found for meeting this new challenge by pooling the wisdom, energy, and plans of the Churches?

I thought: He is «not now that strength which in old days moved heaven and earth,» when, for several years, he accompanied his old blind father to the synagogue and, for an hour, whispered in his ear every word of the prayers the old man did not know by heart, then going off to another service to fulfill his own duty to pray.

This is also a way of teaching children about grace — only by God's grace can we forgive others — we can not forgive in our own strength.

It it not substantiated by Scripture thougth as it says «loud voice» — most probably because Jesus received strength from His Father

/ Be aware of the strength of your Adult, the here - and - now part of you which can choose not to be controlled by your inner Child, Adolescent, or Parent.

This mourning of Christ and the Church on our behalf means, first of all, that we are allowed to mourn, for our sorrow has not yet been overcome, neither by our own strength nor by the comforting of another.