If you begin with the middle-tone and work up from it toward the darks so that you deal last with your highest lights and darkest darks, you avoid false accents. — John Singer Sargent
Attitude is everything, so pick a good one — Wayne Dyer
Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. — Og Mandino
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood. — Voltaire
In black and white you suggest, in color you state. — Paul Outerbridge
To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy is to set your own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Talking slowly and clearly you convey one idea: I’m in control. — Chris Voss
Start your day with good intentions and set yourself up for a good attitude. It's not what happens to you that matters but how you respond. — Ken Blanchard
Setting a good example is truly the most effective means of communication - and setting a poor one is disastrous! — Jan Carlzon
People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude. — John C. Maxwell
Lead by example. Your actions speak louder than words. — Michael Abrashoff
the best way to get something done is to begin. — Unknown
If you come across as boring or monotone, you're going to lose your audience. — Lewis Howes
Set The Tone Image Quotes
10% of conflict is due to difference in opinion and 90% is due to delivery and tone of voice.
You Set The Tone Quotes
Never forget the relationship you have with yourself sets the tone for the relationship you have with everyone else. If you want to have better relationships with other people, work on yourself. — Steven Bartlett
Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have. — Robert Holden
We have great power to affect the attitudes and behavior of the people around us, at work and at home. We have the power to set a tone of honor, to create an energy around ourselves that says, 'I respect myself. I respect you. Let's respect each other.' — Marianne Williamson
Do not set aside your happiness. Do not wait to be happy in the future. The best time to be happy is always now.
If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you. — Joel Osteen
You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, and demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others. — Stanley Gault
It is important not to copy other people's careers but set the tone of who you want to be. My father's always encouraged me to do that. — Nicole Richie
Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do.
I like cool jackets - a nice fall or winter coat. You can get a lot of use out of it, and you'll wear it frequently, so it can really set the tone of your uniform for the season. — John Legend
As the lead of a movie, you really set the tone off-camera as well, and that's a really big responsibility. — Jenna Fischer
You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others. — Stanley C. Gault
Back in the 19th century, our marketing folks decided to play up the refined usage angle because prescriptivism was very popular: our dictionary is where you go to learn anything about anything. That really set the tone in North America for how people responded to dictionaries. — Kory Stamper
Set The Tone For The Day Quotes
If people wake up and go, "Oh, where's the coffee," or "Oh, another day," that does not set a good tone for the day. — Louise Hay
I think certain people would be moved to be nostalgic about America's glory days, when the music set the tone for the cultural conversation and popular musicians had this absurd level of authority. — David Longstreth
Set the tone for your day be treating people better than you expect to be treated by them. Be the first to smile. Express your appreciation for them. Expect the best out of them. If you act first, you will set yourself up for success. — John C. Maxwell
Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
Tonight Illinois has set a tone for the nation, that we won't stand idle hoping that our economy improves. This is a brand new day for the Illinois Republican Party. — Adam Kinzinger
Set The Pace Quotes
Those of us placed in a position of leadership must be prepared to grasp the nettle if we unite in doing so, and if, in addition, we set a worthy example and a marat on pace in probity, unselfishness, and self-sacrifice, the people will follow, all too readily, in our footsteps. — Obafemi Awolowo
Follow-up is personal. It must be done by someONE; not by someTHING. For it to be effective we must set the pace. We can't permanently sell something we don't make time to get into our lives. — Dawson Trotman
There is a leisure about walking, no matter what pace you set, that lets down the tension. — Hal Borland
If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.
When setting a long-term goal, find the pace necessary to achieve it. — Rickson Gracie
I want fifteen referees at this fight…because there ain’t no one man who can keep up with the pace I’m gonna set except me — Muhammad Ali
Blade Runner appears regularly, two or three times a year in various shapes and forms of science fiction. It set the pace for what is essentially urban science fiction, urban future and it's why I've never re-visited that area because I feel I've done it. — Ridley Scott
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
No one knows the fear in a front runner's mind more than me. When you set off at a cracking pace for four or five laps and find that your main rivals are still breathing down your neck, that's when you start to panic. — Ron Clarke
The long mechanic pacings to and fro, The set, gray life, and apathetic end. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow. — Frank Dane
It all has to do with the director, the captain of the ship. He sets the pace, the mood. If the director is quiet, the set is quiet. If the director is loud, then everybody has to be louder to be heard. — Eva Marie Saint
The moment the alarm goes off is the first test; it sets the tone for the rest of the day. The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win - you pass the test. — Jocko Willink
Your first few hires will set the tone for your culture. Secure elite talent ASAP and hire carefully. — Cliff Lerner
Film noir is not a genre. It is not defined, as are the western and gangster genres, by conventions of setting and conflict, but rather by the more subtle qualities of tone and mood. It is a film 'noir', as opposed to the possible variants of film gray or film off-white. — Paul Schrader
Your best player has to set a tone of intolerance for anything that gets in the way of winning — Jeff Van Gundy
Our identity sets the tone for all we do and become. Christians who live out of who they really are cannot be crippled by the opinions of others. They don't work to fit into other people's expectations, but burn with the realization of who the Father. says they are. — Bill Johnson
The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people. — Mike Pence
The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it. — Charles W. Colson
The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it. — Charles Colson
There are so many famous people now that are not really gifted or talented at doing anything other than getting made up, putting on tight dresses, acting badly, getting married. I mean, what the hell? I don't know where we are going with this here in America. And we are setting a tone for the world, because everyone looks at what we do. — Debbie Allen
Let the spirit of adventure set the tone. — Unknown
How can the poem and the stink and the grating noise - the quality of light, the tone, the habit and the dream - be set down alive? — John Steinbeck
Rather than assume that the wealthy are a monolithic, selfish and unfeeling lot who must be subjugated by the force of the state, set a tone that encourages people of good will to meet in the middle. — Leon G. Cooperman
I know because the movie's made a lot of money, everyone's relaxed a bit so there wasn't that pressure to set the tone for the movies [Fifty Shades of Grey] so I felt a little more freedom this time and it probably made it more enjoyable. — Jamie Dornan
Very thorough in the rehearsal process but more in terms of just understanding the characters, understanding where the actors are at with discovering those characters for themselves, and just setting an overall emotional tone for the piece as opposed to necessarily getting things up on their feet or staging scenes. — Kate Winslet
The calm and tolerant atmosphere that prevailed during the elections depicts the type of South Africa we can build. It set the tone for the future. We might have our differences, but we are one people with a common destiny in our rich variety of culture, race and tradition. — Nelson Mandela
I have tried to be a leader. I have tried in my role of being one of the first women at Google, let alone the first woman to have a baby, to really try to set the tone that this is a great place to work for diversity reasons. — Susan Wojcicki
Leaders set the tone for their peers. Peers look up to them and say, 'They're doing it, so I'm doing it.' — Chris Bosh
The biggest difference between ancient Rome and the USA is that in Rome the common man was treated like a dog. In America he sets the tone. This is the first country where the common man could stand erect. — I. F. Stone
And the greeter is what sets the tone for this company and I've been on TV a little bit this morning. — Lee Scott
I am perfectly conscious that this contempt and hatred underlies the general tone of the community towards us, and yet when I even remotely hint at the fact that we are not a favorite people I am accused of stirring up strife and setting barriers between the two sects. — Emma Lazarus
My monologues aren't always funny. They're generally thoughtful. Sometimes at different levels of aggravation. And sometimes no aggravation. But the pressure on me is not to be joke-efficient when I'm talking on this mic. And that sets the tone. — Marc Maron
It is particularly challenging looking how I look, but I think of my beautiful, swirled-up babies and I think, "You know what? I will be an example for you." I believe you can set the tone for any room or any conversation by being the first one to lead with love. — Measha Brueggergosman
The top 25 at every company really set the tone. Everyone watches them. They need to be present and focused. No slackers at the top. They need to meet in combination every recruit. They need to meet them on the first day. They need to teach by example. This is the lesson that great companies teach. — Michael J. Silverstein
How Donald Trump reaches out to groups that may not have supported him, how he signals his interest in their issues or concerns, I think those are the kinds of things that can set a tone that will help move things forward once he has actually taken office. — Barack Obama
I think by not participating in the current political debate, hopefully I'm sending a signal that will help set a tone. — George W. Bush
The volcano itself wasn't that interesting, but the man who refused to be evacuated - the only one of 75,000 people - was what set the tone for the film ["Encounters at the End of the World"] that we made together [with Clive Oppenheimer] ten years later. — Werner Herzog
When you're the lead and on most of the call sheets, some people have expectations of you and whether you like it or not, you kind of set the tone. — Mike Colter
I've always just shown up to set and said the lines, [but] I want to help develop scripts and help cast and help bring a visual tone to something. — Aya Cash
I let the music set the tone of the lyrics.I allowed myself to write more about relationships and emotions, in a girly way almost. — Jose Gonzalez
I was very excited to hone in on John Goodman. Casting John first really set the tone. He's very good at being terrifying and being hilarious, and I loved the idea of that character not being merely 'moustache-twirly'. I enjoyed being scared by him. — Dan Trachtenberg
Sometimes it starts with a random lyric idea that sets the tone for the whole song. Chords and sounds build from the lyric and rhythm, kind of. Sometimes it's a track I fall I love with... but writing my own songs, I rarely write on tracks. — Tove Lo
Everybody else, they're wonderful, but [Robert] Duvall sets the tone for all of cinema acting. So just to be in his space was amazing. — Peter Jacobson
When you're directing an ongoing series, the tone has already been set. So a director will come in and fulfill that tone - reinforce the characters and their behavior. The challenge is to find unique ways that you can visually tell the story while keeping the established tone and the pace and the characters. — Bryan Cranston
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