Asghar Ali Engineer Quotes

There has to be a very good balance between being aggressive and then being able to defend as well.

It's always a balance... being clear-headed but being aggressive and as combative as you need to be.

I built my name on fighting so hard - I'll always do that - but I'm also trying to become more of a veteran, to be be calm and calculated and not always trying to bowl people over.

I come across as quite aggressive and quite in people's faces and everything like that, but I know where to draw the line.

You don’t always have to smack people in the face with how strong you are

There's a lot more power in calm than in vituperation.

You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.

I'm not very keen for doves or hawks. I think we need more owls.

The whole world knows, that, when a wrong stings a man, making him fierce and loud, his direct expressions have often small value; but that his parenthetical expressions often have great value. This is one of the simplest principles in homely every-day-criticism, serving truth-seekers, wherever wordy war rages, whether among statesmen or hackmen.

I never use my sword when the lash suffices, nor the lash when my tongue is enough.

I am not a particularly aggressive person. That's not Erica.

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.

I don't remember threatening anybody, ever. I don't like threats. I don't respond well to them, so I don't give them. But I'm not a doormat. I try to meet the appropriate level of communications.

I'm not just a guy who can knock people out.

A wise man knows when to go 'head and back off so you gotta pick and choose your fights. I know how to pick and choose.

I'm a chilled out guy but if needs be the claws can come out.

Sometimes I'm a bit under-aggressive and sometimes a bit over. But I think it's good to have both.

The wise man should keep the balance between love and power; he should keep the love in his nature ever increasing and expanding, and at the same time strengthen the will so that the heart may not easily be broken.

A great mind will neither give an affront nor bear it.

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.

Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.

Be as nice as possible and as nasty as necessary.

The thing constantly overlooked by those hopefuls who talk about abolishing war is that it is by no means an evidence of decay but rather a proof of health and vigor.

You need diplomacy and not slogans. This is the place for wisdom, the place for seeking windows that will take you to the objective.