Taking Inventory Quotes & Sayings

Most people spend a life time thinking of what they don't have instead of taking an inventory of what they do have. — Jonah Books

I felt gluttonous taking inventory of the men in my life, yet I couldn't ignore the fullness they gave me. Their protection, their devotion, settled deep inside me, taking up space in the lonely places of my heart, making me feel a lot less lonely. — Pam Godwin

Listing someone else's faults is taking someone else's inventory, and usually starts conflict. — David W. Earle

It's a useful rule in Anglo-American communications that the English should double, and the Americans halve, the number of words they would normally employ. — Phyllis Bentley

The main goal of divine Providence in [allowing] the discovery of these tribes and lands ... is ... the conversion and well-being of souls, and to this goal everything temporal must necessarily be subordinated and directed. — Bartolome De Las Casas

Taking an inventory of mental assets and liabilities, you will discover that your greatest weakness is lack of self-confidence. This handicap can be surmounted - and timidity translated into courage - through the aid of the principle of autosuggestion. — Napoleon Hill

I wonder how Merripen is faring," Win said, her blue eyes soft with concern. Merripen, the cook-maid, and the footman had gone to the house two days earlier to prepare for the Hathaways' arrival.
"No doubt he's been working ceaselessly day and night," Amelia replied, "taking inventory, rearranging everything in sight, and issuing commands to people who don't dare disobey him. I'm sure he's quite happy. — Lisa Kleypas

Taking the inventory of your current work at all levels will automatically produce greater focus, alignment, and sense of priorities. — David Allen

Because you're only thinking they-might-not-like-me-they-might-not-like-me, and guess what? When you act like that, no one likes you. — John Green

No matter what the results, it is my choices that define me. And I will fight for them, even when it seems that failure is inevitable. Perhaps most especially then. — Cat Hellisen

What in the seven levels of hell did my son see in this place?" Horace asks.
We're standing on the street on Thursday morning, staring up at the house, after taking inventory of the place. From here, I can see five different spots where the brick needs to be repaired and pick out where shingles are missing on the sloped roof. The porch sags, and the windows are dingy. But if I let my eyes go out of focus and ignore all that, I can kinda picture what the place might look like after a little - never mind - a lot of TLC.
"It has good bones?" I suggest.
"It's got old bones," he mutters.
I smirk. "Yeah? So do you. Doesn't mean they're all bad."
He smacks my arm, but he's grinning. "Just wait till you get to be my age, and then tell me how good old bones are. — Erica Cameron

Writing the middle of a novel is a lot like driving through Texas. You think it's never going to end, and the scenery looks the same. — Carolyn Wheat

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind — Jim Morrison

Finding true love starts with taking inventory of our strengths and weaknesses, quirks and traits, hopes and dreams, and getting to know the person behind the mask. — Debra Fileta

We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory ... of how we are taking responsibility. — Nancy Pelosi

He had a penis eight hundred miles long and two hundred and ten miles in diameter, but practically all of it was in the fourth dimension. — Kurt Vonnegut

People were always providing in death what they would not do in life, it seemed. — Kerri Maniscalco