A Quote by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed.

L.E. Modesitt Jr.

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Better Closed Fists Function Harder Like Minds Open Parachutes Strike

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L.E. Modesitt Jr.
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Born: October 19, 1943

Minds, like parachutes, only function when they are open.

Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.

James Dewar

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.

Thomas Dewar

Minds, like parachutes, work only when open.

James Dewar

Minds are like parachutes-not much good unless they are open.

Harvey Mackay

Doors being closed or made harder to open is something I'm very familiar with - and I don't like it.

Lennie James

Closed systems run down and get more chaotic over time. Always get better by being 'open' to outside energy and templates of better ways to function.

Henry Cloud

A clever, imaginative, humorous request can open closed doors and closed minds.

Percy Ross

We know we cannot plant seeds with closed fists. To sow, we must open our hands.

Adolfo Perez Esquivel

To pray with your fists closed means you're hanging onto something. Let it go. Open your hands to God.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

I had never considered marriage, but I had an open mind, and I was to learn after a brief try at it that most open minds should be closed for repairs.

Wilson Mizner

A film can open hearts and minds that have been closed, for whatever reasons.

Vanessa Redgrave

Each of us comes into life with fists closed, set for aggressiveness and acquisition. But when we abandon life our hands are open; there is nothing on earth that we need, nothing the soul can take with it.