“Commitment is mental determination to accept only EXCELLENCE no matter how difficult, uncomfortable, or stressful.” MatterDifficultAcceptingCommitmentDeterminationExcellenceUncomfortableStressful Author:Richard Tyler
“Whoever isolates himself from the church, i.e., from Christianity as a whole, from the history of dogma in its entirety, loses the truth of the Christian faith. That person becomes a branch that is torn from the tree and shrivels, an organ that is separated from the body and therefore doomed to die. Only within the communion of the saints can the length and the breadth, the depth and the height, of the love of Christ be comprehended.” PersonsWholeBodyChristianDiesChristLosesChurchChristianityTreeDepthSaintHeightBranchesLengthOrgansDogmaDoomedCommunionTornChristian FaithBreadthEntirety Book:Reformed Dogmatics : Volume 1: Prolegomena Source: Reformed Dogmatics : Volume 1: Prolegomena
“I'll never run for office. But I intend, either on the fiscal commission or on issues like immigration, to hopefully have my voice be heard.” RunningVoiceIssuesHeardOfficeImmigrationHopefully Author:Andy Stern
“I would say the issue for the labor movement in the United States is not structural... there is no correlation between the success of workers and how the labor movement is structured.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesIssuesMovementLaborWorkersCorrelationLabor Movement Author:Andy Stern
“I'm not running from any particular problems, I just want to take some time and figure out in my life where I can keep doing what I'm doing but in a way that I can also honor what I want to do for myself.” WayWantI CanProblemRunningFiguresParticularHonor Author:Andy Stern
“In 1972, I signed a union card for SEIU. And for the last 38 years, 14 as president, it's been my life. I've seen the most miraculous, spectacular things. But there's a time to learn, a time to lead and a time to leave.” YearsLastsPresidentUnionsCardsMiraculousSpectacularTime To Leave Author:Andy Stern
“It has no enforceable standards to stop a union from conspiring with employers to keep another stronger union out or from negotiating contracts with lower pay and standards that members of another union have spent a lifetime establishing.” PayMembersStandardsStrongerUnionsLifetimeContractsEmployersNegotiatingConspiring Author:Andy Stern
“I was too much of a victim of the model I created. I tried Change to Win and helping Obama, and then I just ran out of Andy Stern ideas.” IdeasHelpingWinningToo MuchModelsVictimRan Author:Andy Stern
“America will always side with those whom she can direct, give orders to and have those orders obeyed.” GivingAmericaOrderSidesDirect Author:Louis Farrakhan
“The question is always 'What is the role of a labor movement?' How much is about collective bargaining, how much is about social change for all workers?” SocialRolesMovementLaborWorkersCollectivesSocial ChangeBargainingLabor MovementCollective Bargaining Author:Andy Stern