T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The goal of all your hard work should be to make your reality everyone else's fantasy land.”
“The goal of almost every comic is to find a comedy voice - a specific point of view that an audience can latch onto.”
“The goal of American English speakers appears to be to rob the mother tongue of direct meaning and replace it with needlessly-complex jargon.”
“The goal of an artist is to create the definitive work that cannot be surpassed.”
“The goal of an effective leader is to recondition your team to be solution focused rather than problem focused.”
“The goal of an emergency fund is to bail you from going to jail while your savings account is about buying you more options. The role of investing is to give you more time freedom.”
“The goal of any democratic, moral, and rational nation must be to create a society where people are healthy, happy and able to live long and productive lives. Not just the rich and the powerful, but all people. Our greatness should be determined not by the number of billionaires who live in our country, the size of our GDP, the number of nuclear weapons we have, or how many channels we receive on cable TV. We should judge our success as a nation by looking at the quality of life of the average American. How healthy is he? How satisfied is she in her work? How happy are their children? We must move away from the economic mentality of scarcity and austerity, to a mindset that seeks prosperity for all. To those who say that in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, there is not enough to care for all the people, our answer must be, 'that’s absurd. Of course there’s enough.”
Source: It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
“The goal of any spiritual person is to strive towards attaining self-realization by living spontaneously in the present moment of physical reality, free from anxiety and distress, unencumbered by frivolous affections, and liberated from specious attachments.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“The goal of Apple is not to make money but to make really nice products, really great products.”
“The goal of argumentation is to make a case so forceful (note the metaphor) that skeptics are coerced into believing it—they are powerless to deny it while still claiming to be rational. In principle, it is the ideas themselves that are, as we say, compelling, but their champions are not always averse to helping the ideas along with tactics of verbal dominance, among them intimidation (“Clearly . . .”), threat (“It would be unscientific to . . .”), authority (“As Popper showed . . .”), insult (“This work lacks the necessary rigor for . . .”), and belittling (“Few people today seriously believe that . . .”). Perhaps this is why H. L. Mencken wrote that “college football would be more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students.”
Source: How the Mind Works
“The goal of art was the vital expression of self.”
“The goal of art-making in general is communication.”
“The goal of astrology is the alchemy of personality. It is to transform chaos into cosmos, collective human nature into individual and creative personality.”
“The goal of becoming a better person is within the reach of us all, at every moment. ... We need only invoke the power of mindful awareness in any action of body, speech, or mind to elevate that action from the unconscious reflex of a trained creature to the awakened choice of a human being who is guided to a higher life by wisdom. ... We may not "complete" the work in this lifetime and root out the very mechanism by which our minds and bodies manifest their hereditary karmic toxins. Yet to whatever extent we can notice them as they arise, understand them for what they are, and gently abandon our grasp of them - if only for this moment - we are gaining ground in the grand scheme of things. And even a modest moment of emancipation from the unwholesome roots of greed, hatred, and delusion is a moment without suffering.”
Source: Unlimiting Mind: The Radically Experiential Psychology of Buddhism
“The goal of becoming more consistent with your core authentic self is a much stronger motivator than "I need to lose 30 pounds."”
“The goal of becoming Superhuman is formed when you and the godliness work as one team.”
Source: Enter Heaven
“The goal of being alive is to figure out what it means to be alive.”
“The goal of Bethlehem College and Seminary cannot be expressed with man as the end point. Christ is the endpoint.”
“The goal of Bible translation is: be transparent to the original text - to see as clearly as possible what the biblical authors actually wrote.”
“The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.”
“The goal of business should not be to do business with anyone who simply wants what you have. It should be to focus on the people who believe what you believe. When we are selective about doing business only with those who believe in our WHY, trust emerges.”
Source: Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action
“The goal of cable news executives is not to make me an informed citizen of Earth. Their mission is to tickle the dark reptilian depths of my brain and hook me so they can then barter with my soul for advertising revenue.”
“The goal of Christian dating is not to have a boyfriend or girlfriend but to find a spouse. Have that in mind as you get to know one an- other, and if you’re not ready to commit to a relationship with the end goal of marriage, it’s better not to date but simply to remain friends.”
“The goal of Christian mission is not success, but faithful witness; not power, but proclamation; not technique, but truth; not method, but message.”
“The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you compromise away the entire process.”
Source: Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
“The goal of coaching is not in fixing what is broken, but in discovering new talents and new ways to use old talents that lead to far greater effectiveness.”
“The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.”
“The goal of design is to raise the expectation of what design can be”
“The goal of disciplining a child is obedience. The goal of disciplining a teenager is responsibility.”
Source: Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World
“The goal of discoverers is not to outdistance their peers, but to transcend themselves.”
Source: The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation
“The goal of diversity shouldn't instigate divisive activity. Beauty brand communications shouldn't angle to create perceptive complexity, rhetorical and associative programming touts beauty as skin deep (all skin inclusive) keep it simple. It seems as though the advertising trend for marketers this 2017 year, is to risk the social media lightning rodded scorn of public outrage. As a virtual publicist, it seems like I am speaking more about the necessity of crisis communication planning, more than standard communication for brands as a matter of good business operations & reputation management.”
“The goal of dream study is to increase one's contact with and access to the abilities of their subconscious mind. I became interested in dreams as an avenue to increase my knowledge of the subconscious mind, and increase my psychological and emotional effectiveness. I have been recording my dreams since I was seventeen.”
“The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn.”
“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.”
“The goal of education is to be able to stand out, not to try to fit into large groups.”
“The goal of education is to enable individuals to continue their education.”
“The Goal of Education is to Help People Use Their Minds Better”
“The goal of education should be to dismantle the Middle Pole view, not to reinforce it in the name of the need for a grounding in one's own civilisation.”
“The goal of effective communication should be for listeners to say, 'Me, too!' versus 'So what?'”
“The goal of equality seems to disproportionately burden women, since it's assumed that they have to assume more responsibility, while men can remain the status quo.”
“The goal of European unification can only be achieved if everyone participates, perhaps with exceptions in some areas. Not all countries are part of monetary union, and not all are in the Schengen area. But the fundamental goal should be to keep everyone on board.”
“The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence, -- luxury, skepticism, weariness and superstition, -- are constant. The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.”
“The goal of every human being is to understand and realize how they exist.”
Source: Enter Heaven
“The goal of every married couple, indeed, every Christian home, should be to make Christ the Head, the Counselor and the Guide.”
“The goal of every startup experiment is to discover how to build a sustainable business around that vision.”
Source: The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
“The goal of every yoga is to lead a guided life.”
Source: Catching the Thread: Sufism, Dreamwork & Jungian Psychology
“The goal of evidence-based discipleship is not just to create disciples, but to create disciple-makers who can pass on the knowledge, skills, and wisdom they have gained to others.”
Source: The Art and Science of Discipleship: Evidence-Based Strategies to Empowering Leaders for Sustainable Ministry
“The goal of evolution is self - conquest”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“The goal of faith isn't to take away your fears but to leverage those fears to create bolder belief. Faith leads you past your fears and reassures you of God's presence. And after a while, you begin to trust that God is going to lift you above the waves this time just like he did last time.”
Source: Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible
“The goal of faithfulness is not that we will do work for God, but that He will be free to do His work through us. God calls us to His service and places tremendous responsibilitie s on us. He expects no complaining on our part and offers no explanation on His part. God wants to use us as He used His own Son.”
Source: My Utmost for His Highest