“The question that faces every man born into this world is not what should be his purpose, which he should set about to achieve, but just what to do with life? The answer, that he should order his life so that he can find the greatest happiness in it, is more a practical question, similar to that of how a man should spend his weekend, then a metaphysical proposition as to what is the mystic purpose of his life in the scheme of the universe.” MenWorldShouldFacesPurposeOrderUniverseBornAnswersAchieveThis WorldEvery ManPracticalsWeekendSchemesPropositionsMetaphysicalMystic Book:Lin Yutang - The Importance Of Living Source: Lin Yutang - The Importance Of Living
“Justice is not available to all equally; it is something that many of us must struggle to achieve. As an elected official, I know that fighting for what is just is not always popular but it is necessary; that is the real challenge that public servants face and it is where courage counts the most. Without courage, our action or inaction results in suffering of the few and injustice for all.” KnowsRealActionFacesSufferingFightingChallengesJusticeResultsStruggleAchieveInjusticeAvailableServantOfficialsOur ActionsInactionPublic ServantsElected Officials Author:Hilda Solis
“We have dedicated our lives, our blood, to the freedom and liberation of our people, and nothing, no force can stop us from achieving our goal. If it is necessary to destroy the United States of America, then let us destroy it with a smile on our faces.” PeopleIfsStatesAmericaFacesForceGoalUnitedUnited StatesOur LivesBloodAchieveActivismLiberationDedicatedUnited States Of America Author:Eldridge Cleaver
“People need self-respect, but self-respect must be earned - it cannot be self-respect if it's not earned - and the only way to earn anything is to achieve it in the face of the possibility of failing.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsSelfFacesFailingAchievePossibilitySelf Respect Author:Charles A. Murray
“What I want to achieve, what I have been striving and pining for these thirty years, is self-realization, that is, to see God face to face.” WantYearsHas BeensSelfGodFacesAchieveStriveSelf RealizationRealizationThirtyFace To FaceThirty YearsPining Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“We're going to face problems on a day to day basis and there's probably going to be that one obstacle that you think oh I'm not going to be able to get through it but just remember if you set your mind to achieve a goal, then you can do it.” IfsThinkingMindProblemAbleRememberFacesGoalCan DoAchieveBasesObstaclesDay To DayYou Can Do It Author:Patrick Henry Hughes
“The thing that gave me most pride about it was to see the smiles and the pride on my staff's faces, because a restaurant is a team thing, and for the whole team it's very much that touchy-feely thing that I could have helped them achieve such an award.” WholeFacesTeamAchievePrideRestaurantsAwardsStaffTouchy Author:Paul Rankin
“The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind.” WorldWayMindFirstsMeanWholeBodyFacesMotherSongSoundVisionDoorsHeardAchieveRocksTalentCarChangedListeningShotsFirst TimePopsIntellectYour BodySingersWhole WorldBrokeLimitationRock N RollBobNew WaysDylanSnaresPop Song Author:Bruce Springsteen
“I think that a new kind of replicator has recently emerged on this very planet. It is staring us in the face. It is still in its infancy, still drfiting clumsily about in its primeval soup, but already it is achieving evolutionary change at a rate which leaves the old gene panting far behind.” ThinkingKindStillsFacesBehindsAchievePlanetsRateStaringGenesSoupInfancyPrimeval Author:Richard Dawkins
“To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and triumph with humility. You ask, 'How might we achieve these goals?' I answer, 'By getting a true perspective of who we really are!' We are sons and daughters of a living God in whose image we have been created. Think of that truth: 'Created in the image of God!' We cannot sincerely hold this conviction without experiencing a profound new sense of strength and power, even the strength to live the commandments of God, the power to resist the temptations of Satan.” ThinkingHas BeensMightFacesAsksGoalAnswersTroubleAchieveHumilitySonPerspectiveDaughterCapacityProfoundDisappointmentConvictionTemptationTriumphSatanCommandmentsSincerelyCheerfulnessGod ImageSon And DaughterCommandments Of God Author:Thomas S. Monson
“Man must be at once more humble and more confident; more humble in the face of destructive potentials of what he can achieve, more confident of his own humanity as against computers and robots which are only engines to simulate him.” MenFacesHumanityAchieveComputerHumbleDestructiveEnginesRobotsSimulate Author:Max Lerner
“It is not realistic or hard-headed to solve problems and take action unguided by ultimate moral aims and values, although we all know some who claim that it is so. In my judgement, it is thoughtless folly. For it ignores the realities of human faith and of passion and of belief; forces ultimately more powerful than all the calculations of our economists or of our generals. Of course to adhere to standards, to idealism, to vision in the face of immediate dangers takes great courage and takes self-confidence. But we also know that only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.” KnowsHumansSelfProblemRealityActionFacesValuesPassionCoursesBeliefForcePowerfulMoralVisionFailingAchieveDangerJudgmentStandardsUltimateClaimsAimDareSolveSelf ConfidenceFollyRealisticIdealismEconomistCalculations Author:Robert Kennedy
“I think if your goal is for everything to be okay, that's a mistake. To achieve that goal, the only obstacle you'd have to face tomorrow is to eliminate all risk ... I've made the decision that I'm never trying to make everything okay. I'm trying for there to be more loose ends, not fewer loose ends.” IfsThinkingTryingMadeEndsFacesGoalDecisionMistakeRiskAchieveTomorrowOkayObstaclesFewerLoose Ends Author:Seth Godin
“Flow is the process of achieving happiness through control over one's inner life. The optimal state of inner experience is order in consciousness. This happens when we focus our attention (psychic energy) on realistic goals and when our skills match the challenges we face.” StatesHappensFacesOrderEnergyProcessGoalChallengesAttentionConsciousnessFocusAchieveSkillsFlowRealisticPsychicsInner LifeOptimalChallenges We FaceRealistic GoalsAchieving Happiness Author:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“Our task is to educate our children's whole being so they can face the future and make something of it. To achieve this we need to balance education for careers with education for twenty-first century life.” NeedsFirstsChildrenWholeFacesCareersAchieveCenturyBalanceTasksTwentiesOur ChildrenEducate Author:Ken Robinson
“For over 200 years this has been a special country. A unique place where anyone from anywhere can achieve anything. But now millions of Americans feel like they're being left behind. Insecure in their future and unsafe in the face of terrorism.” FeelsYearsHas BeensCountryFacesLeftBehindsMillionsAchieveSpecialUniqueTerrorismInsecureLeft BehindUnsafe Author:Marco Rubio
“In general, we should be able to agree that those who have greater opportunities and face fewer impediments have a greater responsibility to do more to help achieve such ends.” ShouldEndsHelpingAbleFacesOpportunityResponsibilityGreaterAchieveAgreeFewerImpediments Author:Noam Chomsky