“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
“One of the Great Truths of human experience is that we will achieve only what we conceive. Life cannot get better than the picture of life we habitually carry around with us. But if we want to, there is a practical way to look at that picture and change it. Here is the way of the Treasure Map.” IfsWayWantHumansLooksAchieveTreasurePracticalsGet BetterMapsHuman ExperienceVisualization Author:Lisa Hoffman
“Our practical choice is not between a tax-cut deficit and a budgetary surplus. It is between two kinds of deficits: a chronic deficit of inertia, as the unwanted result of inadequate revenues and a restricted economy; or a temporary deficit of transition, resulting from a tax cut designed to boost the economy, increase tax revenues, and achieve -- and I believe this can be done -- a budget surplus. The first type of deficit is a sign of waste and weakness; the second reflects an investment in the future.” FirstsBelieveKindTwoDoneChoicesI BelieveResultsEconomyCuttingAchieveTypeTaxesWasteWeaknessEconomicsIncreaseInvestmentDebtPracticalsBudgetsTemporaryTransitionTaxationRevenueDeficitInadequateBoostInertiaTax CutsSurplusUnwanted Author:John F. Kennedy
“This powerful, practical book, based on years of proven and profi table experience, shows you how to leverage your special talents to maximize the opportunities surrounding you. The Compound Effect is a treasure chest of ideas for achieving greater success than you ever thought possible!” YearsBookIdeasShowsOpportunityPowerfulGreaterAchieveSpecialEffectsTalentTablesTreasurePracticalsChestsProvenCompoundsSpecial TalentsTreasure Chests Author:Brian Tracy
“It is possible that the meaning of wisdom in Hebrew indicates aptitude for stratagems and the application of thought in such a way that the stratagems and ruses may be used in achieving either rational or moral virtues, or in achieving skill in a practical art, or in working evil and wickedness.” WayMayArtUsedEvilMoralVirtueAchieveSkillsPracticalsRationalApplicationWickednessHebrewAptitudeStratagemMoral Virtues Book:A Maimonides Reader Source: A Maimonides Reader
“The most direct and practical method of self-development is to achieve yourself by your own effort.” SelfEffortAchieveDevelopmentDirectMethodPracticalsSelf Development Author:Hua Ching Ni
“The fight against terrorism is something very real and practical for us. This is a fight to preserve our territorial integrity, and in this sense we need to have the instruments and create an environment in Russia that would make it impossible for the international terrorist organisations to achieve the aims they have set for themselves here.” NeedsRealFightingEnvironmentImpossibleAchieveIntegrityAimInstrumentsInternationalTerrorismTerroristRussiaPracticalsPreservesOrganisationTerritorial Author:Vladimir Putin