“Jesus tended to honor the losers of this world, not the winners. Our modern culture extravagantly rewards beauty, athletic skill, wealth, and artistic achievement, qualities which seemed to impress Jesus not at all.” WorldCultureJesusWealthQualityModernThis WorldHonorSkillsAchievementRewardsArtisticWinnerLoserImpressAthleticModern Culture Author:Philip Yancey
“Soon there will be nothing truly profound that is not achieved by everyone, and of the difficult things in this world only one will be left: simplicity.” WorldLeftDifficultThis WorldAchievementProfoundSimplicityDifficult Things Author:Franz Grillparzer
“In this world, the optimists have it, not because they are always right, but because they are positive. Even when they are wrong they are positive, and that is the way of achievement, correction, improvement, and success. Educated, eye-open optimism pays.” WorldWayEyeSuccessPayAttitudeThis WorldPositiveAchievementOptimismImprovementOptimisticEducatedPositive AttitudeOptimistCorrectionsPositive People Author:David Landes
“We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can! Every great achievement in this world was first carefully thought out. Think-but to a purpose. Think constructively. Think as you read. Think as you listen. Think as you travel and your eyes reveal new situations. Think as you work daily at your desk, or in the field, or while strolling. Think to rise and improve your place in life. There can be no advancement or success without serious thought” IfsThinkingWorldFirstsInspirationEyePurposeAbilitySituationFieldsThis WorldSeriousAchievementAccomplishDesksAdvancementStrollingGreat AchievementNew SituationsPlace In Life Author:George Matthew Adams
“A young person, to achieve, must first get out of his mind any notion either of the ease or rapidity of success. Nothing ever just happens in this world.” WorldMindFirstsPersonsHappensSuccessYoungAchieveThis WorldAchievementNotionEase Author:Edward Bok
“Every attempt, by whatever authority, to fix a maximum of productive labor by a given worker in a given time is an unjust restriction upon his freedom and a limitation of his right to make the most of himself in order that he may rise in the scale of the social and economic order in which he lives. The notion that all human beings born into this world enter at birth into a definite social and economic classification, in which classification they must remain permanently through life, is wholly false and fatal to a progressive civilization.” WorldLifeHumansMayLife IsOrderGivenSocialBornHuman BeingsEconomicThis WorldBirthCivilizationAuthorityAchievementLaborWorkersNotionScalesLimitationProductiveProgressiveDefiniteUnjustMaximumRestrictionClassificationEconomic Order Author:Nicholas Murray Butler