“It is the leader's role to lift followers out of their everyday selves up to a higher level of awareness, motivation, and commitment.” SelfMotivationalMotivationLevelsLeaderRolesAwarenessHigherCommitmentEverydayLiftsFollowersHigher Level Author:Donald T. Phillips
“Commitment to the truth...means a relentless willingness to root out the ways we limit or deceive ourselves from seeing what is, and to continually challenge our theories of why things are the way they are. It means continually broadening our awareness. It also means continually deepening our understanding of the structures underlying current events.” WayMeanUnderstandingChallengesSeeingAwarenessEventsTheoryLimitsCommitmentRootsStructureCurrentsInsightWillingnessDeceivingRelentlessCurrent Events Author:Peter Senge
“But if there is such a thing as social commitment in literature, I think it must manifest itself in a reader's awareness of the human condition, in the writer's touching some common nerve ending. I think this kind of social commitment, like a lady's slip, should be there but it must not show.” IfsThinkingShouldHumansKindShowsLiteratureSocialCommonConditionsAwarenessReaderCommitmentNervesManifestTouchingSlipsHuman Condition Author:Bel Kaufman
“I regard (parenting) as the hardest, most complicated, anxiety-ridden, sweat-and-blood-producing job in the world. Succeeding requires the ultimate in patience, common sense, commitment, humor, tact, love, wisdom, awareness, and knowledge. At the same time, it holds the possibility for the most rewarding, joyous experience of a lifetime, namely, that of being successful guides to a new and unique human being.” WorldHumansJobsHuman BeingsCommonSuccessfulBloodAwarenessPossibilitySucceedAnxietyUniqueCommitmentUltimateRegardLifetimeComplicatedGuidesHardestCommon SenseBeing SuccessfulSweatJoyousTactLove Wisdom Book:The new peoplemaking Source: The new peoplemaking
“Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being. Creativity requires passion and commitment. It brings to our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness: ecstasy.” PassionProcessConsciousnessCreativityAwarenessCommitmentSomething NewEcstasyNew Life Author:Rollo May
“When women and men understand that working to eradicate patriarchal domination is a struggle rooted in the longing to make a world where everyone can live fully and freely, then we know our work to be a gesture of love. Let us draw upon that love to heighten our awareness, deepen our compassion, intensify our courage and strengthen our commitment.” KnowsMenWorldCompassionStruggleAwarenessDrawsMen And WomenCommitmentLongingGesturesRootedDomination Book:Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black Source: Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black
“All of life is to be lived in the presence and power of God, not just for a few minutes or even an hour in the morning. It's as though we want to take a tiny nibble of spiritual food and hope that sustains us for a while; then we wonder why we're so weary and unable to live as Christ calls us to live. To truly enjoy the abundant life Jesus invited us into, we need to be more aware of God all the time, just as he was. We need that regular, focused quiet time, but we also need to take our awareness of and commitment to God into our more numerous "noisy times".” SpiritualJesusEnjoyChristHoursWonderMorningAwarenessQuietCommitmentFocusedPower Of GodQuiet Time Author:Kenneth Boa
“While holding positive thoughts and emotions is advantageous, positive thinking itself is not "Hallmark Card thinking." It's really an ongoing awareness that all truly is well with the world, with life, and with oneself. It's also a commitment not to mindlessly pass on fears but to bring positive energy, images, ideas, and feelings into the lives of others, to help them attune to the wellness at the heart of the world.” ThinkingWorldWellsHeartIdeasHelpingFeelingsEnergyEmotionAwarenessPositive ThinkingCommitmentOneselfCardsWellnessPositive ThoughtsOngoingLives Of OthersHallmarkPositive EnergyThoughts And EmotionsHallmark Card Author:David Spangler
“We cannot expect miracles of mindfulness in our own lives without preparation, commitment & continuing to energetically progress along our spiritual way.” WaySpiritualProgressAwarenessMindfulnessCommitmentMiraclePreparationContinuing Author:Surya Das