“The believer's cross is no longer any and every kind of suffering, sickness, or tension, the bearing of which is demanded. The believer's cross must be, like his Lord's, the price of his social nonconformity. It is not, like sickness or catastrophe, an inexplicable, unpredictable suffering; it is the end of the path freely chosen after counting the cost. It is not, like Luther's or Thomas Muntzer's or Zinzendorf's or Kierkegaard's cross, an inward wrestling of the sensitive soul with self and sin; it is the social reality of representing in an unwilling world the Order to come.” WorldKindSoulEndsSelfRealitySufferingOrderSocialSinLordPathCostCrossesBelieverChosenSensitiveTensionSicknessWrestlingInwardCatastropheUnpredictableLutherCountingUnwillingRepresentingNonconformityInexplicableCounting The Cost Author:John Howard
“Nobody can build the bridge for you to walk across the river of life, no one but you yourself alone. There are, to be sure, countless paths and bridges and demi-gods which would carry you across this river; but only at the cost of yourself; you would pawn yourself and lose. There is in the world only one way, on which nobody can go, except you: where does it lead? Do not ask, go along with it.” WorldWayDoeAsksLosesWalksPathCostRiversOne WayBridgesPawns Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“The most straightforward path would be if we could bring the cost of solar electric and wind down by another factor of say, three, and then have some miraculous storage solution, so that not only over the 24-hour day but over long periods of time where the wind doesn't blow, you have reliable energy. That's a path. But energy storage is hard. That's not a guaranteed path.” IfsLongHardWould BeThreeEnergyHoursPathWindPeriodsCostSolutionsBlowFactorsElectricMiraculousStraightforwardStorageLong Periods Of Time Author:Bill Gates
“If you really could take the CO2, when you burn hydrocarbons - coal, for example - if you could really capture the carbon and sequester it - they call it CCS - if the extra capital cost, energy cost, and storage costs over time didn't make it super expensive, then that's another path that you could go down.” IfsEnergyPathExampleCostExtrasExpensiveCaptureCarbonCoalStorageCo2Hydrocarbons Author:Bill Gates
“Nations that pay for outcomes and health actually spend a lower percentage of GDP, and they have better outcomes. And so the Affordable Care Act is starting to make that migration, but we've got to keep down that path, and we'll improve outcomes and reduce cost.” CareNationsPayPathCostStartingOutcomesPercentagesAffordableMigrationGdpAffordable Care Act Author:Tim Kaine
“The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.” InspirationalFreedomPathCostPaidSurrenderSubmission4th Of JulyMemorial DayTrue FreedomFreedom To ChooseAmerica FreedomMemorial Day PoemsPrice Of FreedomAmerican FreedomHappy Memorial DayUs PresidentialGreat Memorial Day Author:John F. Kennedy
“Once you follow a path of nonviolence and social justice, it won't take you long before you come into conflict with the culture, with the society. You can't know what is at stake or how much it is going to cost you until you get in the game. That's the only way, and the level of cost is equal to the level of involvement.” KnowsWayLongCultureGamesSocialJusticeLevelsPathCostConflictEqualSocial JusticeStakesNonviolenceInvolvement Author:Martin Sheen
“A craven can be as brave as any man, when there is nothing to fear. And we all do our duty, when there is no cost to it. How easy it seems then, to walk the path of honor. Yet soon or late in every man's life comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose. (Maester Aemon)” MenSeemsEasyWalksPathDutyHonorCostLateBraveEvery Man Book:A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One Source: A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One
“There is a warning. The path of God-exalting joy will cost you your life. Jesus said, “Whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.” In other words, it is better to lose your life than to waste it. If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full. This is not a book about how to avoid a wounded life, but how to avoid a wasted life. Some of you will die in the service of Christ. That will not be a tragedy. Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy.” IfsSaidBookHardJoyDiesJesusChristLosesPathRiskCostWasteTragedySakeGladWarningWoundedWasted Life Author:John Piper
“That’s exactly what I’m talking about. That’s the evil that’s seducing you. The malevolent power that is crawling through your blood tempting you onto a treacherous path that will cost you everything you love and hold dear. You have to let that anger go before it’s too late. Vengeance always turns inward and it will consume you until nothing’s left but an empty hole that nothing can fill. (Ambrose)” TurnsEvilLeftTalkingPathBloodCostLateEmptyDearHolesToo LateInwardVengeanceSeducingTemptingCrawlingTreacherousBefore It's Too Late Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon