“The very best reason parents are so special . . . is because we are the holders of a priceless gift, a gift we received from countless generations we never knew, a gift that only we now possess and only we can give to our children. That unique gift, of course, is the gift of ourselves. Whatever we can do to give that gift, and to help others receive it, is worth the challenge of all our human endeavor.” GivingHumansChildrenReasonHelpingCoursesParentCan DoChallengesGenerationsSpecialUniqueOur ChildrenParentingHelping OthersEndeavorPricelessUnique Gifts Book:Many Ways to Say I Love You: Wisdom for Parents and Children from Mister Rogers Source: Many Ways to Say I Love You: Wisdom for Parents and Children from Mister Rogers
“Making your life is ultimately an extraordinarily creative endeavor.” Life IsCreativeEndeavor Author:Anna Deavere Smith
“I'll always take an artistic endeavor over a career move.” MovingCareersArtisticEndeavor Author:Carla Gugino
“Let us never forget that terrorism at its heart, at its evil heart, is a psychological war. It endeavors to break the spirit and the resolve of those it attacks by creating a lose-lose situation.” HeartWarSpiritEvilLosesForgetSituationBreakCreatingTerrorismPsychologicalResolveNever ForgetEndeavor Author:Norm Coleman
“A lot of people that embark on spiritual endeavors tended to, especially in the '60s and '70s, they tended to give up what they had before and cut themselves off from their lives, previous life as it were. But, I don't think that one should do that.” PeopleThinkingGivingShouldSpiritualCuttingGiving UpEndeavorPrevious Life Author:Dave Davies
“Unraveling the euro is a terrible thing. This is a 50-year endeavor to get this continent together and that's a wonderful endeavor.” YearsTogetherWonderfulTerribleEndeavorContinentsTerrible ThingsEuroUnraveling Author:Jamie Dimon
“Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet.” KnowsFeelsHas BeensDealsHollywoodErasEndeavorVietnamVetsVietnam Vets Author:Sam Elliott
“Realizing your goal, resolution, or transformation is a journey. Change, like any meaningful endeavor, proceeds sequentially through steps. The journey begins with the contemplation stage of specifying realistic goals, getting ready, or getting psyched. The planning stage is all about prepping. How exactly will I do this thing? At some point you will jump from preparing and planning to perspiring, the work of implementing the new, desired behavior. Getting there is wonderful, but we need to keep you there, which entails persevering through slips and, finally, persisting over time.” NeedsGoalRealizingStepsWonderfulJourneyStageReadyBehaviorTransformationMeaningfulPlanningContemplationResolutionEndeavorRealisticSlipsPreparingWill PowerImplementingRealistic GoalsJourney Begins Author:John C. Norcross
“I don't think people would climb mountains or jump off bridges with parachutes or kayak Class V rapids if those things didn't offer the brief and horrible illusion of imminent death. They would just be complicated, time-consuming endeavors that we'd steer well clear of because they got in the way of real life.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWellsRealClassClearOffersMountainIllusionComplicatedReal LifeHorribleBridgesClimbsEndeavorRapidsConsumingSteersParachutesTime ConsumingImminent Death Author:Sebastian Junger