“I am still confused as to why they chose to lie and tried to make me a legend when the real heroics of my fellow soldiers that day were, in fact, legendary. People like Lori Piestewa and First Sergeant Dowdy who picked up fellow soldiers in harm's way. Or people like Patrick Miller and Sergeant Donald Walters who actually fought until the very end. The bottom line is the American people are capable of determining their own ideals of heroes and they don't need to be told elaborate tales.” PeopleWayNeedsFirstsStillsRealEndsFactsLyingLinesHeroCapableIdealsFellowsBottomSoldierHarmTalesConfusedLegendsBottom LineLegendarySergeantsFellow Soldiers Author:Jessica Lynch
“In the end, this is a difficult story to sum up. The making of the atomic bomb is one of history's most amazing examples of teamwork and genius and poise under pressure. But it's also the story of how humans created a weapon capable of wiping our species off the planet. It's a story with no end in sight. And, like it or not, you're in it.” HumansEndsStoriesDifficultExamplePlanetsGeniusWeaponsCapableSightPressureSpeciesBombsTeamworkMost AmazingAtomic BombUnder PressurePoise Author:Steve Sheinkin
“We have reached the end of problem solving as a mode of inquiry capable of inspiring, mobilizing, and sustaining human system change. The future of Organization Development belongs to methods that affirm, compel, and accelerate anticipatory learning involving larger and larger levels of collectivity.” HumansEndsProblemLevelsDevelopmentCapableOrganizationMethodProblem SolvingInquiryInvolvingSustainingAccelerateCollectivitySystems Change Author:David Cooperrider
“Man can have strength of character only as he is capable of controlling his faculties; of choosing a rational end; and, in its pursuit, of holding fast to his integrity against al! the might of external nature.” MenEndsCharacterMightIntegrityCapablePursuitRationalFacultyAlsStrength Of CharacterHaving Strength Book:Strength and beauty: A baccalaureate sermon, delivered at Williamstown, Ms. August 17, 1851 Source: Strength and beauty: A baccalaureate sermon, delivered at Williamstown, Ms. August 17, 1851
“[The Community's] crosses and trials give me confidence. But I derive my hope above all, and most especially, from our utter incapacity, for it is always upon nothingness that God is pleased to rear His works. If at any day we accomplish some good here, the glory will certainly be His alone, since He has employed for this end instruments more capable of spoiling everything than of making it succeed.” IfsGivingEndsCommunitySucceedCapableGloryCrossesGive MeInstrumentsAccomplishTrialsNothingnessEmployedIncapacity Author:Theodore Guerin