“We might hope to change the world through better, bigger programs to stop global warming, but global warming will not end unless people become less greedy and less wasteful, gaining a fresh vision of what it means to love our global neighbor.” PeopleWorldMeanEndsMightVisionProgramBiggerNeighborChanging The WorldGlobal WarmingGreedy Book:Jesus for President Source: Jesus for President
“The greatest and most inspiring mountain climbing achievements in history are not so much stories of individual achievement, but are stories of the extraordinary power of a unified, talented, prepared team that stays loyally committed to one another and to their shared vision to the end.” EndsStoriesMotivationalIndividualVisionTeamMountainAchievementPreparedExtraordinaryCommittedClimbingUnifiedMountain ClimbingMost InspiringIndividual AchievementShared Vision Book:The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness Source: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
“Consciousness is the grave of things, the place where they cease to exist, beyond which they end. And when they have ended, it seems that they no longer have any essential existence except in the visions in me.” EndsSeemsExistenceConsciousnessVisionEssentialsGravesCease Author:Oskar Kokoschka
“When all of your decisions are based on economics, you end up with a sameness of vision. You're not taking the risks, you're not exploiting the passions of your creators. You're manufacturing product for a huge vending machine.” EndsPassionDecisionVisionRiskProductsHugeEconomicsMachinesCreatorManufacturingSamenessVending Machines Author:Steven Bochco
“How will it end?... a vision of a universal religion, which will embrace all creeds; a universal government which will embrace all humanity; a universal knowledge which will make all mankind kin.” EndsGovernmentHumanityVisionMankindUniversalEmbraceCreeds Author:Carl H. Claudy
“I hold a vision of this blue green planet, safe and in balance. At the end of the Fossil Fuel Era, we are emerging to a new reality. We are ready to make the next leap - as momentous as abolishing slavery or giving women the vote.” GivingEndsRealityEarthNextVisionPlanetsReadyBalanceSafeVoteBlueSlaveryGreenErasFuelLeapFossilsEmergingFossil FuelAbolishing Slavery Author:Elizabeth May
“In the unexamined American Dream rhetoric promoting mass higher education in the nation of my youth, the implicit vision was that one day everyone, or at least practically everyone, would be a manager or a professional. We would use the most elitist of all means, scholarship, toward the most egalitarian of ends. We would all become chiefs; hardly anyone would be left a mere Indian.” MeanEndsUseDreamWould BeLeftNationsVisionYouthHigherOne DayMassMereChiefsManagersIndianAmerican DreamRhetoricPromotingScholarshipHigher EducationImplicitElitist Author:William A. Henry III
“The law, for all its failings, has a noble goal - to make the little bit of life that people can actually control more just. We can't end disease or natural disasters, but we can devise rules for our dealings with one another that fairly weigh the rights and needs of everyone, and which, therefore, reflect our best vision of ourselves.” PeopleNeedsLittlesEndsLawBitsGoalNaturalVisionRightsFailingDiseaseLittle BitNobleDisasterFairnessDealingsNatural Disaster Author:Scott Turow
“A lot of times people start out with a lot of good ideas, but then they don't execute. They lose the purity of their vision. You end up running around in circles.” PeopleIdeasEndsRunningLosesVisionCirclesPurityGood IdeasExecution Author:Jan Koum