“Are there so many fascinating, exciting things to do or so many challenges pressing down upon you that it is hard to keep focused on that which is essential? When things of the world crowd in, all too often the wrong things take highest priority. Then it is easy to forget the fundamental purpose of life. Satan has a powerful tool to use against good people. It is distraction. He would have good people fill life with 'good things' so there is no room for the essential ones. Have you unconsciously been caught in that trap?” PeopleWorldHardUsePurposeEasyChallengesForgetRoomsPowerfulEssentialsHighestToolsExcitingFundamentalsGood ThingsCaughtCrowdsFocusedPrioritiesThings To DoSatanFascinatingPurpose Of LifeGood PeopleDistractionTrapsWrong ThingsExciting Things Author:Richard G. Scott
“Understanding our strengths, articulating our values, knowing where we belong -- these are also essential to addressing one of the great challenges of organizations: improving the abysmally low productivity of knowledge workers.” ValuesUnderstandingChallengesKnowingEssentialsLowsOrganizationWorkersProductivityImprovingArticulatingKnowledge Workers Author:Peter Drucker
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple, to truly understand the underlying challenges and come up with elegant solutions. [...] It's not just minimalism or the absence of clutter. It involves digging through the depth of complexity. To be truly simple, you have to go really deep. [...] You have to deeply understand the essence of a product in order to be able to get rid of the parts that are not essential.” HardAbleOrderChallengesSimpleConsciousnessProductsHard WorkEssentialsSolutionsEssenceUltimateDepthSimplicityCome UpAbsenceComplexityElegantDiggingMinimalismClutterSophisticationReally DeepElegant Solutions Author:Steve Jobs
“This is where each individual must decide for himself. The essential thing is the decision to challenge the modern state, which without this small group of protesters will be checked by neither brake, value, nor reason.” StatesReasonValuesIndividualChallengesDecisionGroupsModernEssentialsSmall GroupsBrake Author:Jacques Ellul
“As we search as a nation for constructive ways to challenge racism and white supremacy, it is absolutely essential that progressive female voices gain a hearing.” WayNationsVoiceChallengesWhiteEssentialsRacismGainsFemaleHearingProgressiveWhite SupremacyConstructiveSupremacyFemale Voice Author:Bell Hooks
“At any one time there is a natural tendency among physicists to believe that we already know the essential ingredients of a comprehensive theory . But each time a new frontier of observation is broached we inevitably discover new phenomena which force us to modify substantially our previous conceptions. I believe this process to be unending, that the delights and challenges of unexpected discovery will continue always.” KnowsBelieveForceI BelieveProcessNaturalChallengesTheoryEssentialsDiscoveryDelightTendenciesObservationUnexpectedPhenomenonIngredientsConceptionOne TimePhysicistFrontiersComprehensiveUnendingNew Frontiers Author:Val Logsdon Fitch
“In Nonviolent Communication you will find an amazingly effective language for saying what's on your mind and in your heart. Like so many essential and elegant systems, it's simple on the surface, challenging to use in the heat of the moment and powerful in its results.” MindHeartMomentsUseLanguageChallengesSimpleResultsPowerfulCommunicationEssentialsSurfaceHeatElegantNonviolent CommunicationHeat Of The Moment Author:Vicki Robin
“If we parents accept that problems are an essential part of life's challenges, rather than reacting to every problem as if something has gone wrong with the universe that's supposed to be perfect, we can demonstrate serenity and confidence in problem solving for our kids.By telling them that we know they have a problem and we know they can solve it, we can pass on a realistic attitude as well as empower our children with self-confidence and a sense of their own worth.” IfsKnowsWellsChildrenSelfProblemKidsUniverseParentChallengesPerfectAttitudeAcceptingGoneEssentialsOur ChildrenSolveSelf ConfidenceSupposed To BeEmpoweringRealisticSerenityProblem SolvingParts Of LifeReacting Author:Barbara Coloroso
“Our most valuable teachers are our enemies.While our friends can help us in many ways, only our enemies can provide us with the challenge we need to develop tolerance, patience, and compassionthree virtues essential for building character, developing peace of mind, and bringing us true happiness.” WayNeedsMindCharacterHelpingChallengesEnemyVirtueTeacherBuildingEssentialsValuableToleranceDevelopingPeace Of MindTrue HappinessBuilding Character Author:Dalai Lama
“Leadership from the Oval Office - and sustained, effective use of the bully pulpit - is essential to getting the American people off their too-pampered butts and into meeting successfully the long-haul challenges of fixing major problems in the very fabric of our republic's life, both domestically and in our international relations.” PeopleLongUseProblemChallengesEssentialsOfficeMajorsRelationMeetingsInternationalRepublicFabricBullyInternational RelationsFixingPulpitHaulOvalMajor ProblemsLong HaulPampered Author:Lawrence Wilkerson
“We are becoming a nation of sissies and hypochondriacs, a self medicating society easily intimidated by pain and prone to panic. We understand almost nothing about the essential robustness of the human body or its ability to meet the challenge of illness.” HumansSelfBodyPainNationsChallengesAbilityBecomingEssentialsIllnessPanicHuman BodyIntimidatedSissyHomeopathyHypochondriacSelf Medicating Author:Norman Cousins
“I don't think anybody can be a success who doesn't like what they do. [But it's] no job if it has no challenge; there's nothing to it if there are no problems. The essential thing is liking what you're doing.” IfsThinkingProblemJobsChallengesEssentialsCongratulationsNo Problem Author:Malcolm Forbes
“I think it wasn't so much that the White House altered me in any essential way as that I found the resources with which to respond to a series of challenges. You never know what you can do until you have to do it. In the beginning, it was like going to a party you're terrified of, and finding out to your amazement that you're having a good time.” ThinkingKnowsWayFoundHouseCan DoChallengesWhitePartyEssentialsFindingsResourcesSeriesGood TimesWhite HouseTerrifiedHaving A Good TimeAlteredAmazement Book:The times of my life Source: The times of my life
“For artists, scientists, inventors, schoolchildren, and the rest of us, intrinsic motivation-the drive to do something because it is interesting, challenging, and absorbing-is essential for high levels of creativity.” ArtistMotivationChallengesInterestingLevelsCreativityEssentialsScientistInventorAbsorbingHigh LevelIntrinsic Motivation Book:Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Source: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
“The biggest challenge at the national level is to defeat communal forces for which the support of the Left parties was essential but the party is opposed to the Left in Kerala because UDF's aim is to ensure economic development and social harmony.” LeftForceSocialChallengesLevelsPartySupportEconomicDevelopmentEssentialsHarmonyAimDefeatEconomic DevelopmentSocial Harmony Author:Sonia Gandhi
“Difficulties are not interruptions to our journey; they are part of it, as if they're part of the weave of the cloth of our lives. They weave in and become an essential part of the whole. Because the more challenges we face, the more capable we realize we are and the less there is to fear.” IfsWholeFacesRealizingChallengesOur LivesJourneyEssentialsCapableDifficultyInterruptionsChallenges We Face Author:Kimora Lee Simmons
“If one insists on calling all unsuccessful efforts failures the meaning of failure is really quite benign. When trying anything new or taking on any challenge, unsuccessful efforts are an essential aspect of skill building.” IfsTryingChallengesEffortBuildingCallingSkillsEssentialsAspectBenignUnsuccessful Author:Michael Josephson
“Essential to our personal faith and development is the unmistakable knowledge that our Father and our Savior want us to succeed. They want us to return to Their presence. Because of Their love for us, They have given us resources to obtain comfort, direction, and strength for our journey home. I speak of prayer, the wonderful and sublime ability to communicate and share our concerns with the Father; the Holy Spirit, which will enlighten and comfort us; and the words of the prophets, both ancient and modern. These resources give us understanding and direction in dealing with our challenges.” WantGivingHomeSpiritFatherSpeakGivenUnderstandingChallengesPrayerAbilityWonderfulJourneyShareModernDevelopmentReturnHolyComfortSucceedEssentialsResourcesConcernAncientCommunicateHoly SpiritProphetSaviorSublimeWant UOur FatherEnlighteningAbility To CommunicateJourney Home Author:Dean M. Davies
“I think influence is one way to exercise power and that the challenge is whether it is power over or power with. That's the essential shift that I hope can happen in the world.” ThinkingWorldWayHappensChallengesInfluenceExerciseEssentialsOne Way Author:Peter Buffett
“If we act together along these lines, we will create conditions, the conditions for trust that Shinzō Abe speaks about, so as to take another step and conclude a peace treaty on certain terms. However, first, it is essential to cover this part of the way and then agree on the terms for signing a peace treaty. Both are challenging tasks but they are feasible.” IfsWayFirstsTogetherCertainSpeakTermChallengesLinesStepsConditionsEssentialsTasksAgreeTreatiesSigningAbePeace Treaties Author:Vladimir Putin
“Business is a noble vocation, directed to producing wealth and improving the world. It can be a fruitful source of prosperity for the area in which it operates, especially if it sees the creation of jobs as an essential part of its service to the common good. This common good also includes the earth... the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all.” IfsWorldHumansEarthJobsChallengesWealthCommonCreationSourceEssentialsAreasConcernRootsEnvironmentalProsperityNobleImprovingVocationCommon GoodEnvironmental Challenges Author:Pope Francis
“Our ancestors are totally essential to our every waking moment, although most of us don't even have the faintest idea about their lives, their trials, their hardships or challenges.” IdeasMomentsChallengesEssentialsTrialsHardshipWakingAncestor Author:Annie Lennox
“The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don't meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it's essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you're going to be an actor.” IfsBelieveSoulActorsI BelieveChallengesEssentialsStrangerAnonymity Author:Matthew McConaughey
“To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.” IdeasMotivationalChallengesInspiringInspireEssentialsBeing TrueSuitsProvokingBe True To YourselfTrue To YourselfWearing A Suit Author:Richard Branson
“We all make mistakes, we all have fears, and we all have weaknesses. Behind all that is our essential self. When our essential self has made contact with another, the light is dazzling and would fill the universe. The challenge of enchantment is to remain faithful to that light, to believe in it when it is not so apparent. Then that light becomes an incandescent glow and it wraps itself around everything.” BelieveMadeSelfLightUniverseChallengesBehindsMistakeEssentialsWeaknessContactFaithfulMaking MistakesWrapsEnchantmentDazzlingWe All Make Mistakes Author:Marianne Williamson
“I have learned from experience that happiness is an acquired skill. Children are one of the greatest lessons in happiness, constantly challenging us to enjoy the moment, as the next one will not be the same. Gratitude is essential to happiness. Every time our children rush up to us and smile, we have something to be happy about; every time we get out of bed and can take a deep breath and go out for a walk, we have something to be happy about-that is the essence of a happy existence. Happiness is a muscle we must use, or it will wither away.” ChildrenMomentsUseHappinessNextEnjoyChallengesWalksExistenceGratitudeLessonsBedSkillsEssentialsEssenceBreathsOur ChildrenMusclesI Have LearnedDeep BreathThe Next OneTake A Deep Breath Author:Marianne Williamson