“The mechanical and social achievements of our day must not blind our eyes to the fact that, in all that relates to man, his nature and aspirations, we have added little or nothing to what has been so finely said by the great men of old.” MenLittlesHas BeensSaidFactsEyeSocialAchievementBlindRelateAspirationGreat Men Author:James Loeb
“We have already discovered the fact that fear is the chief reason for poverty and failure and misery that takes on a thousand different forms. We have already discovered the fact that the man who masters fear may march on to successful achievement in practically any undertaking, despite all efforts to defeat him.” MenMayDifferentReasonFactsFormEffortPovertySuccessfulHe ManMastersThousandAchievementMiseryDefeatDespiteChiefsMarchUndertakings Book:The Law of Success Source: The Law of Success
“The best current evidence is that media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers groceries causes change in our nutrition.” FactsCausesInfluenceMediaStudentsAchievementEvidenceMereCurrentsInstructionVehicleNutritionTruckGroceriesStudent Achievement Author:Richard A. Clarke
“No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed. In fact, in studying the source of people's success, I've found that persistence overshadows even talent as the most valued and effective resource in creating and shaping the quality of life. Most people give up a maddening five feet from their goal!” PeopleGivingFactsMotivationalFoundGoalQualityStudyFiveFeetTalentSourceGiving UpAchievementCreatingResourcesCommittedPersistenceBelieve In YourselfDedicationQuality Of LifeRecipe For SuccessGiving Up Is Not An OptionNever Surrender Book:Awaken The Giant Within Source: Awaken The Giant Within
“Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man's values, it has to be earned-that of any achievements open to you, the one that makes all others possible is the creation of your own character-that your character, your actions, your desires, your emotions are the products of the premises held by your mind.” MenMindCharacterFactsActionDesireValuesEmotionCreationProductsPrideAchievementHighestRecognitionPremises Author:John Galt
“I see no other conceivable strategy for the achievement of liberty than political action. Religious or philosophical conversion of each man and woman is simply not going to work; that strategy ignores the problem of power, the fact that millions of people have a vested interest in statism and are not likely to give it up.... Education in liberty is of course vital, but it is not enough; action must also be taken to roll back the State.” PeopleMenGivingStatesEnoughFactsProblemActionPoliticalCoursesInterestReligiousLibertyMillionsTakenAchievementMen And WomenPhilosophicalStrategyConversionGoing To WorkVested InterestsPolitical Action Author:Murray Rothbard
“The truth is that art does not teach; it makes you feel, and any teaching that may arise from the feeling is an extra, and must not be stressed too much. In the modern world, and in Canada as much as anywhere, we are obsessed with the notion that to think is the highest achievement of mankind, but we neglect the fact that thought untouched by feeling is thin, delusive, treacherous stuff.” ThinkingWorldFeelsMayDoeArtFactsFeelingsStuffTeachToo MuchTeachingModernMankindTruth IsAchievementHighestNotionAriseObsessedExtrasCanadaNeglectModern WorldStressedTreacherous Book:Fortune, My Foe and Eros at Breakfast Source: Fortune, My Foe and Eros at Breakfast
“And we will all go together when we go. What a comforting fact that is to know. Universal bereavement, An inspiring achievement, Yes, we will all go together when we go.” KnowsFactsTogetherAchievementUniversalComfortingBereavement Author:Tom Lehrer
“That has been the great achievement of our age: to so thoroughly flood the planet with megabits that every image and fact has become a digitized disembodied nothingness. With magnificent determination, our species has advanced from Stone Age to Industrial Revolution to Digital Emptiness. We've become weightless, in the bad sense of the word.” Has BeensFactsAgePlanetsRevolutionAchievementDeterminationStonesSpeciesEmptinessDigitalFloodMagnificentNothingnessIndustrial RevolutionGreat AchievementStone Age Author:Alan Lightman