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“The biggest mischief in the past century has been perpetrated by Rousseau with his doctrine of the goodness of human nature. The mob and the intellectuals derived from it the vision of a Golden Age which would arrive without fail once the noble human race could act according to its whims.”

Humans Has Beens Age Past Race Vision Failing Society Century Human Nature Goodness Noble Doctrine Golden Human Race Mischief Whim Golden Age

Author:Jacob Burckhardt

“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.”

People Needs Littles Ends Law Bits Goal Natural Vision Rights Failing Disease Little Bit Noble Disaster Fairness Dealings Natural Disaster

Author:Scott Turow

“People we love must be loved as they are. It is a want both of wisdom and courage on our part - a sort of drug - this wilful blindness, to blame them, because they fail our vision of them.”

People Want Vision Failing Drug Expectations Blame Blindness

Book:My Life and Some Letters

Source: My Life and Some Letters

“Successful businesspeople retain a quality most others not only lack but often fail to comprehend, and that's the unrelenting drive to convert a vision into reality. They are driven to realize this goal in a manner that appears to defy logic among others who lack this drive.”

Reality Goal Realizing Quality Vision Successful Failing Logic Driven Successful Business Unrelenting

Book:Driven: How to Succeed in Business and in Life

Source: Driven: How to Succeed in Business and in Life

“The reason many people fail is not for lack of vision but for lack of resolve and resolve is born out of counting the cost.”

People Reason Born Vision Failing Cost Resolve Counting Counting The Cost

Author:Robert H. Goddard

“After the fever of life--after wearinesses, sicknesses, fightings and despondings, languor and fretfulness, struggling and failing, struggling and succeeding--after all the changes and chances of this troubled and unhealthy state, at length comes death--at length the white throne of God--at length the beatific vision.”

States Fighting Heaven Chance White Vision Struggle Failing Succeed Sickness Length Thrones Fever Unhealthy Weariness

Book:Parochial and Plain Sermons

Source: Parochial and Plain Sermons

“A great artist has a unique vision...obsession. They are someone willing to fail flamboyantly.”

Artist Vision Failing Willing Unique Obsession Great Art Great Artist

Author:Jerry Saltz

“It is not realistic or hard-headed to solve problems and take action unguided by ultimate moral aims and values, although we all know some who claim that it is so. In my judgement, it is thoughtless folly. For it ignores the realities of human faith and of passion and of belief; forces ultimately more powerful than all the calculations of our economists or of our generals. Of course to adhere to standards, to idealism, to vision in the face of immediate dangers takes great courage and takes self-confidence. But we also know that only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.”

“It's very important that you never depend on money to fulfill your creative vision. If you do that, you're doomed to fail.”

Ifs Important Vision Creative Failing Depends Doomed Creative Vision

Author:Cliff Martinez

“Many pastors fail to see God's vision fulfilled because they never have a strategy for fulfilling that vision.”

Vision Failing Strategy Fulfilled Fulfilling Pastor

Author:John C. Maxwell