“What is a labour victory? I maintain that it is a twofold thing. Workers must gain economic advantage, but they must also gain revolutionary spirit, in order to achieve a complete victory. For workers to gain a few cents more a day, a few minutes less a day, and go back to work with the same psychology, the same attitude toward society is to achieve a temporary gain and not a lasting victory.” InspirationalSpiritOrderAttitudePsychologySocietyEconomicMinutesAchieveRevolutionVictoryGainsAdvantageLaborWorkersFeministRevolutionaryLabourLastingTemporaryCentsBack To WorkOrganized Labor Author:Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
“The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what's truly important.” ImportantCharacterTermPovertyAchievementAmbitionGainsAppearanceSubstanceLastingDisplayShort TermElevation Author:Barack Obama
“If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.” IfsMenWayHappinessOpinionIgnoranceGainsRichesRelyLastingPermitImperfectRely UponLasting HappinessImperfect Man Author:Joseph Franklin Rutherford
“We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said that the only way to have a friend is to be one. We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion or mistrust or with fear.” IfsWaySaidFearFriendshipSimpleTrustApproachGainsLastingSuspicionMistrustSimple Truths Book:The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt Source: The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt