“The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.” SchoolIndividualGoalEducationTeachingBuildingGoes OnUltimateConvictionBurdenEducationalPursuitOddGet OverUltimate GoalEducational SystemSchool Buildings Author:John W. Gardner
“COMMITMENT is the first step to every good thing I know, and the only step that matters when it comes to achievement. It inspires and attracts people, shows them you have conviction and goals, that you are focused and determined. And the commitment that is based on values will endure. Any time you make choices based on solid life values, you are in a better position to sustain your level of commitment, because you don't have to continually re-evaluate its importance.” PeopleKnowsFirstsMatterShowsValuesChoicesGoalLevelsStepsPositionInspireAchievementCommitmentImportanceGood ThingsEndureVery GoodConvictionDeterminedFocusedFirst StepsEvaluate Author:John C. Maxwell
“We should stop looking to law to provide the final answer.... Law cannot save us from ourselves.... We have to go out and try to accomplish our goals and resolve disagreements by doing what we think is right. That energy and resourcefulness, not millions of legal cubicles, is what was great about America. Let judgment and personal conviction be important again.” ThinkingShouldTryingImportantAmericaLawEnergyGoalAnswersMillionsJudgmentFinalsIndividualityConvictionAccomplishResolveDisagreementResourcefulnessCubicles Author:Philip K. Howard
“I went to extreme measures to achieve my goals, from strapping heavy sandbags on my ankles, hopping on one leg, up and down four flights of stairs at 5 am to practice my turns in front of the candle light when others are asleep. I felt like that I had climbed many tall mountains and made so many impossible dreams come true through sheer determination, perseverance, passion, self conviction and belief.” MadeSelfDreamLightTurnsPassionBeliefFeltGoalPracticeFourImpossibleAchieveFrontsMountainDeterminationPerseveranceConvictionHeavyExtremesLegsFlightTallCandleSheerDreams Come TrueUp And DownStairsAnklesDetermination PerseveranceImpossible DreamHoppingCandle Lights Author:Li Cunxin
“To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and triumph with humility. You ask, 'How might we achieve these goals?' I answer, 'By getting a true perspective of who we really are!' We are sons and daughters of a living God in whose image we have been created. Think of that truth: 'Created in the image of God!' We cannot sincerely hold this conviction without experiencing a profound new sense of strength and power, even the strength to live the commandments of God, the power to resist the temptations of Satan.” ThinkingHas BeensMightFacesAsksGoalAnswersTroubleAchieveHumilitySonPerspectiveDaughterCapacityProfoundDisappointmentConvictionTemptationTriumphSatanCommandmentsSincerelyCheerfulnessGod ImageSon And DaughterCommandments Of God Author:Thomas S. Monson