“Success in any endeavor does not happen by accident. Rather, it’s the result of deliberate decisions, conscious effort, and immense persistence...all directed at specific goals.” DoeHappensGoalDecisionResultsEffortConsciousAccidentsPersistenceEndeavorImmenseDeliberateSpecific Goals Author:Gary Ryan
“Water and stones. Those are the unpromising ingredients of two very different endeavors... painting, because artists' pigments are made from fluids... mixed together with powdered stones to give color... and the other is alchemy, the stone the ultimate goal.” GivingMadeTwoDifferentTogetherArtistGoalWaterColorPaintingMaterialsStonesUltimateIngredientsEndeavorFluidAlchemyUltimate GoalPigment Author:James Elkins
“Dostoevsky believed that the gods of rationalism and materialist utilitarianism had joined in conspiracy against all other ethical systems. ... The accumulation of capital, or the acquisition of money, are endeavors par excellence which establish a quantifiable goal: hence they are directly amenable to maximization formulae.” GoalExcellenceEndeavorEthicalConspiracyAccumulationAcquisitionRationalismUtilitarianismAmenable Book:Break-Out from the Crystal Palace: The Anarcho-Psychological Critique: Stirner, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky Source: Break-Out from the Crystal Palace: The Anarcho-Psychological Critique: Stirner, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky
“The terror in which English capitalists now stand of organized proletarian resistance gives to the naturally protected craft organizations the power to receive the wages they demand. They act as they have been trained to act by capitalist society, which denies the doctrine of the Just Price, which proclaims work to be an evil and the goal of human endeavor to be the avoidance of it; which puts it up as an ideal that individuals should get as much money as they possibly can out of their fellows by any means in their power.” GivingShouldHumansMeanHas BeensWisdomEvilPoliticsIndividualGoalEconomyDemandIdealsOrganizationFellowsTerrorDenyResistanceDoctrineCraftsOrganizedLiberalismEndeavorCapitalistProtectedWagesAvoidance Author:Hilaire Belloc
“Even worthwhile endeavors need evaluation in order to determine if they have become distractions from the best goals.” IfsNeedsOrderGoalDetermineEndeavorDistractionWorthwhileEvaluation Author:Quentin L. Cook
“My flag is always flying. My shingle is always out. I'm always looking for movie ideas. The hardest part of this whole movie-making endeavor is finding ideas. That's the real goal.” IdeasRealWholeGoalFindingsFlyingHardestEndeavorFlagsMovie MakingShingles Author:Alexander Payne
“As far as I'm concerned, the spiritual life is just like any other endeavor-you can succeed or fail. And when the goal is actual evolution beyond ego in an intersubjective context, success or failure is plain for all to see.” SpiritualLife IsSpiritualityGoalPracticeFailingEvolutionSucceedEgoConcernedEndeavorSpiritual LifeSuccess Or Failure Author:Andrew Cohen