“No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues; and this without regard to whether the loss is due to the growth of a heartless and all-absorbing commercialism, to prolonged indulgence in luxury and soft, effortless ease, or to the deification of a warped and twisted sentimentality.” IfsNationsGrowthLosesLossVirtueDeserveRegardDuesLuxuryEasePermitTwistedIndulgenceHeartlessAbsorbingSentimentalityEffortlessCommercialism Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“But what is life to a lichen ? Yet its impulse to exist, to be, is every bit as strong as ours arguably even stronger. If I were told that I had to spend decades being a furry growth on a rock in the woods, I believe I would lose the will to go on.” IfsBelieveStrongI BelieveBitsGrowthLosesRocksGoes OnStrongerWoodsDecadesImpulseWhat Is LifeFurry Book:A Short History of Nearly Everything Source: A Short History of Nearly Everything
“Being a businessman, you want to invest your time and your heart into growth and a legacy, and sometimes it's about going over there and getting it. But you don't have to lose yourself.” WantHeartSometimesGrowthLosesLegacyBusinessmanLosing Yourself Author:Anthony Hamilton
“When we descend all the way down to the bottom of loss, and dwell patiently, with an open heart, in the darkness and pain, we can bring back up with us the sweetness of life and the exhilaration of inner growth. When there is nothing left to lose, we find the true self - the self that is whole, the self that is enough, the self that no longer looks to others for definition, or completion, or anything but companionship on the journey.” WayLooksHeartSelfEnoughWholePainLeftGrowthLosesLossDarknessJourneyBottomDefinitionsCompanionshipTrue SelfSweetnessCompletionOpen HeartExhilarationInner GrowthSweetness Of Life Book:Broken Open: How difficult times can help us grow Source: Broken Open: How difficult times can help us grow
“Americans' liberty is perishing beneath the constant growth of government power. Federal, state and local government's are confiscating citizens' property, trampling their rights, and decimating their opportunities more than ever before.... American liberty can still be rescued from the encroachments of government. The first step to saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose unless fundamental political changes occur.” FirstsStillsStatesGovernmentPoliticalOpportunityLostGrowthRealizingLosesLibertyStepsRightsCitizensFundamentalsConstantPropertyLocalsSavingFirst StepsEncroachmentAmerican LibertyLocal GovernmentPerishingPolitical Change Author:James Bovard
“If we have an honest discussion on whether the war on poverty should be fought with welfare or with economic growth in the private sector, Democrats will lose black votes.” IfsShouldWarBlackGrowthLosesPovertyEconomicHonestVoteDemocratDiscussionWelfareEconomic GrowthPrivate SectorWar On Poverty Author:Alveda King