“The Fed should make a clear commitment to stable money to reduce the swings in interest rates and inflation. Instead, it champions and flaunts unstable money. This encourages momentum trading and the growth of derivatives. Meanwhile, layers of financial regulation make Washington bigger and more powerful but dont fix the underlying problems.” ShouldProblemGrowthInterestPowerfulClearCommitmentBiggerRateFinancialChampionFedsStableSwingsRegulationLayersTradingInflationMomentumUnstableInterest RateDerivativesFinancial Regulation Author:David Malpass
“Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean a giving up of familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, relationships that have lost their meaning. As Dostoevsky put it, "Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most." The real fear should be of the opposite course.” PeopleGivingShouldMayMeanRealValuesCoursesLostGrowthStepsSecuritySafeDemandGiving UpOppositesPatternsSurrenderFamiliarTemporaryNew Words Author:Gail Sheehy
“Difficulties with material things often come to remind us that our concentration should be on spiritual things instead of material things. Sometimes difficulties of the body come to show that the body is just a transient garment, and that the reality is the indestructible essence which activates the body. But when we can say, 'Thank God for problems which are sent for our spiritual growth.' They are no longer problems. They then become opportunities.” ShouldSometimesShowsProblemBodyRealitySpiritualOpportunityGrowthMaterialsEssenceDifficultyConcentrationSpiritual GrowthThank GodGarmentsTransientMaterial ThingsIndestructibleActivate Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“Physical education for the body to be effective must be rigorous and detailed, far sighted and methodological. This will be translated into habits. These habits should be controlled and disciplined, while remaining flexible enough to adapt themselves to circumstances and to the needs of growth and development of the being.” NeedsShouldEnoughBodyGrowthDevelopmentHabitCircumstancesControlledFlexiblePhysical Education Author:Sri Aurobindo
“I think it's better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier. Life should malleable and progressive; working from idea to idea permits that. Beliefs anchor you to certain points and limit growth; new ideas can't generate. Life becomes stagnant.” ThinkingShouldIdeasCertainBeliefGrowthLimitsProgressivePermitDogmaNew IdeasAnchorsStagnant Author:Kevin Smith
“You cannot force spiritual things. A testimony is not thrust upon you; it grows. And a testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large. We become taller in our testimony like we grow in physical stature and hardly know it is happening, because it comes by growth.” KnowsShouldSpiritualForceGrowsGrowthHappeningsTestimonyThrustStature Author:Boyd K. Packer
“No leader or organization can achieve breakout growth until it treats, "we've always done it this way" as an opportunity to think anew rather than as a reason to stop thinking. Keep in mind, tradition should be a guide, not a jailer.” ThinkingWayShouldMindReasonDoneOpportunityGrowthLeaderAchieveTraditionOrganizationTreatsGuidesJailer Author:Michael Josephson
“A Russian should rejoice if Poland, the Baltic Provinces, Finland, Armenia, should be separated, freed from Russia; so with an Englishman in regard to Ireland, India and other possessions; and each should help to do this, because the greater the state, the more wrong and cruel is its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded. Therefore, if we really wish to be what we profess to be, we must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening, and help this forward with all our might.” IfsShouldStatesHelpingMightDesireSufferingWishGrowthGreaterIndiaRegardPossessionRussiaCeaseRejoiceIrelandEnglishmenProvincesDecreasePolandWeakeningFinlandArmenia Book:Leo Tolstoy: Letters and Papers Source: Leo Tolstoy: Letters and Papers
“Anyone who believes a growth rate in excess of 15% per annum over the long term is attainable should pursue a career in sales, but avoid one in mathematics.” ShouldBelieveLongGrowthTermCareersMathematicsRatePursueLong TermExcess Author:Warren Buffett
“Whenever you should doubt your self-worth, remember the lotus flower. Even though it plunges to life from beneath the mud, it does not allow the dirt that surrounds it to affect its growth or beauty.” ShouldDoeSelfRememberGrowthDoubtFlowerSelf WorthSurroundDirtMudPlungeLotusesLotus Flower Author:Suzy Kassem
“We should remember what a rapper like Tupac Shakur was doing, to a certain degree, who came from an experience of politicization very close to being a "Panther Baby". He knew, he came from that experience of the Black Panthers, and accounting for all his contradictions and process of growth, he achieved politically through gangsta rap things that no conscious rapper has achieved, such as establishing political, ethical, and moral codes between Crips and Bloods in the United States.” ShouldStatesRememberPoliticalCertainProcessBlackGrowthUnitedMoralUnited StatesBloodBabyDegreesConsciousRapCodeContradictionEthicalRapperAccountingPanthersMoral CodeGangstaBlack PantherGangsta RapCrips Author:Bocafloja
“Basically, we are all different and we all have something to learn and it doesn't mean people need to change who you are but one should be open to new things and, above all, tolerance and understanding are essential for growth and happiness.” PeopleNeedsShouldMeanDifferentUnderstandingGrowthEssentialsWho You AreToleranceNew ThingsNeed A ChangeMean People Author:Toks Olagundoye
“Be as delicate as possible. If communication accomplishes something on the gross but damages something on the level of feeling then it is a spiritual loss! The feeling is more important for life. Nourishment of the feeling level is the basis for growth of the spiritual holistic value. Delicate behaviour on the surface should be such as to nourish, uphold and enhance the Transcendental value where feelings merge into a common source.” IfsShouldImportantFeelingsSpiritualValuesGrowthLossLevelsCommonCommunicationSourceBasesAccomplishSurfaceDamageDelicateBehaviourGrossNourishmentHolisticTranscendental Author:Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
“Obamacare is the nation's biggest job killer and stands in the way of our country's economic growth and prosperity. It should be defunded and repealed. President Obama should hear the pleas from the untold number of Americans who are losing their jobs, wages, and healthcare plans, and Congress should act immediately to stop Obamacare from inflicting any more damage on the country on our hard-working citizens.” WayShouldCountryHardJobsNationsGrowthPresidentNumbersPlansEconomicHard WorkCitizensLosingCongressProsperityOur CountryDamagePresident ObamaHealthcareKillersWagesEconomic GrowthObamacare Author:Ted Cruz
“Today you have a situation where now the prescription is: People who dont have enough money to buy food should end up paying for their drinking water. That is going to be the kind of situation in which you will get more child labor. You will get more exploitation of women. Youre going to get an absolutely exploitative economy as the very basis of living becomes a source of capital accumulation and corporate growth. In fact, the chief of Coca-Cola in India said: Our biggest market in India comes from the fact that there is no drinking water left. People will have to buy Coca-Cola.” PeopleShouldKindChildrenSaidEndsEnoughFactsTodayLeftGrowthWaterSituationEconomySourceLaborIndiaBasesDrinkingChiefsCorporateExploitationAccumulationPrescriptionsDrinking WaterCoca ColaChild Labor Author:Vandana Shiva
“When we hunt or fish, we deliberately kill a defenseless being who wishes us no harm. This is a direct violation of the First Precept. It is absolutely forbidden to Buddhists. As to eating meat, we know that the only way we can obtain it is for an animal to be killed. Therefore, when we eat meat, it is our intent that an innocent animal should die to satisfy our addiction to flesh. And that underlying intention, no matter how well hidden behind a smokescreen of rationalizations will block the growth of compassion and create negative karma.” KnowsWayShouldFirstsWellsMatterDiesWishGrowthAnimalBehindsCompassionEatingNegativeDirectIntentionAddictionFishesHarmFleshKarmaInnocentBlockBuddhistMeatForbiddenHuntsViolationDefenselessEating MeatNegative Karma Author:Norm Phelps
“People on a spiritual path - personal growth, spiritual practice, recovery, yoga and so forth - are the last people who should be sitting out the social and political issues of our day. And there’s an important reason for this: People on such journeys are adepts at change. They know that the mechanics of the heart and mind are the fundamental drivers of transformation.” PeopleKnowsShouldMindHeartImportantReasonLastsSpiritualPoliticalSocialGrowthPracticePathIssuesJourneyYogaSittingTransformationFundamentalsPersonal GrowthRecoveryDriversMechanicHeart And MindSpiritual PathSpiritual PracticePolitical Issues Author:Marianne Williamson
“Without the heart to ground it and open it to who we really can be as human beings, the brain is a very dangerous machine. A machine that is saying: we've got to have economic growth; we've got to have unending economic growth, otherwise societies will collapse. And yet there should be something saying: wait a minute, this isn't going to work.” ShouldHumansHeartWaitingGrowthHuman BeingsBrainEconomicMinutesDangerousMachinesCollapseGoing To WorkEconomic GrowthUnending Author:Jane Goodall
“They [ the government of Puerto Rico] are asking to be given the right to declare bankruptcy, which I think should be an option, as a last resort, if there is no other resource. But there also need to be measures, changes within the government of Puerto Rico, in the ways that the island's funds are administered, not just to deal with this budget issue, but also to have, to attract the economic growth that is necessary for Puerto Rico to begin to grow economically. They are losing population, and they are losing economically.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsShouldGovernmentLastsGivenGrowsGrowthDealsIssuesEconomicLosingResourcesAskingPopulationBudgetsIslandsFundResortsEconomic GrowthBankruptcyPuerto RicoRico Author:Marco Rubio
“Shareholder value theory - the destructive idea that companies should be run solely for the benefit of shareholders - has led to financialized businesses that do not invest in the areas that will lead to future growth or the invention of useful new products.” ShouldIdeasRunningValuesGrowthCompanyProductsTheoryBenefitsAreasInventionDestructiveShareholdersNew ProductsFuture GrowthShareholder Value Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“In my view, the state should be active and work in cooperation with private businesses to spur growth that's sustainable and inclusive. The policy process is about co-creating and co-shaping of markets, creating new opportunities for business investment - and negotiating a better deal for the public too.” ShouldStatesOpportunityProcessGrowthViewsDealsPolicyCreatingInvestmentActiveCooperationSpursNegotiatingNew Opportunity Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“If we want growth today to be more innovation-driven, more inclusive and more sustainable, then we need a more active state, not a less active one. Yet we still hear the dogma that we should just fix market failure by focusing on science and infrastructure, and to "level the playing field."” IfsWantNeedsShouldStillsStatesTodayGrowthLevelsFieldsInnovationActiveDrivenDogmaInfrastructurePlaying FieldsMarket Failure Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“We have a real economic growth problem in America. We are limping along. Wages are flat. And jobs aren’t being created near to the extent that they could and should be. So we think regulatory relief is very, very important.” ThinkingShouldImportantRealProblemJobsAmericaGrowthEconomicReliefFlatsWagesEconomic GrowthLimping Author:Paul Ryan
“We raised the matter of an agreement that was reached at the Growth and Development Summit, which was that we should access a certain part, 5% was mentioned, of the funds in the hands of the institutional investors, domestically, for investment in the real economy. That being an agreement of the Growth and Development Summit, we will engage South African business to see how we can make that a practical thing. So, there is a different set of engagement with local business.” ShouldDifferentRealMatterHandsCertainGrowthEconomyDevelopmentInvestmentSouthRaisedAccessPracticalsLocalsAgreementFundInvestorsEngagementSouth AfricaSummitPractical ThingsLocal Business Author:Thabo Mbeki
“If you look at the Company Register, maybe that's what we should say to that business consultant or analyst. If you look at the Company Register with the Department of Trade and Industry, one of the remarkable things that you will see over the last few years is, in fact, the growth of small and medium business, many of whom depend on these services to succeed.” IfsShouldYearsLooksFactsLastsGrowthCompanyDependsIndustrySucceedTradeMediumsDepartmentRemarkableRegisterAnalystsConsultants Author:Thabo Mbeki
“Now, in economic crises times, the kind of things you're looking at is it's generally harder to get capital, revenue growth may be more, revenue lines may be unstable or growth may be less easy to predict that you're going to get to. And so what you do is you take a certain conservative approach of when, as all entrepreneurs should do, you plan for both good luck and bad luck, you put extra time on, "Okay, if I have bad luck, what do I do about that?"” IfsShouldKindMayCertainEasyGrowthLinesPlansEconomicApproachOkayHarderCrisisLuckEntrepreneurConservativeExtrasRevenueGood LuckUnstableBad LuckEconomic CrisisExtra Time Author:Reid Hoffman
“I think the problem is these basic sort of human values from our - from the beginning, from birth, are not sort of properly nurtured. So then our mind, our brain, through education and also difference of experiences, that eventually, these basic values or what are called dominant, not have the catching up our intelligence, experience growth, that also should grow. Then our life become more human.” ThinkingShouldMindHumansProblemValuesGrowsGrowthDifferencesBrainOur LivesBirthDominantCatchingHuman ValuesCatching Up Author:Dalai Lama
“There are times when a market such as housing, transportation or the stock or mortgage market keep rising and people with capital want to join in this growth. Soon the markets become overheated, partly because of the abundance of investment money and speculation. This is when the government should raise interest rates and increase the cost of borrowed money. Governments are shy about doing this because it could cause the very recession. Yet this is the best time to do this so that the inevitable recession never reaches the magnitude of the recent Great Recession.” PeopleWantShouldGovernmentCausesGrowthInterestCostIncreaseRaisesInvestmentRateInevitableRisingAbundanceShySpeculationHousingMortgageTransportationBorrowedMagnitudeRecessionsBest TimesInterest RateBorrowed MoneyGreat Recession Author:Philip Kotler
“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
“It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.” ShouldLongEnoughAgeFallGrowthAgingFruitGetting OldJuiceMellowSquashRipeningFruit Juice Author:Josh Billings