“It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. The true object of juvenile education, is to provide, against the age of five and twenty, a mind well regulated, active, and prepared to learn. Whatever will inspire habits of industry and observation, will sufficiently answer this purpose.” MindWellsChildrenAgePurposeAnswersFiveOne ThingObjectsInspireIndustryHabitImportanceTwentiesPreparedActiveObservationJuvenile Book:The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature. In a Series of Essays Source: The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature. In a Series of Essays
“My books deliberately provide no answers or messages. Im drilled in the habit of objectivity and also aware that the steady drip of fiction has more power than facts to shape opinion, so I handle it with caution.” BookFactsAnswersFictionOpinionHabitShapesMessagesHandleSteadyCautionObjectivity Author:Karen Traviss
“Always have clear lines of communication and be open to trying new ideas. Being open to new ideas is crucial to growing as an artist. If you always have the same creative habits, how will you ever excel to the next level? The answer is, you won't. Taking those creative risks reaps the most incredible rewards.” IfsTryingIdeasArtistNextLinesAnswersLevelsCreativeClearGrowingRiskCommunicationHabitRewardsIncrediblesCrucialNew IdeasReapNext LevelLines Of Communication Author:Wendy Starland
“Think about what kind of person you are and shape your habits, and your happiness, to show what's true about you instead of thinking that you can just import the right answer from the outside.” ThinkingKindPersonsShowsAnswersHabitShapesImportsRight Answers Author:Gretchen Rubin
“The two critical questions to ask are: "Who is my customer?" and "What value am I adding?" Unfortunately, many workers cannot answer these questions. They tend to blindly do things, and develop bad habits of doing things over and over for no good reasons.” TwoReasonValuesAsksAnswersHabitWorkersCriticalCustomersBad Habits Author:Bill Capodagli
“The search for God is a reversal of the normal, mundane worldly order. In search for God, you revert from what attracts you and swim toward that which is difficult. You abandon your comforting and familiar habits with the hope (the mere hope!) that something greater will be offered you in return for what you have given up.. if we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be.. a prudent insurance policy.” IfsSoulHumanityOrderBeliefGivenDifficultAnswersDestinyGreaterPolicyReturnHabitNormalMereFamiliarMeaning Of LifeAbandonCourageousLeapSwimWorldlyComfortingGiven UpMundanePrudentLeap Of FaithReversalInsurance Policy Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“What a blessed habit I have found my prayer list, morning by morning, it takes me via the Throne of all Grace straight to the intimate personal heart of each one mentioned here, and I know that He Who is not prescribed by time and geography answers immediately.” KnowsHeartFoundPrayerAnswersMorningGraceHabitBlessedListsIntimateTake MeThronesGeography Author:Oswald Chambers