“Jesus tended to honor the losers of this world, not the winners. Our modern culture extravagantly rewards beauty, athletic skill, wealth, and artistic achievement, qualities which seemed to impress Jesus not at all.” WorldCultureJesusWealthQualityModernThis WorldHonorSkillsAchievementRewardsArtisticWinnerLoserImpressAthleticModern Culture Author:Philip Yancey
“Thanks to feminism, women can now acquire status in two ways: through marriage or their own achievements. Cure cancer or marry the man who does, either way society will applaud. Unless he marries into the British royal family, it doesn't work that way for men. Wives shed no glory on their husbands. Having tea with Nancy Reagan is an honor; having tea with Denis Thatcher is a joke.” MenWayDoeTwoWifeFeminismHe ManHonorHusbandAchievementGloryJokesCancerBritishCuresThanksTeaAcquireShedRoyalTwo WaysNancyRoyal Family Author:Katha Pollitt
“There is a glorious pattern for every man's life, an individual, perfect patter. No two people are alike ... No two leaves are alike-no two snowstorms-no two sets of fingerprints. No two lives are alike, yet each life holds a divine pattern of unfoldment, a great and holy destiny, rich in achievement and honor. As you live true to the pattern of yourself, that deep, inner self, you will unfold as perfect, as joyous, as naturally beautiful as the tree will reach its full measure of fulfillment.” PeopleMenTwoSoulSelfBeautifulIndividualPerfectDestinyRichTreeDivineHonorHolyAchievementPatternsEvery ManFulfillmentGloriousInner SelfJoyousFingerprintsTwo LivesSnowstorms Author:Annalee Skarin
“Some crimes get honor and renown by being committed with more pomp, by a greater number, and in a higher degree of wickedness thanothers. Hence it is that public robberies, plunderings, and sackings have been looked upon as excellencies and noble achievements, and the seizing of whole countries, however unjustly and barbarously, is dignified with the glorious name of gaining conquests.” Has BeensCountryWholeNamesNumbersGreaterCrimeHigherHonorDegreesAchievementCommittedNobleGloriousConquestWickednessRobberySeizingRenownSacking Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“We will try to honor David Letterman achievement by doing the best show we can.And occasionally making the network very mad at us.” TryingShowsHonorAchievementMadLetterman Author:Stephen Colbert
“Language is the crowning achievement of human beings, and that is something Muslims have always known and revered. We are a literate people whose miracle is a Book from an unlettered man, peace and blessings be upon him, who was the most articulate and eloquent human being who ever lived. We honor our Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in honoring language that he loved so much and used so well.” PeopleMenLoveHumansWellsBookAgeUsedLanguageHuman BeingsKnownHonorBlessingAchievementMiracleProphetEloquent Author:Hamza Yusuf
“If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.” IfsInspirationalHumansFunnyPoliticalPoliticsFearCommonHonorAchievementMadGraduationLowestCommon DenominatorLowest Common Denominator Author:Jimmy Carter