“Maybe you weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but like every American, you carry a deed to 635 million acres of public lands. That's right. Even if you don't own a house or the latest computer on the market, you own Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and many other natural treasures.” IfsHouseBornNaturalMillionsLandComputerMouthsAreasDeedsTreasureGoldenSilverGatesRecreationSpoonsAcresCanyonsGrand CanyonYosemiteYellowstoneSilver SpoonsPublic Lands Author:John Garamendi
“These ceremonies and the National Statuary Hall will teach the youth of the land in succeeding generations as they come and go that the chief end of human effort in a sublunary view should be usefulness to mankind, and that all true fame which should be perpetuated by public pictures, statues, and monuments, is to be acquired only by noble deeds and high achievements and the establishment of a character founded upon the principles of truth, uprightness, and inflexible integrity.” ShouldHumansEndsCharacterViewsEffortEducationPrinciplesTeachGenerationsLandMankindYouthIntegrityFameSucceedAchievementDeedsNobleChiefsHallsEstablishmentCeremonyStatuesMonumentComes And GoesUsefulnessUprightnessNoble Deeds Author:Alexander H. Stephens
“All who have been great and good without Christianity would have been much greater and better with it. If there be, amongst the sons of men, a single exception to this maxim, the divine Socrates may be allowed to put in the strongest claim. It was his high ambition to deserve, by deeds, not by creeds, an unrevealed heaven, and by works, not by faith, to enter an unpromised land.” IfsMenMayHas BeensHeavenChristianityGreaterLandDivineSonAmbitionDeserveClaimsDeedsExceptionStrongestCreedsMaximsHigh Ambition Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“It must not be supposed that happiness will demand many or great possessions; for self-sufficiency does not depend on excessive abundance, nor does moral conduct, and it is possible to perform noble deeds even without being ruler of land and sea: one can do virtuous acts with quite moderate resources. This may be clearly observed in experience: private citizens do not seem to be less but more given to doing virtuous actions than princes and potentates. It is sufficient then if moderate resources are forthcoming; for a life of virtuous activity will be essentially a happy life.” IfsMayDoeSelfSeemsActionHappinessGivenCan DoMoralSeaLandDependsCitizensActivityDemandResourcesDeedsPossessionNobleSufficientAbundanceHappy LifeVirtuousRulersModeratesLife HappinessSelf SufficiencySufficiencyForthcomingLand And SeaNoble Deeds Author:Aristotle
“But the creative person is subject to a different, higher law than mere national law. Whoever has to create a work, whoever has tobring about a discovery or deed which will further the cause of all of humanity, no longer has his home in his native land but rather in his work.” PersonsDifferentHomeLawHumanityCausesCreativityCreativeLandSubjectsHigherDiscoveryMereDeedsNativeCreative PersonNative LandHigher Law Author:Stefan Zweig
“Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime!” KnowsLoveDoneLandCrimeSorrowDeedsRageGreeceTurtlesEmblemsVultureCypressesMyrtleMadden Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)