“The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease.” YearsFirstsHeartI CanRealHandsFatherLossBreakDiseaseLosingYears AgoImportanceDiedSevenInspiredCyclesLoved OnesSeven YearsHeart DiseaseFather DiedLosing A Loved OneMy Father Died Author:Monica Potter
“A price decline is of no real importance to the bona fide investor unless it is either very substantial say, more than a third from cost or unless it reflects a known deterioration of consequence in the company's position. In a well-defined bear market many sound common stocks sell temporarily at extraordinary low prices. It is possible that the investor may then have a paper loss of fully 50 per cent on some of his holdings, without any convincing indication that the underlying values have been permanently affected.” WellsMayHas BeensRealValuesSoundLossCommonCompanyKnownPositionBearsCostPaperLowsConsequenceThirdsImportanceSellsExtraordinaryDefinedAffectedInvestorsDeclineCentsConvincingIndicationDeterioration Author:Benjamin Graham
“The early symptoms of the disease [California Curse], which break out almost on arrival in Hollywood, are a sense of exaggerated self-importance and self-centeredness which naturally alienates all old friends. Next comes a great desire for and belief in the importance of money above all else, a loss of the normal sense of humor and proportion and finally, in extreme cases, the abandonment of all previous standards of moral value.” SelfDesireValuesNextBeliefLossMoralBreakCasesDiseaseNormalStandardsHollywoodImportanceExtremesCaliforniaCurseProportionSense Of HumorSymptomsAbandonmentOld FriendsArrivalsExaggeratedBreak OutMoral ValuesSelf-importanceSelf CenterednessCenteredness Author:Elinor Glyn
“Those who know in their hearts that they are not really necessary -- and are entirely replaceable-- must inevitably be tempted to misrepresent the nature of their work and build up a false notion of its importance. A further alienation from truth takes place, a further loss of contact with reality. And one thing we can be sure of is that self-deception, whether on the level of the wind and the rain or on that of spiritual reality, must always come up against the real sooner or later, and that its destruction is very painful.” KnowsHeartRealSelfRealitySpiritualLossLevelsOne ThingWindRainDestructionImportanceNotionCome UpPainfulContactDeceptionSooner Or LaterTemptedAlienationSelf Deception Author:Charles le Gai Eaton
“I don't like to end my talk with a 700 million dollar loss, even if it shows the importance of Numerical Analysis.” IfsEndsShowsScienceLossMillionsImportanceMathematicsDollarsAnalysisMillion Dollars Author:Richard A. Falk
“The importance of a lost romantic vision should not be underestimated. In such a vision is power as well as joy. In it is meaning.Life is flat, barren, zestless, if one can find one's lost vision nowhere.” IfsShouldWellsRomanceLife IsJoyLostLossVisionPowerRomanticImportanceFlatsBarrenUnderestimatedMeaning Life Book:The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian's Stand in Time of Transition Source: The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian's Stand in Time of Transition
“Do not any longer contend for mastery, for power, money, or praise. Be content to be a private, insignificant person, known and loved by God and me....of what importance is your character to mankind, if you was buried just now. Or if you had never lived, what loss would it be to the cause of God.” IfsPersonsCharacterCausesLossKnownMankindImportancePraiseBuriedMasteryInsignificant Author:John Wesley
“Losses have propelled me to even bigger places, so I understand the importance of losing. You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner. It's in any game that you're in - a business game or whatever - you can't get complacent.” GamesLossLosingImportanceBiggerCornersComplacentAround The Corner Author:Venus Williams
“The bottom line is down where it belongs – at the bottom. Far above it in importance are the infinite number of events that produce the profit or loss.” LinesLossNumbersEventsProduceImportanceInfiniteBottomProfitAppreciationEmployeeBottom LineEmployee Engagement Book:Growing a Business Source: Growing a Business