“This generation has a responsibility to reshape the world. Start the task even if it will not be fulfilled in your lifetime. Even if it seems hopeless now, never give up. Offer a positive vision, with enthusiasm and joy, and an optimistic outlook.” IfsWorldGivingSeemsJoyResponsibilityVisionGenerationsOffersGiving UpTasksLifetimeOptimisticEnthusiasmHopelessFulfilledOutlookNever Giving UpThis Generation Author:Dalai Lama
“True humanism points the way toward God and acknowledges the task to which we are called, the task which offers us the real meaning of human life. Man is not the ultimate measure of man. Man becomes truly man only by passing beyond himself.” MenWayHumansRealOffersTasksUltimateHumanismPassingPassingsHuman LifeAcknowledge Author:Pope Paul VI
“I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at all, as a pessimist. One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass of apparently uncontrollable events and experiences to live through, attempt to understand, and if at all possible, give order to; but one must not withdraw from the task if he has some small things to offer - he does so at the risk of diminishing his humanity.” IfsGivingFeelsDoeFacesHumanityOrderRiskEventsOffersMassTasksConfusionHelplessOptimistSmall ThingsPessimistUncontrollable Author:Bernard Malamud
“How long will it be 'till we've turned To the tasks and the skills That we'll have to have learned If we're going to find our place in the future And have something to offer Where this planet's concerned?” IfsLongPlanetsOffersSkillsConcernedTasks Author:Jackson Browne
“Although the church accomplishes many tasks, its only message to the world is the gospel of Christ. Everything else we do is merely an extension of that primary goal. The gospel we offer the lost is superior to every worldly philosophy. Never outdated or in need of correction, it is always sufficient to meet humanity's greatest need: reconciliation with the Creator.” WorldNeedsPhilosophyHumanityLostGoalChristChurchOffersMessagesTasksCreatorAccomplishSuperiorsPrimariesSufficientExtensionsWorldlyReconciliationCorrectionsOutdated Author:Charles Stanley
“We offer them mediocrity while calling it magic. We offer them the illusion of intelligent software, seducing them into surrendering the task of thinking to the machine. Of course, the machine isn't thinking, which means that nobody is.” ThinkingMeanCoursesMagicCallingOffersIllusionTasksMachinesIntelligentSoftwareMediocritySeducing Author:Larry Constantine
“Every morning I offer my body, my mind and any ability that I posses, to be used by Thee, O infinite creator, in whatever way Thou dost choose to express Thyself through me. I know that all work is Thy work, and that no task is too difficult or too menial when offered to Thee in loving service.” KnowsWayMindBodyUsedDifficultAbilityMorningOffersTasksInfiniteCreatorTheeEvery MorningThyselfPosse Author:Paramahansa Yogananda
“I grow old though pleased with my memories The tasks I can no longer complete Are balanced by the love of the tasks gone past I offer no apology only this plea: When I am frayed and strained and drizzle at the end Please someone cut a square and put me in a quilt That I might keep some child warm And some old person with no one else to talk to Will hear my whispers And cuddle near” ChildrenPersonsI CanEndsMightPastGrowsMemoriesGoneCuttingPleaseOffersTasksWarmSquaresApologyBalancedQuiltsOld PersonDrizzle Author:Nikki Giovanni