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“All genuine ideals have one thing in common: they express the desire for something which is not yet accomplished but which is desirable for the purpose of the growth and happiness of the individual.”

Desire Purpose Individual Growth Common One Thing Ideals Genuine Accomplished Desirable

Book:Escape from Freedom

Source: Escape from Freedom

“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.”

Mind Wells Children Age Purpose Answers Five One Thing Objects Inspire Industry Habit Importance Twenties Prepared Active Observation Juvenile

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

“SELF-DISCIPLINE, more than any other personal quality I can think of, is the one thing that separates successful people from the unsuccessful. Think of all it encompasses: honoring commitments, promises and deadlines, keeping your life on schedule, being willing to go the extra mile... Self-discipline is essential to success. The alternative is a life ruled by emotions, and none of us can afford that if we're going to fulfill our purpose and realize our potential.”

“It is one thing to say that the dwelling has symbolic and cosmological aspects... and another to say that it has been erected for ritual purposes and is neither shelter nor dwelling but a temple.”

Has Beens Purpose One Thing Aspect Temples Ritual Shelter Symbolic Dwelling

Author:Anatol Rapoport

“There is only one thing for which God has sent me into the world, and that is to develop every kind of virtue or strength, and there is nothing in all the world that I cannot use for this purpose.”

World Kind Use Purpose Virtue One Thing

Author:Epictetus

“One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected to their purpose in life.”

People Purpose Numbers One Thing Connected Purpose Of Life Casualties

Author:Steve Southerland

“There is one thing no people have ever done; that is, to oppose a threatening war with intelligent and vigorous purpose some years before it was due to arrive.”

People Years War Done Purpose One Thing Intelligent Dues Threatening Vigorous

Book:Why wars must cease

Source: Why wars must cease

“We have to trust the Lord God for so many things, and it is but one thing more to trust him in the issues of life and death, and to accept the fact that his plans and promises and purposes transcend the bounds of this world and of this life. With such faith the years are kind, and peace and reconciliation do come to those who have laid to rest their loved ones - who, even in death, are not far removed from us, and of whom our Father in heaven will be mindful until we meet again even as we are mindful of our own children.”

“It's one thing to be discouraged. It's another thing to have despair. Despair is when you think there's just no end to this [suffering]. There's no solution for this. Despair is when you think that your suffering has no purpose, and your suffering has no end.”

Thinking Ends Purpose Suffering One Thing Despair Solutions Discouraged

Author:Max Lucado

“The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing - you.”

Whole Purpose Universe One Thing

Author:Walt Whitman

“One thing I've discovered is that people in the military have a sense of purpose. They feel useful, and everything is laid out in front of them. What their job is, is very clear.”

People Feels Jobs Purpose Clear One Thing Military Fronts

Author:Jill Flint

“Purpose is a man-made fiction. Nobody on their deathbed gets a plaque that says "he focused on only one thing for his entire life!" Those are counterfeit thoughts in a counterfeit society.”

Men Made Purpose Fiction One Thing Focused Deathbed Counterfeit

Author:James Altucher