“Construct your determination with sustained effort, controlled attention, and concentrated energy. Opportunities never come to those who wait ... they are captured by those who dare to attack.” MotivationalOpportunityEnergyWaitingEffortAttentionDeterminationDareResolveControlledConstructsCapturedWill PowerThose Who Wait Author:Paul J. Meyer
“Encourage free schools and resolve that not one dollar appropriated for their support shall be appropriated to the support of any sectarian schools. Resolve that neither the state nor nation, nor both combined, shall support institutions of learning other than those sufficient to afford every child growing up in the land of opportunity of a good common school education, unmixed with sectarian, pagan, or atheistical dogmas. Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church and the private school supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.” ChildrenMatterStatesSchoolOpportunityNationsChurchCommonSupportForeverGrowing UpGrowingAtheismLandInstitutionsDollarsPositive AtheismSufficientContributionResolveDogmaAltarsChurch And StatePaganSchool EducationPrivate SchoolChildren Growing UpGrowing ChildrenLand Of Opportunity Author:Ulysses S. Grant
“Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in Chief, I will do what is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, I have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than rush towards conflict.” TryingBelieveRealWisdomRealityTodayOpportunityPoliticsI BelievePresidentCommunityChallengesLeadershipDifferencesJusticeResponsibilityHistoryTechnologyViolenceGenerationsAchievePolicyConflictWeaponsSpringSolutionsEthicsProgramTestsStrategyUnityProfoundHuman RightsNuclearPeacefulIdeologyChiefsIranResolveForeign PolicyNuclear WeaponsDiplomacyCivilityCommandersComprehensiveSettlementObtainingCommander In ChiefArab Spring Author:Barack Obama
“A crisis allows us the opportunity to dig deep into the reservoirs of our very being, to rise to levels of confidence, strength, and resolve that otherwise we didn't think we possessed. Through adversity, we come face to face with who we really are and what really counts.” ThinkingFacesOpportunityLevelsAdversityCrisisResolvePossessedFace To FaceReservoirsDig Deep Author:Jon Huntsman, Jr.