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“The clergy profession is fundamentally self-defeating. Its stated purpose is to nurture spiritual maturity in the church - a valuable goal. In actuality, however; it accomplishes the opposite by nurturing a permanent dependence of the laity on the clergy. Clergy become to their congregations like parents whose children never grow up, like therapists whose clients never become healed, like teachers whose students never graduate.”

“Look at government programs for the past fifty years. Every single one - except warfare - achieved the exact opposite of its announced goal.”

Years Looks Government Past Goal Program Opposites Fifty Warfare Government Programs

Author:Peter Drucker

“Mind and intuition are at opposite ends of the same continuum and our goal is to strike a healthy balance between the two.”

Mind Two Ends Goal Balance Healthy Opposites Intuition Strikes Continuum

Author:Shakti Gawain

“As soon as an opinion becomes common it is sufficient reason for men to abandon it and to uphold the opposite opinion until that in its turn grows old, and they require to distinguish themselves by other things. Thus if they attain their goal in some art or science, we must expect them soon to cast it aside to acquire some fresh fame, and this is partly the reason why the most splendid ages degenerate so quickly, and, scarcely emerged from barbarism, plunge into it again.”

Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims

“Raising your kids vegetarian is a great way to encourage them to do the opposite of what you want! But the goal is not to have them have the same values that I have. It's to have them act on their values.”

Way Want Kids Values Goal Opposites What You Want Vegetarian

Author:Jonathan Safran Foer

“It is ironic that those who seek to blend and destroy individual racial identities are the biggest enemies of diversity, while simultaneously claiming to support diversity. The end result of that form of diversity is the exact opposite of their stated goal: the destruction of individual identities and ultimately, the destruction of diversity.”

Ends Form Individual Goal Results Enemy Support Identity Diversity Destruction Opposites Ironic End Results Racial Identity

Author:Arthur Kemp

“Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?”

Humans Causes Goal Results Activity Opposites Realization True Nature Human Activity

Book:Hope Is a Decision: Selected Essays

Source: Hope Is a Decision: Selected Essays

“The opposite of success is not failure. Unsuccessful efforts are not failures unless they so discourage you that you abandon further efforts to achieve your goal. Even then, the venture or effort may be a failure but you are not. Failure is an event not a character trait.”

May Character Goal Effort Achieve Events Opposites Abandon Traits Venture Discouraging Unsuccessful Achieving Your Goals Character Trait

Author:Michael Josephson

“The object isn't to be perfect. The goal isn't to hold back until you've created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all.”

Believe I Believe Goal Perfect Imagine Failing Objects Waste Opposites Bigger Reproach Birthright

Author:Seth Godin

“I had always been an overachiever, so I felt I could just "wing it," reasoning that if I don't set clear, written goals I wouldn't have to account for anything if I failed. Now I'm the opposite! I am always setting goals, and I get very specific about where I'm going and take the time to learn the steps needed to take to get there.”

Ifs Felt Goal Steps Clear Written Needed Opposites Accounts Wings Setting Settings Reasoning Setting Goals Overachiever Written Goals

Author:Edwina Findley

“He (the devil) always sends errors into the world in pairs--pairs of opposites...He relies on your extra dislike of one to draw you gradually into the opposite one. But do not let us be fooled. We have to keep our eyes on the goal and go straight through between both errors. We have no other concern than that with either of them.”

World Eye Goal Religious Couple Draws Devil Concern Opposites Errors Novelists Satan Rely Extras Pairs Dislike Scholar Fooled

Author:C. S. Lewis

“Take faith, for example. For many people in our world, the opposite of faith is doubt. The goal, then, within this understanding, is to eliminate doubt. But faith and doubt aren't opposites. Doubt is often a sign that your faith has a pulse, that it's alive and well and exploring and searching. Faith and doubt aren't opposites, they are, it turns out, excellent dance partners.”

People World Wells Turns Understanding Goal Doubt Alive Example Opposites Partners Excellent Our World Exploring Pulse Faith And Doubt Dance Partner

Author:Rob Bell

“Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.”

Men Mother Literature Wish Goal Opposites Fortune Perseverance Idleness Good Fortune Diligence Mother And Son Well Wishes Best Wishes

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“I decided on a vision. I think I maybe join Toyota at the midpoint of a project, whose long-term goal is winning world championships. Also I have my big ambition, the drivers' world championship. That is not abandoned - entirely the opposite. I am young enough and motivated enough to make a new start in order to reach this goal.”

“Failure is not the opposite to success, it's a stepping stone to success. If our primary goal is to be approved of, then we are not going to take risks, we are not going to speak out, we are going to try to blend in.”

Ifs Trying Speak Goal Risk Stones Opposites Primaries Approved Speaks Out Stepping Stones

Author:Arianna Huffington

“A note of caution: We can never achieve goals that envy sets for us. Looking at your friends and wishing you had what they had is a waste of precious energy. Because we are all unique, what makes another happy may do the opposite for you. That's why advice is nice but often disappointing when heeded.”