“I think the 20s are a vastly overrated decade. We promise kids that once they get out of school, life will begin and their dreams will come true. But then comes the struggle.” ThinkingDreamKidsSchoolStrugglePromiseDecadesOverratedSchool Life Author:Tyne Daly
“I figured if I could get really good people who were going to be able to have a big impact in the world over the next decade to come together once a year for ten years and actually sign a pledge to take action themselves, if we did that every year for ten years we could do a lot of good in the world. That's the difference between my meeting and any other. If you don't want to promise to do something, don't come to my meeting, stay home.” PeopleIfsWorldWantYearsHomeBigsAbleActionTogetherNextDifferencesPromiseTenImpactMeetingsDecadesIf I CouldGood PeopleGet RealPledgeGood In The WorldBig Impact Author:William J. Clinton
“Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don't need to imagine it. It's called the United States of America.” NeedsStatesAmericaMovingPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesImaginePromisePopulationDecadesRadicalUnited States Of AmericaPoorestPolitical SystemsBrackets Author:Thomas Sowell
“The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards.” PeopleYearsStoriesWaitingLordModernPromiseEternalPatienceRewardsSaintDecadesBelieverScriptureBiblicalAbraham Author:Charles Stanley
“Thirty--the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning brief-case of enthusiasm, thinning hair.” KnowsMenAgeTimeCasesLonelinessHairPromiseDecadesListsEnthusiasmThirtyFeeling LonelySingle Man30th BirthdayGreat Gatsby American Dream Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Over the last decade our country has lost an average of 300 farms a week. Large or small, each of those was the lifes work of a real person or family, people who built their lives around a promise and watched it break.” PeoplePersonsRealCountryLastsLostAnimalBreakWeekPromiseBuiltMiracleAverageDecadesOur CountryFarmsVegetablesReal Person Book:Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating Source: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating