“Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one person to another, about all our choices gathered together as a country to reach across all our divides.” PersonsCountryTogetherChoicesSimpleSacrificeAccomplishmentReachingDividesReach OutOur ChoicesVolunteerismSacrifice For Others Author:George H. W. Bush
“The capacity for the accomplishment of religious virtuosos the "intellectual sacrifice" is the decisive characteristic of the positively religious man. That this is so is shown by the fact that in spite of (or rather in consequence) of theology (which unveils it) the tension between the value-spheres of "science" and the sphere of "the holy" is unbridgeable.” MenFactsValuesReligiousSacrificeHolyIntellectualConsequenceCapacityTheologyAccomplishmentTensionCharacteristicsSpiteSpheresPositively Book:From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology Source: From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
“Do you wish to become rich? You may become rich, that is, if you desire it in no half way, but thoroughly. A miser sacrifices all to his single passion; hoards farthings and dies possessed of wealth. Do you wish to master any science or accomplishment? Give yourself to it and it lies beneath your feet. Time and pains will do anything. This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world is truer still of the world to come.” IfsMenWorldWayGivingMayStillsPainLyingDesireDiesPassionGivenWishWealthHalfRichSacrificeFeetThis WorldHe ManMastersAccomplishmentPrizePossessedEarnestMisersEarnestnessHalf WayBecome Rich Book:Sermons Preached at Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton
“The entrepreneurial life is one of challenge, work, dedication, perseverance, exhilaration, agony, accomplishment, failure, sacrifice, control, powerlessness…but ultimately, extraordinary satisfaction.” Life IsChallengesSacrificeExtraordinaryPerseveranceSatisfactionAccomplishmentDedicationAgonyEntrepreneurialPowerlessnessExhilarationWork Dedication Author:David S. Rose
“Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.” HardActionSuccessPaySacrificeWillingHard WorkAchievementDeterminationPerseveranceAccomplishmentEnduranceWorthwhileTagPay The PricePrice Tag Book:Success: One Day at a Time Source: Success: One Day at a Time
“Today, the biggest challenge we must meet is the one we present to ourselves. To not become a nation that places entitlement ahead of accomplishment. To not become a country that places comfortable lies ahead of difficult truths. To not become a people that thinks so little of ourselves that we demand no sacrifice from each other.” PeopleThinkingLittlesCountryTodayLyingNationsDifficultChallengesSacrificeDemandComfortableAccomplishmentEntitlementEntitlement Programs Author:Chris Christie