“Continual improvement involves an appreciation that there is always a better way to do things irrespective of how much you have achieved or how comfortable you might be with where you currently are in life. As a young international rugby player I learnt a valuable lesson about sacrifice. The bottom line was the phrase 'long after the price is forgotten the quality remains'. Undertaking JOLT Challenge involves sacrifice but it is well worth it as you explore creative and innovative ways of challenging yourself for constant improvement in many areas of life.” WayWellsLongMightYoungChallengesLinesQualityCreativePlayerSacrificeLessonsComfortableAreasRemainsConstantBottomForgottenInternationalAppreciationValuableImprovementPhrasesWorth ItInnovativeBottom LineBetter WaysRugbyUndertakingsChallenge YourselfValuable LessonsConstant ImprovementContinual Improvement Author:Nick Farr-Jones
“We hear a constant clamor for rights, rights, always rights, but so very little about responsibility. And we have forgotten God. The need now is for selflessness, for a spirit of sacrifice, for a willingness to put aside personal gains for the salvation of the whole Western world.” WorldNeedsLittlesWholeWisdomSpiritPoliticsResponsibilityEconomyRightsSacrificeGainsSalvationConstantWesternForgottenLiberalismWillingnessSelflessnessWestern WorldClamorPersonal Gain Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“Thanksgiving speaks in clear, crisp tones of forgotten terms, like integrity - bravery - respect - freedom - discipline - sacrifice - godliness.” SpeakTermClearSacrificeDisciplineIntegrityBraveryForgottenToneGodlinessCrisps Book:Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life Source: Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life
“[The Book of the Law]was lost for so many years. And then Josiah decided to celebrate Passover. The text says that "The Passover sacrifice had not been offered in that way ... during the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah" [2 Kings 23:22]. What do you mean? Not in the days of David and Solomon? Never before? And what of the days of the prophets? What happened? That's what I'm anguishing over. If the Book of the Law could be forgotten for so many years, who knows what was done to it during those years? Maybe it was lost later, too.” IfsKnowsWayYearsMeanBookDoneLawLostHappenedSacrificeKingsDecidedForgottenIsraelCelebrateProphetSolomonJudah Author:Elie Wiesel
“Ah cher ami, how poor in invention men are! They are They always think one commits suicide for a reason. But it's quite possible to commit suicide for two reasons. No, that never occurs to them. So what's the good of dying intentionally, of sacrificing yourself to the idea you want people to have of you? Once you are dead, they will take advantage of it to attribute idiotic or vulgar motives to your action. Martyrs, cher ami, must choose between being forgotten, mocked, or made use of. As for being understood--never!” PeopleThinkingMenWantMadeTwoIdeasReasonUseActionPoorSacrificeDyingUnderstoodAdvantageSuicideForgottenInventionCommitMotiveAttributesVulgarMartyrIdioticSacrificing Yourself Author:Albert Camus
“I've already had to wait so long." "How long?" Luce asked. "Not so long that I've forgotten that you're worth everything. Every sacrifice. Every pain.” LongPainWaitingSacrificeForgotten Book:The Fallen Sequence: An Omnibus Edition Source: The Fallen Sequence: An Omnibus Edition
“The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things which matter for a nation - the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honor, Duty, Patriotism, and clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.” MatterHandsHeavenNationsWhiteFateSacrificeDutyHonorFingersForgottenEverlastingPointingElevationPinnacleRuggedAmerican PatrioticAmerican PatriotArmed Forces DayGreat Sacrifice Author:David Lloyd George