“Let your first business be to perform your duties at home. But, inasmuch as you are wise stewards, you will find time for social duties. . . . By seeking to perform every duty you will find that your capacity will increase, and you will be astonished at what you can accomplish.” FirstsHomeSocialWiseDutyCapacityIncreaseSeekingAccomplishStewards Author:Eliza R. Snow
“Flyfishing does have its social aspects - on some of our crowded trout streams it can get too social - but esentially it's a solitary, contemplative sport. People are left alone with themselves in beautiful surroundings to try to accomplish something that seems to have genuine value.” PeopleTryingDoeSeemsBeautifulValuesLeftSocialSportsSeaAspectRiversFishesAccomplishGenuineBoatStreamsLakesFishingSolitarySurroundingsCrowdedLeft AloneContemplativeTrout Author:John Gierach
“Ghetto humor is the social twin of fantasy; together they sustain the powerless, who accomplish miracles through illusion.” HumorTogetherSocialFantasyIllusionMiracleAccomplishTwinsPowerlessGhetto Book:Norma Jean, the termite queen Source: Norma Jean, the termite queen
“In the United States, to an unprecedented degree, the individual's social role has come to be determined not by who he is but by what he can accomplish.” StatesIndividualSocialUnitedRolesUnited StatesDegreesAccomplishDeterminedUnprecedentedSocial Roles Author:John W. Gardner