“From education by the Church to education by Germanic value is a step of several generations.” ValuesChurchStepsGenerations Author:Alfred Rosenberg
“I have values. But morals are Christian. There's no religion here. Values. Don't hurt when you don't need to, but don't let anybody step over that line - it's an invisible line, but it's respect for somebody's space.” NeedsChristianValuesHurtLinesSpaceMoralStepsInvisible Author:John Lydon
“Although many of us probably didn't get a thorough education in the value of a positive attitude, we can teach ourselves. Simply by making a decision to look for the good, happy, and beautiful in all things and all people, you will have completed the first and most important step in learning to accentuate the positive.” PeopleThinkingFirstsLooksImportantBeautifulValuesDecisionAttitudeStepsTeachPositive ThinkingAll ThingsPositive AttitudeThoroughAccentuate Author:Sue Thoele
“Including the value of natural resources and our social capital in national accounting is a vital step to achieve economic growth that is equitable and sustainable.” ValuesSocialGrowthNaturalStepsEconomicAchieveResourcesIncludingEconomic GrowthAccountingNatural ResourcesEquitableSocial Capital Author:Achim Steiner
“Here, I think, lies our real dilemma. Probably we cannot, certainly we shall not, retrace our steps. We are tamed animals (some with kind, some with cruel, masters) and should probably starve if we got out of our cage. That is one horn of the dilemma. But in an increasingly planned society, how much of what I value can survive? That is the other horn.” IfsThinkingShouldKindRealLyingValuesAnimalStepsMastersCagesHornsDilemmaTamed Author:C. S. Lewis
“COMMITMENT is the first step to every good thing I know, and the only step that matters when it comes to achievement. It inspires and attracts people, shows them you have conviction and goals, that you are focused and determined. And the commitment that is based on values will endure. Any time you make choices based on solid life values, you are in a better position to sustain your level of commitment, because you don't have to continually re-evaluate its importance.” PeopleKnowsFirstsMatterShowsValuesChoicesGoalLevelsStepsPositionInspireAchievementCommitmentImportanceGood ThingsEndureVery GoodConvictionDeterminedFocusedFirst StepsEvaluate Author:John C. Maxwell
“Men don't like to step abruptly out of the security of familiar experience; they need a bridge to cross from their own experience to a new way. A revolutionary organizer must shake up the prevailing patterns of their lives - agitate, create disenchantment and discontent with the current values, to produce, if not a passion for change, at least a passive, affirmative, non-challenging climate.” IfsMenWayNeedsValuesPassionChallengesStepsSecurityProduceCrossesClimatePatternsCurrentsFamiliarBridgesRevolutionaryShakesPassiveNew WaysDiscontentPrevailingAffirmativeOrganizerRules For RadicalsAgitateDisenchantment Author:Saul Alinsky
“Women have traditionally been either put on pedestals or damned as the source of all sexual temptation and sin. These are two sides of the same coin, since both place women in a nonhuman role. Playboy has opposed these warped sexual values and, in so doing, helped women step down from their pedestals and enjoy their natural sexuality as much as men.” MenTwoValuesEnjoyWomenSidesNaturalSinStepsRolesSourceSexualityTemptationCoinsMen WomenTwo SidesPedestalPlayboy Author:Hugh Hefner
“SDN is a major shift in the networking industry. At Juniper, we think the impact of SDN will be much broader than others have suggested. It will redefine networking and create new winners and losers. We're embracing SDN with clearly defined principles, a four-step roadmap to help customers adopt SDN within their business, and the networking industry's first comprehensive software-centric business model. We're incredibly excited about the value that SDN will deliver to our customers and are committed to leading the industry through this transition.” ThinkingFirstsHelpingValuesStepsPrinciplesFourIndustryMajorsModelsImpactCommittedExcitedCustomersDefinedWinnerLoserTransitionSoftwareNetworkingComprehensiveBusiness ModelsWinner And Loser Author:Bob Muglia
“As to the value of conversions, God alone can judge. God alone can know how wide are the steps which the soul has to take before it can approach to a community with Him, to the dwelling of the perfect, or to the intercourse and friendship of higher natures.” KnowsSoulValuesCommunityPerfectStepsKnow HowJudgingHigherApproachWideConversionDwellingIntercourse Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The separation of church and state can sometimes be frustrating for women and men of deep religious faith. They may be tempted to misuse government in order to impose a value which they cannot persuade others to accept. But once we succumb to that temptation, we step onto a slippery slope where everyone's freedom is at risk.” MenMaySometimesStatesGovernmentValuesOrderChurchReligiousAcceptingStepsRiskMen And WomenSeparationTemptationTemptedFrustratingReligious FaithChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateSlipperyMisuseSlopesSlippery Slope Author:Edward Kennedy
“Well, I don't like the UK. I haven't ever been a fan of the pound (sterling), and even though they are taking some steps in the right direction - more so than the US - in addressing some of their problems, I still think they're doing it much too slowly. So, I think that the pound will continue to lose value relative to some of these other currencies. I ultimately expect the pound to rise against the dollar, but that's not the best way to take advantage of dollar weakness.” ThinkingWayWellsStillsProblemValuesLosesStepsFansHavensWeaknessAdvantageDollarsBest WayPoundsRelativeCurrencyRight DirectionSterlingSteps In The Right DirectionRise Against Author:Peter Schiff
“If P=NP, then the world would be a profoundly different place than we usually assume it to be. There would be no special value in “creative leaps,” no fundamental gap between solving a problem and recognizing the solution once it's found. Everyone who could appreciate a symphony would be Mozart; everyone who could follow a step-by-step argument would be Gauss; everyone who could recognize a good investment strategy would be Warren Buffett.” IfsWorldDifferentProblemWould BeValuesFoundStepsCreativeSpecialSolutionsArgumentAppreciateFundamentalsStrategyAssumingInvestmentGapsLeapRecognizingSymphonyDifferent PlaceBuffettWarren Buffet Author:Scott Aaronson
“Surely, 'tis one step towards acting well, to think worthily of our nature; and as in common life, the way to make a man honest, is, to suppose him soso here, to set some value upon ourselves, enables us to support the characterof generosity and virtue.” ThinkingMenWayWellsCharacterValuesCommonActingStepsSupportVirtueHonestGoodnessCharityGenerosityCommon Life Author:Laurence Sterne
“Either we, as a society, decide that copyright is the greater value to society, and take active steps to give up private communications as a concept. Either that, or we decide that the ability to communicate in private, without constant monitoring by authorities, has the greater value - in which case copyright will have to give way.” WayGivingValuesAbilityStepsCasesGreaterCommunicationGiving UpAuthorityConceptsConstantCommunicateActiveCopyrightMonitoringAbility To Communicate Author:Rick Falkvinge
“Everyone asks about gold. This is the irony: just as Jim Grant tells us (correctly) that we all have faith-based paper currencies backed by nothing, it is equally fair to say that gold is a faith-based metal. It pays no dividend, cannot be eaten, and is mostly used for nothing more useful than jewelry. I would say that anything of which 75% sits idly and expensively in bank vaults is, as a measure of value, only one step up from the Polynesian islands that attached value to certain well-known large rocks that were traded.” WellsUsedCertainValuesAsksPayKnownStepsRocksPaperFairsGoldIronyIslandsGrantsHave FaithMetalsCurrencyWell KnownJewelryStep UpDividendsVaultsFaith BasedPolynesians Author:Jeremy Grantham
“We are risk averse by nature - but the only way you can reach your full potential is by taking chances. Understand that you are capable of far more than you've achieved, believe that you have something of value to share with the world, and take care to step outside of your comfort zone and into your greatness. Your courage will inspire others to do the same.” WorldWayBelieveCareValuesChanceStepsRiskShareGreatnessInspireComfortCapableTake CareZonePotentialComfort ZoneEncouragingTake A ChanceFull PotentialInspire Others Author:Les Brown
“Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean a giving up of familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, relationships that have lost their meaning. As Dostoevsky put it, "Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most." The real fear should be of the opposite course.” PeopleGivingShouldMayMeanRealValuesCoursesLostGrowthStepsSecuritySafeDemandGiving UpOppositesPatternsSurrenderFamiliarTemporaryNew Words Author:Gail Sheehy
“Some people, in working towards a goal, find themselves seized by inertia when it comes time for action. If this should happen to you, despite the small graduated steps, then it is time to re-examine your goal. Consider how important it actually is and then either discard the goal and replace it with more suitable one or continue the steps with a renewed sense of the value of achieving it.” PeopleIfsShouldImportantHappensActionValuesGoalStepsAchieveDespiteSuitableInertia Author:Fitzhugh Dodson
“The people of Iran have been battling against consecutive conflicts between tradition and modernity for over 100 years... some have tried and are trying to see the world through the eyes of their predecessors and to deal with the problems and difficulties of the existing world by virtue of the values of the ancients... many others...seek to go forth in step with world developments and not lag behind the caravan of civilization, development and progress.” PeopleWorldYearsHas BeensProblemEyeValuesDealsBehindsStepsVirtueProgressDevelopmentCivilizationConflictTraditionDifficultyIranModernityPredecessorsThrough The EyesLagCaravansConsecutive Author:Shirin Ebadi
“Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.” MenRealUseSpiritualSpiritValuesSpiritualityLostEmotionStepsPathNegativeWanderJungleSpiritual AwakeningSpiritual PathSpiritual AwarenessReal ValueNegative EmotionsSpiritual Values Author:Sai Baba