“The trials and pressures of life--and how we face them--often define us. Confronted by adversity, many people give up while others rise up. How do those who succeed do it? They persevere. They find the benefit to them personally that comes from any trial. And they recognize that the best thing about adversity is coming out on the other side of it. There is a sweetness to overcoming your troubles and finding something good in the process, however small it may be. Giving up when adversity threatens can make a person bitter. Persevering through adversity makes one better.” PeopleGivingMayPersonsFacesProcessSidesTroubleSucceedGiving UpBenefitsFindingsOvercomingPressureAdversityTrialsBitterBest ThingsComing OutSweetnessPersevere Author:John C. Maxwell
“The trouble with blaming powerless people is that although it's not nearly as scary as blaming the powerful, it does miss the point. Poor people do not shut down factories... Poor people didn't decide to use 'contract employees' because they cost less and don't get any benefits.” PeopleDoeUsePoorPowerfulTroubleMissingCostBenefitsBlameScaryEmployeeContractsFactoriesPowerlessPoor People Book:You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You Source: You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You
“Wages is a cunning device of the devil, for the benefit of tender consciences, who would retain all the advantages of the slave system, without the expense, trouble, and odium of being slave-holders.” WisdomPoliticsEconomyTroubleBenefitsDevilConscienceAdvantageSlaveLiberalismDevicesExpensesWagesCunning Book:Seeking the Truth: An Orestes Brownson Anthology Source: Seeking the Truth: An Orestes Brownson Anthology
“You must all know half a dozen people at least who are no use in this world, who are more trouble than they are worth. Just put them there and say Sir, or Madam, now will you be kind enough to justify your existence? If you can't justify your existence, if you're not pulling your weight in the social boat, if you're not producing as much as you consume or perhaps a little more, then, clearly, we cannot use the organizations of our society for the purpose of keeping you alive, because your life does not benefit us and it can't be of very much use to yourself.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldKindLittlesDoeEnoughUsePurposeSocialExistenceHalfAliveTroubleThis WorldBenefitsOrganizationWeightBoatOur SocietyJustifyBe KindDozenPulling Author:George Bernard Shaw