“A lost sheep is, for all practical purposes a dead sheep. It is the admission that we are dead in our sins---that we have no power of ourselves either to save ourselves or to convince anyone else that we are worth saving. It is the recognition that our whole life is out of our hands and that if we ever live again, our life will be entirely the gift of some gracious shepherd. God finds us the desert of death (not in the garden of improvement) and in the power of Jesus' resurrection, he puts us on his shoulders rejoicing and brings us home.” IfsWholeHomeHandsLife IsPurposeJesusLostSinOur LivesGardenWhole LifeImprovementPracticalsShouldersSavingRecognitionDesertConvinceRejoiceResurrectionSheepGraciousShepherdsAdmissionJesus Resurrection Author:Robert Farrar Capon
“Beneficent spirals, operating by benign feedback, mean that everything needful is not required at once: each individual improvement is beneficial for the whole” MeanWholeIndividualImprovementFeedbackBeneficialSpiralsBenign Book:Dark Age Ahead Source: Dark Age Ahead
“The correct relationship between the higher and lower classes, the appropriate mutual interaction between the two is, as such, the true underlying support on which the improvement of the human species rests. The higher classes constitute the mind of the single large whole of humanity; the lower classes constitute its limbs; the former are the thinking and designing [ Entwerfende ] part, the latter the executive part.” ThinkingMindHumansTwoWholeHumanityClassSupportDesignHigherSpeciesImprovementFormerAppropriateLatterExecutivesMutualInteractionLimbsHuman SpeciesLower Class Author:Johann Gottlieb Fichte
“Coming here, I sharpened and fine-tuned everything I had and needed. What I thought of as myself as a performer, I looked back and was like, ‘Wow, I improved from where I was.’ I thought I was ready and then saw the improvements I made which were unbelievable. It makes the transition from down here to up there (the WWE roster) so much easier because you’re prepared for what they need you to do. It’s not like you’re jumping into a whole other world. You’re prepared for what they need.” WorldNeedsMadeWholeSawsReadyLike YouFineNeededEasierPreparedImprovementTransitionPerformersWowWweUnbelievableJumpingNeed YouOther WorldsRosters Author:Bo Dallas
“My philosophy and my belief was that there was a long way for us to go in improving what we had ever known before, that this country of ours was a country of constant improvement. And so I thought that, well, what my whole approach was based on the promise of a better America.” WayWellsLongCountryPhilosophyWholeAmericaBeliefKnownPromiseApproachConstantImprovementImprovingLong WayConstant Improvement Author:Ronald Reagan
“During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.” ImportantCountryStatesWholeFunnyMovingGrowthUnitedUnited StatesEconomicInternetCreatingEnvironmentalCongressEducationalProtectionImprovementMoving ForwardOur CountryRangeInitiativeProvenEconomic GrowthGoreEducational SystemEnvironmental Protection Author:Al Gore
“I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth, environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.” ImportantCountryWholeMovingGrowthEconomicEnvironmentalEducationalProtectionImprovementMoving ForwardOur CountryRangeInitiativeProvenEconomic GrowthKeep Moving ForwardGoreEducational SystemEnvironmental Protection Author:Al Gore