“How defeated and restless the child that is not doing something in which it sees a purpose, a meaning! It is by its self-directed activity that the child, as years pass, finds its work, the thing it wants to do and for which it finally is willing to deny itself pleasure, ease, even sleep and comfort.” WantYearsChildrenSelfPurposeWorkSleepPleasureWillingComfortActivityDenyEaseDefeatedRestless Author:Ida Tarbell
“What works for Sweden wouldn't work for France or Germany or Italy. In a small state, you can reach outside for many of your activities. In a homogeneous culture, they are willing to pay higher taxes in order to achieve commonly held goals. But "common goals" are much harder to come by in larger, more heterogeneous populations.” StatesOrderCultureGoalCommonPayAchieveWillingHigherActivityTaxesHarderPopulationFranceGermanyReach OutSwedenCommon GoalHomogeneous Author:Milton Friedman
“Our philosophy about activity and our attitude about hard work will affect the quality of our lives. What we decide about the rightful ratio of labor to rest will establish a certain work ethic. That work ethic - our attitude about the amount of labor we are willing to commit to future fortune - will determine how substantial or how meager that fortune turns out to be.” HardPhilosophyCertainTurnsAttitudeQualityOur LivesWillingHard WorkAmountActivityEthicsLaborFortuneDetermineCommitWork EthicRatios Author:Jim Rohn
“I think of choosing as a... both a fun and an effortful activity and I think of choice as something that in order for you to really get what you want out of it you have to put a lot into it and so I'm only willing to do that for a few different things and for the rest I really just try to either satisfy, come up with a simple rule or let somebody else make the choice.” ThinkingWantTryingDifferentOrderChoicesFunSimpleWillingActivityCome UpWhat You WantDifferent Things Author:Sheena Iyengar
“It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.” MindHumansEnoughBodyPoliticalPoliticsWillingActivityTasksCommitArenaHuman Activity Book:RFK: collected speeches Source: RFK: collected speeches
“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” InspirationalHas BeensEnoughMotivationalActionWorkInspiringEffortActingKnowledgeKnowingPositiveWillingActivityPainterChanging The WorldMaking A DifferenceDo You KnowInitiativeImpressedDo The BestInventorUrgencyExpress YourselfInsperationalTaking ActionDoing YouDid You KnowDoing Your BestDecisions MadeMotivational LeadershipJust Being YouInspirations Being YourselfMaking A Difference In The WorldMotivational ActionPolymathsNot ImpressedDreaming And DoingIdeas And ActionKnowing And Doing Author:Leonardo da Vinci