“A hundred years ago, when Richard Strauss, who has already been quoted and already been heard today, and other creative people, laid the foundation stone for the joint assertion of their rights and interests, they had pioneering work ahead of them in Germany.” PeopleYearsTodayInterestCreativeRightsHeardHundredYears AgoStonesFoundationGermanyJointsAssertionCreative PeoplePioneering Author:Johannes Rau
“He who today utters a bold truth that seems to shock some old institution with the premonition of destruction, and that scares men from their propriety, will a hundred years hence be regarded as a remarkably conservative man. And yet the people who stand peculiarly upon what they call the foundations of conservatism, and hold to hard, practical facts, now stand upon that which one hundred years ago was rank heresy.” PeopleMenYearsHardFactsSeemsTodayHundredYears AgoDestructionInstitutionsFoundationConservativePracticalsShockScareConservatismHeresyProprietyPremonition Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“I hold to faith in the divine love - which, so many years ago for a brief moment in a little corner of the earth, walked about as a man bearing the name of Jesus Christ - as the foundation on which alone my happiness rests.” MenYearsLittlesMomentsEarthJesusNamesChristDivineJesus ChristYears AgoFoundationCornersDivine LoveBrief Moments Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“We have laid the foundation for a better life. Things that were unimaginable a few years ago have become everyday reality. I belong to the generation of leaders for whom the achievement of democracy was the defining challenge.” YearsRealityChallengesLeaderDemocracyGenerationsAchievementYears AgoFoundationEverydayBetter LifeDefiningUnimaginable Author:Nelson Mandela
“Many years ago, I started a foundation [Wayuu Taya Foundation] to help improve the life of Latin American indigenous people, providing them with food, medical attention, education, and also focusing on sustainability.” PeopleYearsHelpingAttentionYears AgoFoundationMedicalLatinSustainabilityProvidingIndigenousLatin AmericaIndigenous PeopleLatin American Author:Patricia Velasquez
“I started Eastwood Ranch Foundation a few years ago after I developed, co-starred, and produced a show for Nat Geo Wild called Animal Intervention. I always loved animals but when I got to travel the U.S. and see what was really going on in our country, I decided to take action and be a real advocate for them.” YearsRealCountryShowsActionAnimalYears AgoDecidedFoundationOur CountryIntervention Author:Alison Eastwood
“The Six-Day War laid a foundation of deep hatred toward Israel 50 years ago. I said this at a very early moment back then, when people were chanting about liberating ancestral land. I was quick to say that regardless of the future of these territories, liberated they are not, because the term liberation only applies to human beings and not to land, not to real estate.” PeopleYearsHumansSaidWarRealMomentsTermHuman BeingsLandSixYears AgoHatredFoundationIsraelLiberationTerritoryEstatesLiberatingLiberatedChanting Author:Amos Oz
“Some years ago I was struck by the large number of falsehoods that I had accepted as true in my childhood, and by the highly doubtful nature of the whole edifice that I had subsequently based on them. I realized that it was necessary, once in the course of my life, to demolish everything completely and start again right from the foundations if I wanted to establish anything at all in the sciences that was stable and likely to last.” IfsYearsWholeWantedLastsCoursesNumbersChildhoodYears AgoFoundationAcceptedI RealizedStableFalsehoodLarge NumbersDoubtfulEdificeDemolish Author:Rene Descartes
“No building is better than its structural foundation, and no man (woman) is better than his (her) mental foundation. When I prepared my original Success Pyramid years ago, I put industriousness and enthusiasm as the two cornerstones with LOYALTY right in the middle of the pyramid - Loyalty to yourself and to all those dependent upon you.” MenYearsTwoMiddleBuildingYears AgoOriginalsFoundationPreparedAthleteLoyaltyEnthusiasmDependentMen WomenPyramidsCornerstones Author:John Wooden
“In business, you're trying to make a buck. God was good to me and blessed me. I made some money and started this foundation years ago, and it has grown in size. With the foundation it's a lot different, because the bottom line isn't how you can make more money or get a better return, it's helping the projects that you feel strongly about move forward.” FeelsTryingYearsMadeDifferentHelpingMovingLinesMoneyBusinessReturnProjectsYears AgoBlessedFoundationBottomSizeMoving ForwardMore MoneyPhilanthropyBottom LineBucks Author:Lee Iacocca