I want the seals of power and place, the ensigns of command, charged by the people's unbought grace, to rule my native… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
We see nothing but good and hope in a richer, freer, more contented European commonalty. But we have our own dreams and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
If we change the way the electricity sector operates, we can bring down our levels of carbon pollution, and continue the crucial… — Julia Gillard Copy Share Image
Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who… — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, otherwise… — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
One must see in every human being only that which is worthy of praise. When this is done, one can be a… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
The US wished things to turn out as they did, and worked to bring this about. The department of state desired that… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
Executives will talk about the importance of passion, but what they really mean is finding somebody who will work nights and weekends… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Few policies are more calculated to destroy the existing basis of a free society than the debauching of its currency. And few… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
The difficult and risky task of meeting and mastering the new . . . is not undertaken by the vanguard of society… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Sing to me," she said. "That would be valiant, to raise your voice in this dark, lonely place, and it will be… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
The demands of leadership have changed. The highest levels if leadership require mastery of a new task: job creation. Traditional leadership through… — Jim Clifton Copy Share Image
People always think of technology as something having silicon in it. But a pencil is technology. Any language is technology. Technology is… — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
My sport has transformed my body to be powerful for a specific task over years of training and competition. The more tuned… — Lauren Fleshman Copy Share Image
The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one’s self. Adults work to finish a task, but the… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
In an age of unscrupulous and shameless book-making, it is a duty to give notice of the rubbish that cumbers the ground.… — Richard Holt Hutton Copy Share Image
The nation-state is becoming less and less competent to perform its international political tasks... These are some of the reasons pressing us… — Nelson Rockefeller Copy Share Image
When we multi-task, we are motivated by a desire to be more productive and more efficient. We're often doing things that are… — Linda Stone Copy Share Image
“We learn to dwell with God by learning the practices of hospitality, listening, forgiveness, and reconciliation—the daily tasks of life with other… — Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Copy Share Image
Competence means keeping your head in a crisis, sticking with a task even when it seems hopeless, and improvising good solutions to… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
We've become more and more interrupt-driven. If you have six tasks to do in an hour, you can't just take 60 minutes… — Paul Saffo Copy Share Image
As soon as chemists have a definite conception of the internal structure of the molecule of an organic compound, they are able… — Otto Wallach Copy Share Image
Marx, however imperfectly he worked out the details, set himself the task of discovering the law of motion of capitalism, and if… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
Lay down the axe; fling by the spade; Leave in its track the toiling plough; The rifle and the bayonet-blade For arms… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
We should see schools as safe arenas for experimenting with life, for discovering our talents... for taking responsibity for tasks and others… — Charles Handy Copy Share Image
Most people are subjective toward themselves and objective toward all others, frightfully objective sometimes--but the task is precisely to be objective toward… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I live for those who love me, Whose hearts are kind and true; For the Heaven that smiles above me, And awaits… — George Linnaeus Banks Copy Share Image
My focus is on the reader and that the poet's job is not to inspire himself or herself. The poet's job is… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
A small win is a concrete, complete, implemented outcome of moderate importance. By itself, one small win may seem unimportant. A series… — Karl E. Weick Copy Share Image
Bringing 17 crore people to the doors of the bank is a huge task and I commend all the bank officials for… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
I fear that much of the Christianity that surrounds us assumes our task is to save appearances by protecting God from Job-like… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Once you succeed in writing the programs for [these] complicated algorithms, they usually run extremely fast. The computer doesn't need to understand… — Robert Tarjan Copy Share Image
Our task, then always, is to challenge the apparent forms of reality-that is, the fixed manner and values of the few, and… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Pray for our military men and women who are, striving to do what is right also for this country, that our leaders,… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
Love is higher than opinion. If people love one another the most varied opinions can be reconciled - thus one of the… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
If humans are not required to earn a living to be provided survival needs, many are going to want very much to… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
I am asserting that those who love the wilderness should not be wholly deprived of it, that while the reduction of the… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
“J'ai un but, une tâche, disons le mot, une passion. Le métier d'écrire en est une violente et presque indestructible." ("I have… — George Sand Copy Share Image
Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image