Our struggle to put first things first can be characterized by the contrast between two powerful tools that direct us: the clock… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
They whose activity of imagination is often shifting the scenes of expectation, are frequently subject to such sallies of caprice as make… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I have never had illusions about the value of my individual contribution! I realized early that what a man or a woman… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
Here, I think, lies our real dilemma. Probably we cannot, certainly we shall not, retrace our steps. We are tamed animals (some… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
And we're also remembering the guiding light of our Judeo-Christian tradition. All of us here today are descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Mutual funds charge 2% per year and then brokers switch people between funds, costing another 3-4 percentage points. The poor guy in… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I know my comfort zone and I know what my strong points are and my first love was always music. I'm a… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
And now, advice for beginning mystics. Be sober, be intelligent, be educated, rely on the tangible reality as long as you can.… — Adam Zagajewski Copy Share Image
To exist in this vast universe for a speck of time is the great gift of life. Our tiny sliver of time… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
“All the authors I studied, all the historical figures, with the exception of George Washington Carver, and all those figures I looked… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
The hardest part of being a Christian is surrendering and that is where the real struggle happens. Once we have overcome our… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
Values cannot be speedily forgotten if it is inconvenient or commercially expedient. Values have to have meaning and longevity; otherwise they are… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Navalny is a blogger-turned-activist, but he finds stuff and he puts together these very, very clever, very high production value videos which… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
The reason I called the president Donald Trump a disrupter is that he came into office 70 years after World War II,… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
A crucial difference between lite libertarians and the right kind is that to the former, the idea of liberty is propositional -… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
“These five values are both unconventional and uncomfortable. But, to me, they are life-changing. The first, which we’ll look at in the… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Their [those with eating disorders'] task is to rescue themselves from a drive that is destroying them. Food embodies the false values… — Marion Woodman Copy Share Image
I've never felt like a trophy wife. I have been able to learn a lot in my role. The fact that you… — Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid to compete. It's just the opposite. Don't you see that? I'm afraid I will compete — that's what scares… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When the newly formed middle class in China begins to perceive its interests and discovers the value of the rule of law,… — Heinrich August Winkler Copy Share Image
Those in the community who defy authority and 'break the law' seem to enjoy the good life and have everything in the… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
Direct experience is inherently too limited to form an adequate foundation either for theory or for application. At the best it produces… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
Black History Month is dedicated to heroes that paved the way for Black people. It's a month that's very imperative because it… — Alana Beard Copy Share Image
There must be only three supreme values which govern a person's life: Reason, Purpose, and Self-esteem. Reason, as his only tool of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Courage to me means ploughing through that dull gray mist that comes down on life-not only overriding people and circumstances but overriding… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
But you listen to Coltrane and that's something human, something that's about elevation. It's like making love to a woman. It's about… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
If you hate the war, that’s fine. But you should still support the troops. They don’t get to pick where they’re deployed.… — Chris Kyle Copy Share Image
Making music videos, I try to bring musicians into the logistics of filmmaking, and I try to preserve whatever's of value and… — Adria Petty Copy Share Image
The nude gains its enduring value from the fact that it reconciles several contrary states. It takes the most sensual and immediately… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
The idea that each individual has intrinsic, God-given value and is of infinite worth quite apart from any social contribution - an… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
O you who sold yourself for the sake of something that will cause you suffering and pain, and which will also lose… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share Image
You can change your tomorrow if you do something today. Few people understand how the way you live today impacts your tomorrow.… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
It isn't easy for everyone in Germany to make ends meet through well-paid work in Germany. You have to have sufficient skills… — Sigmar Gabriel Copy Share Image
Dear God, please help me to love and value myself, and treat myself with loving care. Please help me to know that… — Doreen Virtue Copy Share Image
I wonder how long this word will last, governed exclusively by the merciless, inhuman and immoral criteria of global economy. Seeing the… — Tiziano Terzani Copy Share Image
The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
It seems to me the book has not just aesthetic values - the charming little clothy box of the thing, the smell… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Christianity is not just involved with "salvation", but with the total man in the total world. The Christian message begins with the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is absurd to say that our country can issue $30,000,000 in bonds and not $30,000,000 in currency. Both are promises to… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Art matters. It is not simply a leisure activity for the privileged or a hobby for the eccentric. It is a practical… — Michael Gungor Copy Share Image