Ice Quotes - Page 23

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there.

We have to choose between what is right, and what is easy.

It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. Eventually within the next quarter of a century, the nostalgia cycles will be so close together that people will not be able to take a step without being nostalgic for the one they just took. At that point, everything stops. Death by Nostalgia.

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

Make a choice of what you want, who you want to be and how you're going to do it. The universe will get out of your way.

The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.

Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.

You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.

Whenever society begins to create policies and laws rooted in fear and anger, there will be abuse and injustice.

Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. God's love for you and his choice of you constitute your worth. Accept that, and let it become the most important thing in your life.

The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross.

Nothing in life comes easy. Everything comes with a sacrifice

I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps, you lift heavy weight, as heavy as you can handle, and work your muscles against resistance until it grows strong. I had to do that with my religion.

A theory which is not refutable by any conceivable event is non-scientific. Irrefutability is not a virtue of a theory (as people often think) but a vice.

We can now destroy or we can cherish-the choice is ours.

Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.

For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.

Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.

Mindfulness is a pause - the space between stimulus and response: that's where choice lies.

You must have this charm to reach the pinnacle. It is made of everything and of nothing, the striving will, the look, the walk, the proportions of the body, the sound of the voice, the ease of the gestures. It is not at all necessary to be handsome or to be pretty; all that is needful is charm.

If you want an enemy, the soul (nafs) is sufficient. If you want advice, death is sufficient.

I don't think of design as a job. I think of it as - and I hate to use this term for it - more of a calling. If you're just doing it because it's a nice job and you want to go home and do something else, then don't do it, because nobody needs what you're going to make.

How one encounters reality is a choice.

Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead.

Playboy was founded on the notion that nice girls like sex too.