Missions Quotes - Page 7

In my time as Archbishop of Canterbury I've seen a growing sense of unity and mission.

The press heralded this as a major accomplishment. The rush from the press as soon as it was announced suggested a high level of coordination. Like lemmings in a staged dive off a cliff, 'historic' became the media's rallying cry. There is nothing historic about the deal. In fact, news reports from November 2012 noted that China expected, in 2012, that its carbon emissions would begin to decline after 2030 because of factory upgrades, efficiencies, etc.

President Obama flew to China a few days ago and announced a joint environmental pact with the communist regime. The United States will reduce its carbon emissions substantially over the next 11 years. China will do absolutely nothing but hope that its emissions decline after 2030.

Plan for the worst, expect the best.

Outstanding leaders have a sense of mission, a belief in themselves and the value of their work.

Having a clear mission and making sure you know that mission and making sure that mission comes through the company is probably the most important thing you can do for both culture and values.

The question is what I wanted to do with the new life God has given me. This is the mission I want to take on.

Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.

I am worried about climate change. In one respect, I may be more worried than other people. I am worried because I have very little confidence that we know what is causing it....One of my fears is that we could reduce carbon emissions by some drastic amount, only to discover that-oops-it turns out that climate change is being caused by something else.

Though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless.

You say you experience great difficulty in the mission. Alas! Monsieur, there is no lot in life where there is nothing to be endured.

The mission of the artist in an over-technologi zed society, is to call the old magic back to life.

Without a mission and a sense of whom you write for, you aren't worth reading.

If everything is mission, nothing is mission.

All the Freudian system is impregnated with the prejudice which it makes it its mission to fight -- the prejudice that everything sexual is vile.

I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.

When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both.

They must attack us in order to survive, just as we must destroy them to advance our historic mission.

Mission is 'the mother of theology'.

Our carbon emissions have to eventually go to zero. We have to. Otherwise we're never going to have a stable climate and that's what our goal is for human civilization to thrive, a stable climate. We don't want one that's hotter, we don't want one that's colder, we want one that's stable.

The goal of missions is the gladness of the peoples in the greatness of God.

We are on a mission for God.

There is nothing scarier than a mediocre man with a mission.

The church doesn’t have a mission; there is a mission, and it has the church.

We have 20 years [until 2026] to reduce carbon emissions or climate change will become irreversible.