Values

Charlton Heston Quote – NRA

“…tragedy has been, and will always be with us. Somewhere right now, evil people are planning evil things. All of us will do everything meaningful; everything we can do to prevent it, but each horrible act can't become an ax ...

Parker J. Palmer Quote – Stand In The Gap For The Long Haul

"No one who has stood for high values — love, truth, justice — has died being able to declare victory, once and for all. If we embrace values like those, we need to find ways to stand in the gap ...

Judged On The Basis Of Its Weakest Members

"Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members." ...
Antarctica Journal Quotes

Quote – Gratitude… The Greatest of Virtues

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, it is the parent of all the others” - Cicero ...

Gladwell Quote – Satisfying Work

"These three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying."  - Gladwell ...

General Robert H. Jackson Quote – Bribed By Their Loyalties

"Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money."                         - General Robert H. Jackson ...

Howard Thurman Quote – Come Alive

"Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." - Howard Thurman ...

W. Somerset Maugham Quote – Principles

“You can’t learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.” - W. Somerset Maugham ...

William Stafford Quote – A Better Gift For The World

"Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now?" - William Stafford ...

Character Evaluation

"People always say that a person reflects their true character when no one is around. I have found in life that this is not true. Yes, people act like they truly would when they are alone; but how they act ...