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The ultimate resource in economic development is people. It is people, not capital or raw materials that develop an economy.
Balance Sheets are meaningless. Our accounting systems are still based on the assumption that 80% of costs are manual labor.
Entrepreneurs believe that profit is what matters most in a new enterprise. But profit is secondary. Cash flow matters most.
The environment does not determine man's culture; it merely sets the outer limits and at the same time offers opportunities.
I'm a children's book writer, and my wife is a musician. We've raised a family on income from songs, performances and books.
The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things...Things must happen when it is time for them to happen.
They know these mornings well and love them desperately because they cannot last - these people who know that nothing lasts.
Global new money has houses everywhere, and serious helicopters, it doesn't aspire to the Miss Marple life of St. Mary Mead.
Pilgrimage is a powerful metaphor for any journey with the purpose of finding something that matters deeply to the traveler.
Grace is the most perplexing, powerful force in the universe, and, I believe, the only hope for our twisted, violent planet.
The Gospels and the rest of the New Testament reflect the life of Jesus, what it means for us & what it means for the world.
Ethical dilemmas have a way of sneaking up on a person. If something smells funny, stay away from it. Or help get rid of it.
Only bad books have good endings. If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to end.
Truth is only stranger than fiction if you're a stranger to the truth. Which means you're either a liar or you're fictional.
Sin is not simply making bad choices or mistakes. Sin is having the desire in our hearts to do the will of the enemy of God.
God did not die. The God who took on Himself a human nature died in His humanity, but the deity did not perish on the cross.
Something ... made him feel small, not in the way of orphans or beggars or children, but in a good way. In the way of souls.
The human soul is on its journey from the law to love, from discipline to liberation, from the moral plane to the spiritual.
I don't have to forgive you, Cath said. It's not like that with you. You're just in with me. Always. No matter what happens.
What if Park realized that all the things he thought were so mysterious and intriguing about her were actually just … bleak?
As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people dont talk about race amongst themselves!
If we stop to apologize and forgive each other every time we step on each other’s toes, we’ll never have time to be friends.
These 3 topics will always generate 100+ comments of irrational/ridiculous people: Taxes, tipping, and spending on weddings.
Unless I understand the Cross, I cannot understand why my commitment to what is right must be precedence over what I prefer.
You see misery, you see misfortune, you see pain, you see suffering. It's all part of the fatalistic way of looking at life.
My master's degree was in journalism, but everything important I ever learned about being a journalist I learned on the job.
Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats.
I cannot think that espionage can be recommended as a technique for building an impressive civilization. It's a lout's game.
There is, of course, no reason for the existence of the male sex except that one sometimes needs help with moving the piano.
I think that the consumer is generally unaware of certain material facts, particularly the tax risk and compensation issues.
In our bones we need the natural curves of hills, the scent of chaparral, the whisper of pines, the possibility of wildness.
The faith that education would destroy intolerance is false. It may be partly true, but people find that intolerance is fun.
Melbourne, I always knew you'd need to learn about this kind of thing. I 'd just kind of hoped you'd learn it on a real guy.
i held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants.
As a traveler, I've often found that the more a culture differs from my own, the more I am struck by its essential humanity.
I wasn't the only orphan in Guatemala. There are many others, and it's not my grief alone, it's the grief of a whole people.
When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble goal.
The vegan lifestyle is a compassionate way to live that supports life, supports fairness and equality, and promotes freedom.
If you procrastinate when faced with a big difficult problem... break the problem into parts, and handle one part at a time.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together.
But since everything and anything are always possible, the miraculous is always nearby, and wonders shall never, ever cease.
And sure, I know if you eat this way you'll die. So? If you don't eat this way you're still going to die. Why not die happy?
A Warder once told me Trollocs call the Aiel Waste 'the Dying Ground.' I mean to make them give that name to the Two Rivers.
Well, let me tell you, gentlemen, the games of the devil are not restricted to those confined to hell. Others can play them.
How protean are the devices available to human intelligence when it lends itself to the persistence of the conformist error.
In the 1940s, the petroleum business was an American game, and it was enormously to our advantage that the world ran on oil.
It's the bringing together of knowledge and wisdom that is a great part - perhaps the greatest part - of our life's journey.
A partner can encourage you, maybe even stop you from falling, but they can't get you to the top. That's entirely up to you.
The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said.
I get up and pace the room, as if I can leave my guilt behind me. But it tracks me as I walk, an ugly shadow made by myself.