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  • It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.

    "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.
  • When 'I' replaced with 'We', even the illness becomes wellness.

  • Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for security, those who repress it for what they believe is the betterment of the whole society, but blessed in the twinkle of the morning star is the one who nurtures it and rides it in, in grace and love and wit, from peculiar station to peculiar station along life's bittersweet route.

    Love   Morning   Stars  
    "Jitterbug Perfume". Book by Tom Robbins, 2003.
  • It's more than just selling pizzas. It's being a good fit for the community. We hire based on the betterment of the community as much as anything.

  • A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up in Bilbo's heart: a glimpse of endless unmarked days without light or hope of betterment, hard stone, cold fish, sneaking and whispering. All these thoughts passed in a flash of a second. He trembled. And then quite suddenly in another flash, as if lifted by a new strength and resolve, he leaped.

    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.39, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • We are close to God when we are close to people. If we think of God as something in favor of the betterment of human beings, and if we act in a way that brings about that betterment-if we do not cling to riches, selfishness, or greed-then I believe we are getting closer to God.

    God   Believe   Thinking  
  • Sometimes, God uses difficult people, like sandpaper, to rub the rough edges off us.

  • If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. In other words, begin to act the part, as well as you can, of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually, the old, fearful person will fade away.

    Change   Attitude   Fear  
  • Do not stand in the way of the next step in human progress. No one living who reads the signs of the times but realizes that woman suffrage must come. We are working for the ballot as a matter of justice and as a step for human betterment.

  • One fact stands out in bold relief in the history of man's attempts for betterment. That is that when compulsion is used, only resentment is aroused, and the end is not gained. Only through moral suasion and appeal to man's reason can a movement succeed.

    Men   Excellence   Relief  
  • The foundation is an instrument forged by citizens who transfer profit from the commercial sector and put it directly to work as risk capital for the general betterment of the society.

  • The betterment of society is not a job to be left to a few. It's a responsibility to be shared by all.

  • Betterment of conditions the world over is not essentially dependent on scientific knowledge but on the fulfillment of human traditions and ideals.

  • Whatever I do, I always want to get better.

    "People know I was the last true champion" by Thomas Hauser, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2006.
  • Mine. The language of love is like that, possessive. That should be the first warning that it's not going to encourage anyone's betterment.

    Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.7, Simon and Schuster
  • If there's a single message passed down from each generation of American parents to their children, it is a two-word line: Better Yourself. And if there's a temple of self-betterment in each town, it is the local school. We have worshipped there for some time.

    Ellen Goodman (1983). “At Large”, Fawcett Books
  • When any system has for its goal the advancement of the system over the betterment of its individual members, such a system is embedded in slavery.

    Gerry Spence (1999). “Give Me Liberty: Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century”, p.108, Macmillan
  • Running is the classical road to self-consciousn ess, self-awareness and self-reliance. Independence is the outstanding characteristic of a runner. He learns the harsh reality of his physical and spiritual limitations when he runs. He learns that personal commitment, sacrifice and determination are his only means to betterment. Runners get promoted only through self-conquest.

  • When lack of funds prevents hospitals from functioning efficiently and fully, private philanthropy of all kinds must help. The difference it makes in terms of human betterment, represents the kind of happiness that money really can buy.

  • All the laws made for the betterment of workers' lives have their origin with the workers. Hours are shortened,wages go up, conditions are better----only if the workers protest

    Law   Wages   Hours  
  • If I had my life to live over again I would not devote it to develop new industrial processes: I would try to add my humble efforts to use Science to the betterment of the human race. I despair of the helter-skelter methods of our vaulted homo sapiens, misguided by his ignorance and his politicians. If we continue our ways, there is every possibility that the human race may follow the road of former living races of animals whose fossils proclaim that they were not fit to continue. Religion, laws and morals is not enough. We need more. Science can help us.

  • Men lose their birthrights for a mess of pottage only if they stop using the gifts given them by God for their betterment. By prayer. That is the first and greatest gift. Use the gift of prayer. Ask for strength of mind, and a clear vision. Then sense. Use your sense. … Think long and well. By prayer and good thought you will conquer all enemies.

    Prayer   Men   Thinking  
    Richard Llewellyn (2009). “How Green Was My Valley”, p.153, Simon and Schuster
  • Our institutions and conditions rest upon deep-seated ideas. To change those conditions and at the same time leave the underlying ideas and values intact means only a superficial transformation, one that cannot be permanent or bring real betterment. It is a change of form only, not of substance, as so tragically proven by Russia.

    Real   Mean   Russia  
    Emma Goldman (2003). “My Disillusionment in Russia”, p.259, Courier Corporation
  • Sacrifice today for tomorrows betterment, you are willing to pay those payments with pain, because pain is just a message when you are fixing something that’s insufficient in your life.

  • There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.

    Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes”, p.897, Simon and Schuster
  • The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate black poverty and dysfunction. We also need intervention to promulgate a middle-class ethic of success among the poor, while expanding opportunities for economic betterment.

  • A man deserves credit when he accomplishes something of importance. Something that provides for the betterment of his life and his family's life and, whenever possible, mankind.

    Men   Credit   Importance  
    Therese Anne Fowler (2013). “Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald”, p.34, Macmillan
  • Girls who stay true to themselves manage to find some way to respect the parts of themselves that are spiritual. They work for the betterment of the world. Girls who act from their false selves are often cynical about making the world a better place. They have given up hope. Only when they reconnect with the parts of themselves that are alive and true will they again have the energy to take on the culture and fight to save the planet.

  • Don't run from lessons; they are little packages of treasure that have been given to us. As we learn from them, our lives change for the better.

    FaceBook post by Louise Hay from Apr 07, 2014
  • When you take action on ideas and tactics you will begin to uncover great potential and begin to unleash it for the betterment of yourself, your organization and the world.

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