"Nothing is more deadly to achievement than the belief that effort will not be rewarded, that the world is a bleak and discriminatory place in which only the predatory and the specially preferred can get ahead."

-- George Gilder

#Achievement Quotes #Effort Quotes #World Quotes

“I can’t believe I was almost too chicken to play Captain America.”

Source : "Chris Evans in Costume as Captain America!" by Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. October 28, 2010.
“How unhappy are you that your dishwasher has replaced washing dishes by hand, your washing machine has displaced washing clothes by hand or your vacuum cleaner has replaced hand cleaning? My guess is this â€˜job displacementâ€™ has been very welcome, as will the â€˜job displacementâ€™ that will occur over the next 10 years. This is a good thing. Everyone wants more jobs and less work.”
“The debt settlement company will direct you to stop paying your creditor and instead send the money directly to them each month. The company's goal is to demonstrate to your creditor that you don't have the money to pay up - that's your leverage. After a few months, the company will typically go to the creditor and say, "I'm holding X dollars on behalf of your customer. He doesn't have the money to pay you, so you should take this amount as a settlement or you'll end up with nothing." If the creditor wants to get paid badly enough, it will take the money.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“I've had an addiction for a long time to the whole business of maximizing one's potential, what I call human activation. The vehicle for actualizing oneself is choice, options, seeking out the proper choices.”

Source : Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 30, 2012.
“I avoid grandiose plans. I start with a small piece that I can do. I go to the root of the problem and then work around it. It's building brick by brick.”
“Culture means control over nature.”
“My entire career is a succession of things I did wrong and learned from.”
“The failure to return thanks for definite blessings received is a manifestation of ingratitude that grieves Jesus Christ.”

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