Do You Put A Mission Statement In Quotes & Sayings

Too much of the good life ends up being toxic, deforming us spiritually. — David Goetz

It's about making a choice to make your marriage a priority, to, kind of, put that at the top of the page, as your mission statement or something. — Liane Moriarty

With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

Many of the best films made about war have come out after the wars have ended. People need a period of time to reflect on them. — Irwin Winkler

A purpose statement is, in essence, a written-down reason for being. Jesus' mission helped him decide how to act, what to do, and even what to say when challenging situations arose. Clarity is power: Once you are clear about what you were put here to do then 'jobs' become only a means toward accomplishing your mission, not an end in themselves. — Laurie Beth Jones

The incompetent quickly throws himself into another impressive enterprise in order to escape his responsibility from previous disaster. — George Chapman

Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow. — W. H. Auden

An empowering mission statement has to become a living document, part of our very nature, so that the criteria we've put into it are also in us, in the way we live our lives day by day. — Stephen Covey

For me, I hope last year was the last when anger, frustration and despair ruled my professional psychology. — Margo Kingston

Beauty and perfection do not guarantee grace and fulfillment and are always sacrificed. Life itself seems a ritual of sacrifice, and the world the alter on which plants and animals lay down their own lives for the sustenance of others, and on which we lay our youth, our well-being, our loved ones, and finally our lives. I am an ignorant woman who has sacrificed all of these things but the last, and cannot say for whom or what I perform this unrelenting ritual. — Kate Horsley

When I set out to research the story of the Culper Spy Ring, I had no idea where it would take me. — Brian Kilmeade

So they actually put it into their mission statement, and they start changing things as a result. They may change how worship works. They may actively recruit folks and try and get them to come and help them to feel comfortable and get them involved in leadership, and there's a variety of ways. — Michael Emerson

The real people of genius were resolute workers not idle dreamers. — George Henry Lewes

You can only diffuse light in dark places. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A clear mission statement describes the values and priorities of an organization. Developing a mission statement compels strategists to think about the nature and scope of present operations and to assess the potential attractiveness of future markets and activities. A mission statement broadly charts the future direction of an organization. A mission statement is a constant reminder to its employees of why the organization exists and what the founders envisioned when they put their fame and fortune at risk to breathe life into their dreams. — Fred R. David

In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress. — Heinrich Heine

As a result, no institution can put all its energies into pursuing its mission; it must expend considerable effort on maintaining discipline and structure, simply to keep itself viable. Self-preservation of the institution becomes job number one, while its stated goal is relegated to number two or lower, no matter what the mission statement says. — Clay Shirky

For me, anything goes when I pick up a mike. I'm not trying to hurt people - I try not to get too personal but I look at myself as a reporter. If you can report on anything that has to do with pop culture, then why can't I make jokes about it? Yes, it hurts. But I figure that laughter sometimes starts from pain. You might wince, but then I know that I'm doing my job. The only thing I can do wrong is not be funny. — Chris Rock

The way I looked when I started modelling - I was a skinny schoolgirl, stuffing tissues into my little 32A bra. I wasn't trying to be that thin; I was perfectly healthy, but still - that look is a total impossibility for women over the age of 20. Fashion has a lot to answer for, doesn't it? — Twiggy

When you're in a fighter jet and there's a dark layer of clouds with just one blue hole with the sun going through it, you shoot for that hole. You go vertical into the light, and suddenly, instead of gray and dark, it's light and blue. You are totally connected with the elements. You are in another world. — Yves Rossy

Men still control the news, both on and off camera. — Jessica Savitch

Where you allow your attention to go ultimately says more about you as a human being than anything that you put in your mission statement. — Merlin Mann