Missions Quotes - Page 28

• When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall vividly how the spirit of missionary work came into my life. I was about thirteen years of age when my father received a call to go on a mission.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Father, Thinking, Years

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• The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised me as a martyr; the Church established by law transformed me into an unbeliever and an antagonist.

  Annie Besant

  Sacrifice, Law, Catholic

  Annie Besant (1893). “Annie Besant: An Autobiography”

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• I'm skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece.

  Jeff Bezos

  Skeptical, Centerpieces, Advertisers

  "Jeffrey Bezos, Washington Post’s next owner, aims for a new ‘golden era’ at the newspaper". Interview with Paul Farhi, www.washingtonpost.com. September 3, 2013.

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• No one ever said that fighting the war against terrorism and defending our homeland would be easy. So let's support our troops, law enforcement workers, and our mission to keep our nation and our children safe in the days and years to come.

  Judy Biggert

  Children, War, Fighting

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• I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn.

  Mel Brooks

  Torches

  "Q & A with Get Smart's Mel Brooks". Interview with Patrick Kevin Day, www.news.com.au. March 18, 2009.

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• I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

  George H. W. Bush

  Dream, Moving, Light

  1988 Republican National Convention Acceptance Address, delivered 18 August 1988, Superdome, New Orleans, LA

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• I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality.

  George H. W. Bush

  Thinking, Knowing, Fire

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• I want completing the single market to be our driving mission. I want us to be at the forefront of transformative trade deals with the US, Japan and India as part of the drive towards global free trade. And I want us to be pushing to exempt Europe's smallest entrepreneurial companies from more EU directives.

  David Cameron

  Japan, Europe, Want

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• I can assuredly say that it's my life's mission to love all people.

  Kirk Cameron

  People, I Can

  "Kirk Cameron Says He's Been 'Slandered' by Gay Critics". Email to ABCNews.com, latimesblogs.latimes.com. March 06, 2012.

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• Former vice president Al Gore has devoted his post-administration years to a mission to tell the world about global warming. It's funny, but in his civilian life Gore has discovered the voice that voters had trouble hearing when he ran for president in 2000. The voice he has found is clear, impassioned, and moving.

  Graydon Carter

  Moving, Voice, Years

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• As I have been saying for more than a year now, turning this vital mission over to the Iraqi people as soon as possible should remain a topic of debate for Congress while relying on our military commanders to set up the timetable.

  Howard Coble

  Military, Years, People

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• I am going to get political on you. Because I am the most shallow person in the world, my mission is to see men's formal wear change a little bit. It is too rigid! Everybody looks like a penguin!

  Steven Cojocaru

  Men, Shallow Person, Political

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• We see government's mission as fostering and enabling the important realms - our businesses, service clubs, Little Leagues, churches - to flourish.

  Mitch Daniels

  Government, League, Important

  Keynote Speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee, delivered 11 February 2011, Ronald Reagan Centennial Dinner, Washington, D.C.

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• As you may know, I'm the co-founder and co-chairman of an asteroid company called Planetary Resources that is backed by a group of eight billionaires to implement the bold mission of extracting resources from near-Earth asteroids.

  Peter Diamandis

  Eight, Earth, May

  "Asteroid Impacts Over Russia - Another Larger Rock Passing Very Close to Earth" by Peter Diamandis, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2013.

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• Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.

  Umberto Eco

  Love, Lying, Passion

  Umberto Eco (2014). “The Name of the Rose”, p.527, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I think that anytime you get clear about what your mission is or what your focus wants to be, things start to come together in your life.

  Eve Ensler

  Thinking, Focus, Together

  "Down the vagina trail". Interview with Pamela Grossman, www.salon.com. April 19, 2000.

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• The Mormon mission to Africa, as to other dark-skinned parts of the world, was for a long time hobbled by the racism of the movement's scripture.

  James Fenton

  Dark, Long, Racism

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• I’ve always been inspired by women, and my mission was to inspire women. I always wanted to become a certain kind of woman and I became that woman through fashion. It was a dialogue. I would see that the wrap dress made those women confident, and made them act with confidence.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Fashion, Inspire, Dresses

  "Diane von Furstenberg On Wrap Dresses And The Joys Of Aging Gracefully". Interview with Amanda Christine Miller, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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• One thing that was amazing about World War II was that everybody signed up for the duration plus six months. Fliers got to leave combat after 25 missions, or 35 missions, but other than that, you were in it. You were part of the great effort, until, oh boy, six months after it was over.

  Tom Hanks

  War, Boys, Effort

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• It has become my mission to stop the insanity of wild cats as pets.

  Tippi Hedren

  Cat, Insanity, Pet

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• My mission is to put France back on its feet. The priority is employment. Efforts have to be made, but those efforts must be made fairly.

  Francois Hollande

  Feet, Effort, Priorities

  "François Hollande calls a halt to marital hostilities on Bastille Day" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2012.

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• That is why, according to this newer psychology, Christianity has already fulfilled its biological mission, and it is impossible for the modern man to understand its original significance.

  Muhammad Iqbal

  Men, Psychology, Impossible

  Masudul Hasan, Sir Muhammad Iqbal (1978). “Stories and Biographies from Iqbal”

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• Our mission began with finding solutions for families, especially busy moms.

  Kathy Ireland

  Mom, Busy, Findings

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• The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing.

  Alphonso Jackson

  Moving, Agency, Perspective

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• In military school, on day one you must memorize the mission of the Merchant Marine Academy.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Military, School, Marine

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