Quality Of Life Quotes - Page 14

• We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Kindness, Business, Thinking

  "Fictional character: Hynkel (Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber)". "The Great Dictator", www.imdb.com. October 15, 1940.

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• I see the possibility of being 'made new' again and the gift of rebirth is all that lets anyone really live.. ..The great secret.. .. is never to get stuck, imprisoned in common social patterns. They always paralyse the real quality of life - the 'going onward' is all that matters, and the dead moments in one's life through trying to be a unit in any society or social concept are terrifying really.

  Marsden Hartley

  Real, Secret, Trying

  Letter to Adelaide Kuntz; as quoted in "Marsden Hartley", by Gail R. Scott, 1988, p. 168, September 7, 1933.

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• To survive in modern times, a company must have an organizational structure that accepts change as its basic premise, lets tribal customs thrive, and fosters a power that is derived from respect, not rules. In other words, the successful companies will be the ones that put quality of life first. Do this and the rest - quality of product, productivity of workers, profits for all - will follow.

  Ricardo Semler

  Successful, Quality, Firsts

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• My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people.

  Richard Rogers

  Believe, Passion, People

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• ...quality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter and clothing.

  Fidel Castro

  Lying, Quality, Culture

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• Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Life Changing, Imagination, Inspire

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• We are racing toward a world of abundance, and we are going to be increasing the quality of life for everyone on this planet. The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest business opportunities.

  Peter Diamandis

  Opportunity, Racing, Quality

  "Peter Diamandis: Entrepreneur reaches to skies to benefit Earth" by Julian Guthrie, www.sfgate.com. July 5, 2014.

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• As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality of life. It builds up, strengthens and vivifies personality.

  Alexis Carrel

  Personality, Quality, Virtue

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• On the quality of life: #1. Realize that each human being has a built-in capacity for recuperation and repair. #2. Recognize that the quality of life is all-important. #3. Assume responsibility for the quality of your own life. #4. Nurture the regenerative and restorative forces within you. #5. Utilize laughter to create a mood in which the other positive emotions can be put to work for yourself and those around you. #6. Develop confidence and ability to feel love, hope and faith, and acquire a strong will to live.

  Norman Cousins

  Strong, Laughter, Health

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• A decrease in the quantity of legislation generally means an increase in the quality of life.

  George Will

  Mean, Quality, Increase

  "The Gift Of Doing Very Little". www.washingtonpost.com. December 23, 2007.

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• A premise of the new city is that we want a society to be as egalitarian as possible. For this purpose, quality-of-life distribution is more important than income distribution. [And quality of life includes] a living environment as free of motor vehicles as possible.

  Enrique Penalosa

  Motor Vehicles, Cities, Important

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• Integrity in the Moment of Choice: Quality of life depends on what happens in the space between stimulus and response.

  Stephen Covey

  Integrity, Space, Choices

  "First Things First: To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy". Book by Stephen Covey, A. Roger Merrill, and Rebecca R. Merrill, 1994.

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• Time is valuable, and telework is a viable component to help improve quality of life in many ways.

  Rob Wittman

  Quality, Way, Helping

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• Decorating is not about making stage sets, it's not about making pretty pictures for the magazines, it's really about creating a quality of life, a beauty that nourishes the soul.

  Albert Hadley

  Creating, Soul, Quality

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• I care so passionately about improving the quality of life for women and girls, not just here in the United States, but internationally as well. I am a single mom and I raised a daughter who is now a young adult.

  Valerie Jarrett

  Girl, Mom, Daughter

  "An Interview With Valerie Jarrett: Senior Advisor to President Obama Talks Gender Parity". Interview with Rahim Kanani, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 3, 2011.

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• Animal liberation is also human liberation. Animal liberationists care about the quality of life for all. We recognize our kinship with all feeling beings. We identify with the powerless and the vulnerable, the victims, all those dominated, oppressed and exploited. And it is the non-human animals whose suffering is the most intense, widespread, expanding, systematic and socially sanctioned of all.

  Henry Spira

  Animal, Feelings, Suffering

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• The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.

  Jim Fowler

  Nature, Thinking, Space

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• The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.

  Jim Fowler

  Nature, Important, Quality

  Profile Page on Animal Planet website, www.animalplanet.com.

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• ... success or failure, the truth of a life really has little to do with its quality. The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

  Julia Cameron

  Life, Gratitude, Truth

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.80, Souvenir Press

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• Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death.

  Robin Williams

  Jobs, Philosophy, Quality

  "Fictional character: Patch Adams". "Patch Adams", 1998.

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• Abundance is the quality of life you live and quality of life you give to others.

  J. K. Rowling

  Giving, Quality, Abundance

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• With three work days a week, we would have more time to relax; for quality of life.

  Carlos Slim

  Relax, Quality, Three

  "Carlos Slim calls for three-day working week to improve quality of life" by Helen Davidson, www.theguardian.com. July 21, 2014.

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