Pastoral Resources

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game.

I'm a free market person, a free trader. But if we had a market in California, there would be competition.

There are 20 million unemployed and what does the Constitution offer us in the Europe of 25, 27 and soon to be 30: policies of unrestricted competition to the detriment of production, wages, research and innovation.

I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.

The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans.

Good will is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.

Goodwill is the only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.

It's a tough world out there and all the guys are fighting hard and the competition is really tough.

We had a great group of guys when I was there, five of us, I think. It's a great competition. Every practice was hard. I think that's helped us a lot, everybody that was there.

My greatest fear: repetition.

The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.

To those who don't want the truth about Kennedy's assassination to become known, the very repetition of a charge lends it a certain credibility, since people have a tendency to believe that where there's smoke, there's fire.

You may call me a Klansman if you will, but, potentially, every white man is a Klansman, as far as the Negro in competition with whites socially, economically and politically is concerned, and there is no use lying.

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.