Whatever is, is right.
~ Democritus
Tell me what a person believes and I’ll tell you what he’ll do.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
To expect Christian conduct from a person who is not born again is heresy.
~ D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
~ T.S. Eliot, in Murder In the Cathedral
The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.
~ Edward Roscoe Murrow
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When asked by the folk from The Harris Poll® whom they admire enough to call their heroes, respondents mentioned most frequently the following individuals:
1. Barack Obama
2. Jesus Christ
3. Martin Luther King
4. Ronald Reagan
5. George W. Bush
6. Abraham Lincoln
7. John McCain
8. John F. Kennedy
9. Chelsey Sullenberger
10. Mother Teresa
11. God
12. Hillary Clinton
13. Billy Graham // Franklin D. Roosevelt
15. Mahatma Ghandi
16. Colin Powell // George Washington // Bill Clinton
19. Condoleeza Rice
20. Oprah Winfrey
21. Sarah Palin
22. George S. Patton // Bill Gates
Participants were also asked to select from a list of choices what made someone a hero. The top definitions given were:
1. Doing what’s right regardless of personal consequences (89%).
2. Not giving up until the goal is accomplished (83%).
3. Doing more than what other people expect of them (82%).
4. Overcoming adversity (81%).
5. Staying level-headed in a crisis (81%).
Who would make your list? Why?
