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601. The Field House

Isaiah 2:1-5, Matthew 4:23-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in the country.** For those who are not familiar with the term “field house,” a field house today is a large warehouse-like building housing a university’s indoor sports arenas, courts, fields, and outdoor sports equipment. It’s a space for games and competition but also a space for housing the gear, bleachers, resources, and paraphernalia that make a multitude of sports possible. But most of all, it’s a place where people meet “in the field” for rip roaring fun and community. In early days ...

602. Why Can’t I Have It All?

Genesis 3:1-24, Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... words? In the story, the jealousy and envy of an “evil” and entitled step-mother causes her to poison young and beautiful Snow White with a “poisonous apple.” Snow White is the apple of everyone’s eye, and her step-mother wants to rid this competition from her life, making her instead the center of everyone’s admiration. The poison puts Snow White into a deep sleep/death. Yet, true love’s kiss in the end can overcome this evil. Jesus for us is True Love’s Kiss. Jesus’ sacrificial gift, His ...

603. The Scariest Job Interview

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... by his words and by his actions. By the people he hung out with and ate with and healed and befriended. And that is what following Jesus will entail. Olympic snowboarder Kelly Clark gets to share her faith as she travels around the world competing in snowboarding competitions. As she says, “My ministry, and what God is doing in my life, is really found in my career in the marketplace. I’m in an industry where it’s very foreign and it’s very counter-cultural. I get to love these people really well ...

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

Andrew Carnegie

Employees are a company's greatest asset - they're your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company's mission.

Anne M. Mulcahy

Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.

Arthur Keith

Today, the forces of competition, technology, and globalization have converged to spur innovation and to transform the way business is done in the securities industry.

Arthur Levitt

The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.

Avery Brundage

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

Barry Mann

When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.

Benjamin Spock

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.

Bonnie Blair

In my fifty years of experience and memory, I have seen the most amazing increase in the standard of living of a people ever achieved anywhere in the world. This is why I am so sure that our system of free competition and industrial development is sound and must be preserved.

Charles E. Wilson

Put yourself in competition with yourself each day. Each morning look back upon your work of yesterday and then try to beat it.

Charles M. Sheldon

America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations; politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams.

David Brooks

I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women.

Edna O'Brien

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.

Elbert Hubbard

Sisters define their rivalry in terms of competition for the gold cup of parental love. It is never perceived as a cup which runneth over, rather a finite vessel from which the more one sister drinks, the less is left over for the others.

Elizabeth Fishel

I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.

Fidel Castro

Competition is the spice of sports but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick.

George Leonard

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

George S. Patton

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

Henry Ford

Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.

Henry J. Kaiser

The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.

Howard Cosell

There are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. Be in the first group there is much less competition. (adapted)

Indira Gandhi

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

Jack Welch

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Showing 601 to 625 of 676 results

601. The Field House

Isaiah 2:1-5, Matthew 4:23-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

602. Why Can’t I Have It All?

Genesis 3:1-24, Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

603. The Scariest Job Interview

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

Andrew Carnegie

Anne M. Mulcahy

Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.

Arthur Keith

Today, the forces of competition, technology, and globalization have converged to spur innovation and to transform the way business is done in the securities industry.

Arthur Levitt

The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.

Avery Brundage

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

Barry Mann

When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.

Benjamin Spock

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.

Bonnie Blair

Charles E. Wilson

Put yourself in competition with yourself each day. Each morning look back upon your work of yesterday and then try to beat it.

Charles M. Sheldon

America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations; politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams.

David Brooks

I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women.

Edna O'Brien

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.

Elbert Hubbard

Elizabeth Fishel

I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.

Fidel Castro

Competition is the spice of sports but if you make spice the whole meal you'll be sick.

George Leonard

George S. Patton

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

Henry Ford

Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.

Henry J. Kaiser

The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.

Howard Cosell

There are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. Be in the first group there is much less competition. (adapted)

Indira Gandhi

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

Jack Welch

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