#models

To turn the tide of materialism in the Christian community, we desperately need bold models of kingdom-centered living. Despite our need to do it in a way that doesn't glorify people, we must hear each other's stories about giving or else our people will not learn to give. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#christianity #community #encouragement #example #giving

I took a break from acting for four years to get a degree in mathematics at UCLA, and during that time I had the rare opportunity to actually do research as an undergraduate. And myself and two other people co-authored a new theorem: Percolation and Gibbs States Multiplicity for Ferromagnetic Ashkin-Teller Models on Two Dimensions, or Z2. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#actually #break #degree #dimensions #during

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#heroism #patriotism #role-models #heroism

In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#democracy #models #other #political #regions

In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#because #dependence #economic #give #impose

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. ↗

— Bill Bradley

#against #athletes #difficulty #great #important

There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

#men #models #people #relatively #role

Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present. ↗

— Janice Dickinson

#daughters #grow #grow up #models #mothers

I still believe there is a need to open up search and it will come eventually. It is very important to challenge the current models. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#challenge #come #current #eventually #i

To give you an idea what it feels like to be going in with some of the best baseball players of all-time, I mean it is fantastic. I have to say this about them, there are so many of these guys up here that were my role models, people I looked up to, people I wanted to be like. ↗

— Dave Winfield

#all-time #baseball #baseball players #best #fantastic