To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself.
It can be easy to become ‘friends’ or ‘connected’ with someone in a digital world, but it requires thought and strategy to convert social media connections into rewarding business relationships.
God requires his people to shine as lights in the world. It is not merely the ministers who are required to do this, but every disciple of Christ. Their conversation should be heavenly.
If you believe that weight loss requires self-deprivation, I’m going to teach you otherwise.
To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility.
A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.
Modern political speechwriting is certainly a skill, and one that requires experience and practice to master.
You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds are the same. Every aspect of filmmaking requires choice. The selection of the subject, the shooting, editing and length are all aspects of choice.
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food.
Effective networking isn’t a result of luck – it requires hard work and persistence.
It’s really easy to have a nice philosophy about openness, but moving the world in that direction is a different thing. It requires both understanding where you want to go and being pragmatic about getting there.
To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.
A strong working relationship requires every participant to be on the same page.
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
It’s nice to put your hand up and do the big things the team requires of you.
Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues, inspires now this impulse, now that one, in accordance with what she requires.
True public safety requires a collaboration between law enforcement and the community.
A successful marriage requires commitment to teamwork.
While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.
As much as I love Twitter, Twitter feuds aren’t going to work. Actually connecting requires true face-to-face time. I believe with all my heart that it’s only after working side by side with another person that you earn the right to speak into that person’s life.
A peace deal requires agreements, and you don’t make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.
The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn.
To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.
Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life – one that requires much professionalism.
Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials. Using modernist techniques, you get more control, and that allows you to be more artistic, not less!
Verbal slip-ups often occur because we say things without knowledge of the subtle implications they carry. Understanding these implications requires social awareness – the ability to pick up on the emotions and experiences of other people.
Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.
The most important lesson my parents taught me is that writing is a job, one that requires discipline and commitment. Most of the time it’s a fun job, a wonderful job, but sometimes it isn’t, and those are the days that test you.
The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It’s personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will. It has a unique scent. It requires deciphering. But, most important, it’s flawed.
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.
Reducing health care costs for families requires increased competition in health insurance.
For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.
God requires his servants to walk in the light, and not cover their eyes that they may not discern the working of Satan.
A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.
Being a great baker and pastry chef requires the upmost open mind. I try every dessert that comes my way!
The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.
To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
I wish I wasn’t so in love, wasn’t so interested, in the Internet. I wish I spent less time online and more time outside and in my head. Writing requires solitude and deep, deep daydreaming, and the Internet just kills that – its lure is toward the external; it asks you to flit from place to place.
Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.
Leadership contains certain elements of good management, but it requires that you inspire, that you build durable trust. For an organization to be not just good but to win, leadership means evoking participation larger than the job description, commitment deeper than any job contract’s wording.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.
Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs.
Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.
Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from every narrow principle, and let the public good become the sole object of your united Christian efforts.
Yeah, I think that a play is a huge commitment, and I think that what it requires of you is a lot, so it really makes you dig in and find things, and it just makes you sharp, ’cause it’s live. Really, to me, it separates the men from the boys. I always say it’s like the frontlines of acting, when you’re on stage.
The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
New and emerging infections keep coming back and the world needs a collective defense system, and that requires international cooperation and collaboration, in the name of global solidarity.
Technology makes things faster and more cost-effective, but it’s not perfect. It requires you to be as flexible as you can be.
Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.
To increase our objectivity, we must learn to switch off the mini-movies. Objectivity requires us to be mindful, present in the moment, and experiencing what is happening without judgment.
What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.
But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.
I think sketch writing is a good spot for everyone to start because it requires you to develop characters, have a beginning, middle and end and have a bunch of jokes in a short amount of time.
Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation.
Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.
