Living a life by principles that conflict with your religious / moral ones is called Cognitive Dissonance.
I am a christian, and
i live my life by that principle I enjoy good food, I work out two to three times a week during my free time I read books for fun, and I spend my time with friends sometimes.I am a sincere and down to earth.I do not play game, neither do I expect any one to play ga...
They remind me every day to
live life by these principles.»
Not exact matches
With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step -
by - step pathway for
living with fairness, integrity, service, and human dignity —
principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.
Looking back on her career, she says there are a few key
principles she has
lived by that she'd advise any young person to follow.
And then Industry Minister James Moore needs to articulate a final,
principled goal — a market where all players, foreign and domestic,
live by the same rules.
What he has left behind — books and recorded speeches, audio and video lecture series and hundreds of can - do maxims as well as children committed to upholding the
principles by which he
lived his
life — all but ensures that people will be following the «Ziglar Way» for a long time to come.
A code of ethics is a collection of
principles and practices that a business believes in and aims to
live by.
: 99 Personal Money Management
Principles to
Live By by Cary Siege
By by Cary Siege
by Cary Siegel.
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By arranging Buffett's lengthy writings thematically, Cunningham's classic book makes clear and coherent the
principles and logic of Buffett's philosophy of business, investing and
life.
Don't expect new - fangled finance tricks, obviously, but rather solid, age - old money
principles everyone would do well to
live by, such as «pay yourself first.»
Attached to the letter was a list of practices they called «common sense corporate governance
principles» that amounted to a basic outline of a code many U.S. public companies today already either agree with or
live by, or both, including issues of who sits on the board, the kinds of topics the board should discuss, and the adoption of proxy access.
Most outsiders don't understand the
principles of modern policing, nor the challenges presented
by life «on the street.»
By studying these patterns and applying these tools, strategies, and
principles in your own
life, you're accelerating your journey to success.
And, in general, it's a
principle we
lived by for a very long time.»
Stop beating yourself up for the drastic changes you can't make, and stop settling for
living without the simple upgrades you can (that's a happiness
principle that's validated
by research too).
The oldest technical research university in the US, Rensselaer Polytechnic is grounded
by two
principles: Help students apply science to everyday
life, and use teaching methods not used in a typical classroom.
Many of the world's most successful brands create breakthrough ideas that are inspired
by a deep understanding of consumers»
lives and use the
principles of design to innovate and build value.
This looks like the
principle by which Trump
lives his personal and professional
life, from taxes to contracts to emoluments to interpersonal relations.
Stone had
lived by Hill's
principles and stood as a shining example of his success philosophy.
And — my opinion — our democratic
principles are being undermined and corrupted
by the current GOP, whose crazy train ride to extremism is the scariest thing I've
lived through yet.
Not only have these organizations added increased profits to their bottom line
by adopting the
principles of social conscience, but they are changing
lives around the world, healing our planet and lifting our spirit.
Not merely a collection of good ideas, this book spells out the 67 timeless
principles and practices used
by the world's most successful men and women — proven
principles and strategies that can be adapted for your own
life, whether you want to be the best salesperson in your company, become a leading architect, score top grades in school, lose weight, buy your dream home, make millions, or just get back in the job market.
He's referring to a famous episode of the TV show Seinfeld, in which the hapless George resolves to change his
life for the better
by acting on a new
principle: «If every instinct you have is wrong, doing the exact opposite must be right.»
And
by the way, destroying the environment, choosing greed as your fundamental
principle, and badmouthing everyone who is not exactly likw YOU is not reflecting God in your
life.
Seriously, President Obama says he came to his faith later in
life because he saw in Jesus a
living example of
principles he could try to
live by.
This would assume an «imaginative,» not a historical, disposition: a divine intent in history, God - gifted immutable laws of morality, to which man has a duty to conform; order as a first requirement of good governance, achieved best
by a restraint and respect for custom and tradition; variety as more desirable than systematic uniformity and liberty more desirable than equality; the honor and duty of a good
life in a good community as taking precedence over individual desire; an embrace of a skepticism toward reason and abstract
principle.
Most every decision a person makes throughout their daily
lives — at the office, the grocery store, the baseball park, the beach, the shopping mall, wherever — is guided
by their religious
principles.
Right... so they didn't overtly «ask» you, however if you and the other members are
living by «correct
principles» then not a big leap to decide for yourself about the evils of gay marriage and contribute money yourself... which, in fact... many of you did, yes...?
@KatMat: your analogy would begin approaching realism if: — during the pledge of allegiance kids were forced to say «one nation under The Orioles» — our nation's currency said «In Dallas Cowboys We Trust» — if millions were slaughtered, tortured and burned to death because they weren't fans of The Pittsburgh Penguins — if NASCAR fans endlessly attempted to have Intelligent Car Driving taught beside Evolution in science class as a possible explanation for how mankind developed — if «the 5 D's» of Dodgeball (Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge) were constantly attempted to be made into law so everyone would
live by the same ridiculous notions, even if those notions knowingly discriminate — if nutters constantly claimed America was founded on the
principles of Darts, even though our country SPECIFICALLY calls for a separation between Darts and State because the founders knew the inherent dangers of Darts becoming government instead of staying in the realm of sport where it belongs
One was passed reaffirming the delegates» acceptance of the «counsel from God» given through Ellen White and committing them to «
live by the
principles contained in it.»
But even a quick scan of the piece shows that Meacham actually focuses on the decline of «Christian America,»
by which he means an approach to public
life that is governed solely
by Christian
principles.
He believed that the «important role played
by the
principles of natural religion in promoting our perfection... justified [our]
living in accordance with this finite truth despite our being unable to demonstrate that reality in itself conforms to it.»
Human nature is brought into union and communion with Godhead as its proper environment — its
principle of
life and
life more abundant — through the Self communication of God the Son
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
But I think the main working
principle is that each of us has vulnerabilities — both good things and bad things in our
life — that can be exploited
by someone who has no scruples.
He calls it «the philosophy of Scientific Positivism» (M & M) and says that it stands for «the government of
life by the
principles and factual findings of the human mind.»
Some non-mechanical causative
principle of order is required to explain, for example, why the molecules of
living beings come together into specific shapes, why organisms develop specific characteristics or have the capacity to regulate their metabolism or readjust and reintegrate themselves holistically when injured or when challenged
by their environment.
He shows us how we can
live in light of this future redemption here and now
by living according to the
principles of new reality (Kingdom of God) that Jesus inaugurated.
Such inwardness is inexplicable save as one sees Jesus taking the
principle of individuality in thorough earnest and conceiving the religious
life as rooted inside persons, one
by one.
The problem is that a basic tenet of classical liberalism — a tenet generally accepted in the Western world
by «liberals,» as well as
by many «conservatives» — is that differences regarding fundamental
principles of human nature and morality are not a threat to social and political
life.
In calling upon the people to guide their
lives by these ethical
principles, Islam insists, in the main, that they should be moderate in all things, sparing themselves misery and not lowering their status in
life.
This is essentially the view advanced
by Aristotle, for whom the soul was simply the
principle of organization of the
living body.
According to Balthasar everything in the Church is a movement between these two
principles (Marian and Petrine): the Church as the bride of Christ is the extension and product of the
living reality of Christ, which requires an essential structure (sacraments and ministry, which are founded
by Christ Himself).
The processes described
by physics and chemistry are not so inflexible that they can not be harnessed
by higher, biotic
principles in order to produce
life and evolution.
Once again they can only explain away
by appeal to another
principle of order: for example, the neo-Darwinian argument that
life on earth only seems to be teleological «because of environmental and molecular constraints on the direction of change» (from the online Wikipedia entry for «orthogenesis»).
Slavery is a form of theft that violates the basic
principle that none should
live by the fruits of another's forced labor.
For what would it profit us to know the whole Bible
by heart and the
principles of all the philosophers if we
live without grace and the love of God?
The second
principle for a sexual ethic is that we have to speak of sex, as of every aspect of human
life, in a double way, from the standpoint of essential created goodness, and the distortion produced
by sin.
I think it's ironic that when someone criticizes the Christian religion
by calling us to
live according to the
principles we claim to follow, we respond
by accusing him of speaking for the devil.
Christmas, Easter... all others have no Biblical basis for celebrating, and as practiced today, are a travesty of the
principles Jesus
lived by and taught.