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We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men read more
We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have 'crossed bridges' in their imagination far ahead of the crowd.
Most managers were trained to be the thing they most
despise, bureaucrats.
Most managers were trained to be the thing they most
despise, bureaucrats.
Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. It
is not the conviction that something will read more
Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. It
is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty
that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the one most responsive to read more
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Ambition never comes to an end.
Ambition never comes to an end.
When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of read more
When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of a contradiction you've
detected that is threatening your current model of the world or some
aspect of it, pay attention. You are about to learn something. This
discomfort and intellectual conflict is when learning is taking place.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world read more
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
We grow small trying to be great.
We grow small trying to be great.
A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected read more
A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.