Posts Tagged ‘ quote ’

A quote from Hafiz, the 14th century poet: The small man Builds cages for everyone He Knows. While the sage, Who has to duck his head When the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the Beautiful Rowdy Prisoners. via The Art of Non-Conformity » The Small Man Builds Cages for...
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There’s a great quote about life choices by Smoke Robinson, the wonderful author, mountain man, hiker, mountain climber, and all-round adventurer: Most choices at the crossroads of life are made under weak starlight with a feeble lantern that illuminates poorly the farther stretches of trail. I was going through some old posts today, and...
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Gotta love this one … it’s often overlooked in business: “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” Winston Churchill Saw it at Martin Perez’ Merge Left Marketing.
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This is a good one: “The problem with communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished.” – George Bernard Shaw If your office is anything like mine … this is a fairly accurate observation.
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I love this one: “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.” – Oscar Wilde I just hope it’s not about me!
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Saw this today and kind of like it: In an artificial world, only extremists live naturally. From Paul Graham’s You Weren’t Meant to Have a Boss.
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I’m currently reading Chris Hunter’s Eight Lives Down, an autobiography of his time in Iraq with the British army as an explosives technician, defusing bombs and IEDs. He starts off every chapter with a quote, and I really appreciated this one: We tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and a wonderful method...
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Saw this great quote today: The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of innate violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone...
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Today’s quote of the day:”It is easier to act yourself into a new way of thinking than to think yourself into a new way of acting.”- Michael Pascal(From the introductory session of a lean “rapid improvement event” that we’re doing in my company. “Lean,” by the way, is a version of the Toyota Production...
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Gratuitous quote of the day:”If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential.”- Soren KierkegaardThat is a great quote – I love it.
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