Favorite QuotesDoes any body have a favorite quote that would like to share with everybody in biznik?
Here is mine:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
By Albert Einstein
"Ah, to be a bird. To fly the skies, sing my song, and best of all occasionally peck someone's eyes out.
....and one from my boss (yes, I do still have a brick-and-mortar position):
"You can have it one of three ways. You can have it good and fast, but it's not going to be cheap; You can have it good and cheap, but it's not going to be fast; or, You can have it cheap and fast, but it's not going to be good."
Yeah, the three ways quote has definitely been around. Funny...I was just thinking about it yesterday!
"Let's Roll."--Todd Beamer "Get 'er done." "You can't handle the truth!"--film A Few Good Men "It takes a village..." and my favorite of all time comes from a speach..do you recognize this: "I have a dream.."
"LOOK OUT! Here comes the pendulum!!"
"There are 10 types of people in the world--those who know binary and those who don't."
"Whatever you control, controls you."
“We train these young men to solve our problems with violence, and then wonder why they come home and solve their problems with violence.”
"Hermann Göring, the most articulate of all those on trial at Nuremburg, was adamant about the unrealistic nature of the standard to which the defendants were being held. He was scathing about the impracticability of applying the Hague Conventions of 1907 to the conditions of a modern war."
"Shake my left hand, man; it's closer to my heart." - Jimi Hendrix
"What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite." -- Bertrand Russell
(I have a 150-page commonplace book.)
Unless you are the lead dog, the view never changes.
He who thinks he leadeth and has no one who followeth, is just out taking a walk.
(We use those in our Light Your World "Power Up Seminars").
"Expect the best but be prepared for the worst."
This quote combines the power of positive thinking with preparation for all circumstances.
Without risk, there is no success.
Copyright Priya Cloutier
I know those might be a bit too philosophical, but those are the ones I think about the most.
"the only meaning of life is the act of living itself" Erich Fromm
"hurry up to do good deeds" Goethe
"did god create men, or did men create god, and if men created devil they created it to be like them" Dostoyevskiy
"the only constant in business is change" not sure :)
Provide the Maximum Benefits for the Minimum Cost and give the best possible service.
"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."
Passed on to me by my mother with a twinkle in her eye.
"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."
"If you can't measure it, you can't manage it." - Peter Drucker
Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god... you say "YES!!!!"
-from ghostbusters, the movie
"There is no security in this life. There is only opportunity" - Douglas MacAurthur
You can only steer a moving ship.
"Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher."
-- Oprah Winfrey
“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anais Nin
I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.
"You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want"
-Zig Ziglar
Your mind is like a parachute. It only works when it's open!
If you think you can, or you think you can't...you're right!
I LOVE great sayings!
"We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glow-worm." -- Winston Churchill
"Long after people forget what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel." ...Tim Sanders
Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
"The sun never says to the earth 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that: it lights up the whole sky." Hafiz
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