A Collection of Quotes

Journey of Revenge

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:06:18 GMT

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

Confucius, Chinese philosopher

Culture

Sat, 24 May 2008 13:01:57 GMT

A fish only discovers its need for water when it is no longer in it.
Our own culture is like water for the fish. It sustains us. We live and breathe through it.

Stephanie Quappe and Giovanna Cantatore

Idea

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:56:51 GMT

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.

George Bernard Shaw

Sam Walton's 10 Rules

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:11:47 GMT

RULE 1: COMMIT to your business, believe in it more than anybody else.

RULE 2: SHARE with your associates, and behave as a servant leader in a partnership.

RULE 3: MOTIVATE your partners, think of new and more interesting ways to motivate and challenge them.

RULE 4: COMMUNICATE everything you possibly can to your partners. The more they know, the more they'll
understand. The more they understand, the more they'll care.

RULE 5: APPRECIATE everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute a few
well-chose, well-timed, sincere words of praise.

RULE 6: CELEBRATE your successes.

RULE 7: LISTEN to everyone in your company, and figure out ways to get them talking.

RULE 8: EXCEED your customer's expectations.

RULE 9: CONTROL your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive
advantage. You can make a lot of different mistakes and still recover if you run an efficient operation.

RULE 10: SWIM upstream. Go the other way. Ignore conventional wisdom.

Enjoy Life

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:43:10 GMT

I live by one principle: Enjoy life with no conditions!

People say, "If I had your health, if I had your money, oh, I would enjoy myself."

It is not true. I would be happy if I were lying sick in a hospital bed. It must come from the inside. That is the one thing I hop I have contributed to my children, by example and by talk: to make no conditions, to understand that life is a wonderful thing and to enjoy it, every day, to the full.

To me the world is divided into two kinds of people: those who are conscious and those who are unconscious. To me there is no difference among men when it comes to their color, their race, their religion; they are all equal. Only the degree of their awareness of the world they live in, of the joy and the pleasure of living, of the need of sharing that awareness with others and bringing it to their fellowmen (if they happen to be fortunate enough to have talent) is a measure of this difference.

During my long life I have learned one lesson: that the most important thing is to realize why one is alive - and I think it is not only to build bridges or tall buildings or make money, but to do something truly important, to do something for humanity. To bring joy, hope, to make life richer for the spirit because you have been alive, that is the most important thing.

Arthur Rubinstein

Grace

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:47:11 GMT

It Takes Grace -
And Grit

Treya Killam Wilber

Task

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:19:00 GMT

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.

Helen Keller

Part of the Problem

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:02:02 GMT

What we're saying today is that you're either part of the solution, or you're part of the problem.

Eldridge Cleaver
(1935-98, founder member and information minister of the Black Panthers, American political activist group, in a speech in 1968.)

Motivation

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:55:59 GMT

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Harry S Truman

Thinking

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:54:43 GMT

We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.

Albert Einstein