Herbert Spencer, English philosopher and political theorist:
“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.”
Robertson Davies, novelist, playwright, journalist, and professor:
“There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal [...]
David Brin, sci-fi author:
“It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.”
Stowe Boyd, CEO of Blue Whale Labs:
“People are the center of the universe. Not stuff.”
Fredd Kambo, financier with Shell Oil:
“I don’t bother “networking” anymore, instead, I try to build relationships with people I find interesting, and who I think are doing interesting things. And I make it my mission to help them in any way [...]
Henry David Thoreau, writer and philosopher:
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.”
George Bernard Shaw, playwright:
“You see things and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were and I say ‘Why not?‘”
Michelangelo, Renaissance polymath:
“I saw the [...]
Marcus Buckingham, The One Thing You Need to Know:
“The one thing you need to know about sustained individual success: Discover what you don’t like doing and stop doing it.“
Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple:
“I get asked this a lot and I have a pretty standard answer which is, a lot of people come to me and [...]
Karen Lamb:
“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”
W.H. Murray, Scottish mountain climber:
“Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from [...]
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Kelsey and I were walking around the Upper East Side of Manhattan this afternoon, and went into the Metropolitan Museum of Art 15 minutes before closing time. We only had time to see one [...]