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- If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of potential -- for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints; possibility never.
- Søren Kierkegaard
- You can delegate authority, but not responsibility.
- Stephen W. Comiskey
- Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.
- Michael Johnson
- We can spend our whole lives underachieving.
- Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality
- Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.
- Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality
- Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other. We are constantly being re-created.
- Brenda Ueland
- A rule to live by: I won't use anything I can't explain in five minutes.
- Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality
- Any necessary work that pays an honest wage carries its own honor and dignity.
- W. Kelly Griffith
- Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.
- George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon
- If anything is certain, it is that change is certain. The world we are planning for today will not exist in this form tomorrow.
- Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality
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