Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.
~ Sun Tzu
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Excellence →
Conformity →
When you do as everyone else does, don’t be surprised when you get what everyone else gets.
~ Peter Kaufman
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Playful, open-minded, unrestrained →
Celebrate the childlike mind. From what I can see, the best scientists and engineers nurture a childlike mind. They are playful, open-minded, and unrestrained by the inner voice of reason, collective cynicism, or fear of failure.
~ Steve Jurvetson
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Ego →
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
~ Colin Powell
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Dreams are maps →
The visions we offer our children shape the future. It matters what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Dreams are maps.
~ Carl Sagan
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Shoulders of giants →
I’ve said many times of my generation that we drink deeply from wells of freedom and opportunity that we did not dig, that we eat from tables prepared for us by our ancestors, that we sit comfortably in the shade of trees that we did not cultivate. We stand on the shoulders of giants.
~ Cory Booker
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Rest. Reflect. Recalibrate. →
When you’re able to recognize what’s happening and be deliberate with your actions, setbacks don’t have to be as painful. Coming out on the other side ready to recommit to your path requires that you harness all the skills you have learned and apply them to rest, reflect, recalibrate, and then get back on track.
~ Melody Wilding
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The hero within →
Going inward. That’s the real work. The solutions are not outside of us. Get to know who you really are, because as you search for the hero within, you inevitably become one.
~ Emma Tiebens
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Tolerance versus love →
Tolerance is becoming accustomed to injustice; love is becoming disturbed and activated by another’s adverse condition. Tolerance crosses the street; love confronts. Tolerance builds fences; love opens doors. Tolerance breeds indifference; love demands engagement. Tolerance couldn’t care less; love always cares more.
~ Cory Booker
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