“I'm a passenger not just in this vehicle, but in my body, in this country, in my life. Defined by decisions I didn't make.”
Source: Lobizona
“She was about forty: In her youth She had been a Beauty; But her charms had been upon that large scale which can but ill sustain the shock of years: However She still possessed some remains of them.”
Source: The Monk
“It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over/educate ourselves. In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and facts, in the sillz hope of keeping our place.”
Source: The Picture Of Dorian Gray
“Her face was plastered with layers of powder and looked like a face of stone. And with her noble profile, she seemed, on the triangular, moss-covered pedestal hidden by her cape, like a crumbling goddess in a park.”
Source: The Guermantes Way
“She was one of those women who are usually referred to in the past tense, of whom one says: 'She had a certain freshness and bloom about her,' and whose freshness and bloom passed unnoticed even when she still had them.”
Source: Clochemerle
“My heart looks better on me than my face.”
“The most significant changes often occur at the periphery, requiring constant horizon scanning.”
Source: GAME CHANGR6: An Executives Guide to Dominating Change, by applying the R6 Resilience Change Management Framework
“I'd been a fool. I'd been a clown. I loved being a fool. I loved being a clown. It helped keep me sane—but my sanity was revered in a different universe, as if forcing my desires to be real. I realized at that moment that what I was doing was wrong, and it was finally time to open my shell of pride and bloated ego.”
Source: The Medicine That Is Love
“Anything that does or may affect a business' markets is relevant to the business and warrants significant consideration.”
Source: GAME CHANGR6: An Executives Guide to Dominating Change, by applying the R6 Resilience Change Management Framework
“restructuring the organization to embrace more agile and adaptive models is a critical step in building resilience. By moving beyond traditional hierarchies, designing effective information flows, empowering employees, and cultivating a culture of experimentation and learning, organizations can create the foundation for long-term success in a dynamic and unpredictable environment.”
Source: GAME CHANGR6: An Executives Guide to Dominating Change, by applying the R6 Resilience Change Management Framework