“Everything you say; every thought you entertain; and everything you do has a direction, which serves as an advance or a retreat in respect to your pursuit of excellence. Everything, regardless of size or intent, has bottom-line consequences; therefore, everything counts - this is the golden rule of excellence.” LinesConsequenceExcellenceBottomSizePursuitGoldenRetreatBottom LineGolden RulePursuit Of Excellence Author:Gary Ryan
“Thinkers are scarce as gold; but he whose thoughts embrace all his subject, and who pursues it uninterruptedly and fearless of consequences, is a diamond of enormous size.” SubjectsConsequenceGoldEmbraceSizeEnormousPursueFearlessThinkerDiamondScarce Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater
“The more flexible an economy, the greater its ability to self-correct in response to inevitable, often unanticipated, disturbances and thus to contain the size and consequences of cyclical imbalances.” SelfAbilityEconomyGreaterConsequenceResponseSizeInevitableFlexibleDisturbanceImbalance Author:Alan Greenspan
“As a consequence, progress has come to mean simply more power, more profit, more productivity, more paper prosperity, all of which are convertible into standards concerned only with size or magnitude rather than quality or excellence.” MeanQualityProgressPaperStandardsConsequenceConcernedExcellenceSizeProfitProsperityProductivityMagnitude Author:Alex Campbell
“Spilling a Secret What its size, will have varying consequences. It’s not possible to predict what will happen if you open the gunnysack, let the cat escape. A liberated feline might purr on your lap, or it might scratch your eyes out. You can’t tell until you loosen the knot. Do you chance losing a friendship, if that friend’s well-being will only be preserved by betraying sworn-to silence trust? Once the seam is ripped, can it be mended again? And if that proves impossible, will you be okay when it all falls to pieces?” IfsWellsMightHappensEyeFallChanceSecretSilencePiecesImpossibleProveLosingConsequenceCatOkaySizeWell BeingBetrayScratchesLapLiberatedKnotsRippedSpillingFelineLosing Friendship Author:Ellen Hopkins
“The relative size of your force as against that of your adversary is by itself of no consequence. What controls is the relative size of your force at the point where you join in battle. You can strike with the few and be many if you strike your adversary in his gaps. Seek out places where the defense is not strict, the place not tightly guarded, the generals weak, the troops disorderly, the supplies are scarce and the forces are isolated.” IfsArtWarForceBattleConsequenceWeakSizeDefenseStrikesGapsRelativeIsolatedTroopsStrictArt Of WarAdversariesSuppliesScarceGuarded Author:Sun Tzu