“Engineering training deals with the exact sciences. That sort of exactness makes for truth and conscience. It might be good for the world if more men had that sort of mental start in life even if they did not pursue the profession.” IfsMenWorldLifeMightScienceDealsTrainingConscienceBe GoodProfessionPursueEngineeringExactnessExact Sciences Book:Memoirs: Years of adventure, 1874-1920 Source: Memoirs: Years of adventure, 1874-1920
“The people who are good in the long run fail a lot, especially at the beginning. So, when you fail early, it might be worth realizing that this is part of the deal, the price you pay for being good in the long run. Every rejection is a gift. A chance to learn and to do it better next time. An opportunity to figure out how to bounce, not break. Don't waste them.” PeopleLongMightMotivationalRunningNextOpportunityRealizingChanceDealsPayBreakFailingFiguresWasteBe GoodRejectionLong RunsNext TimeBounce Author:Seth Godin
“It's not enough to have values without vision ; you want to be good, but you want to be good for something. On the other hand, vision without values can create a Hitler . An empowering mission statement deals with both character and competence; what you want to be and what you want to do in your life.” WantEnoughCharacterHandsValuesDealsVisionMissionsBe GoodWhat You WantStatementsEmpoweringCompetenceMission Statement Book:First Things First Source: First Things First
“I would not be good with someone who did drugs. As long as I know something, I can deal with anything. I'm really good. But what I'm not good with is inconsistency. And I'm not good with not knowing.” KnowsLongI CanDealsKnowingDrugBe GoodNot KnowingInconsistency Author:Courteney Cox
“Deserve a great deal, and you shall have a great deal; deserve little, and you shall have but a little; and be good for nothing atall, and I assure you, you shall have nothing at all.” LittlesDealsDeserveRewardsBe GoodGenerosity Author:Lord Chesterfield
“I think that it would be good for people to realize and understand that they are doing something to deal with their pain and they aren't really going to be allowed to escape it and outrun it forever without side effects and certain consequences, as far as emotional and mental happiness and their physical condition. And I'd like people to be aware of those things.” PeopleThinkingWould BePainCertainSidesRealizingDealsForeverConditionsEffectsEmotionalConsequenceBe GoodSide EffectsOutrun Author:Axl Rose