“What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.” WorldFirstsWholeGrowthImaginationFrontsDevelopmentWhole World Author:Phylicia Rashad
“Shipping first time code is like going into debt. A little debt speeds development so long as it is paid back promptly with a rewrite. The danger occurs when the debt is not repaid. Every minute spent on not-quite-right code counts as interest on that debt. Entire engineering organizations can be brought to a standstill under the debt load of an unconsolidated implementation, object-oriented or otherwise.” FirstsLittlesLongInterestMinutesDangerObjectsDevelopmentFirst TimeOrganizationPaidDebtSpeedCodeEngineeringLoadImplementationShippingStandstill Author:Ward Cunningham
“Your level of success, in every area of your life, will always parallel your level of personal development. If you want Level 10 success in any area of your life, you must first develop yourself to be a Level 10 person in that area.” IfsWantFirstsPersonsLevelsDevelopmentGratitudeAreasPersonal DevelopmentParallels Author:Hal Elrod
“We must strive for freedom if we strive for self-knowledge. The task of self-knowledge and of further self-development is of such importance and seriousness, it demands such intensity of effort, that to attempt it any old way and amongst other things is impossible. The person who undertakes this task must put it first in his life, which is not so long that he can afford to squander it on trifles.” IfsWayFirstsPersonsLongSelfEffortImpossibleDevelopmentDemandTasksImportanceStriveIntensitySelf KnowledgeSelf DevelopmentSeriousnessTriflesOld Ways Author:G. I. Gurdjieff
“People go through four stages before any revolutionary development: 1. It's nonsense, don't waste my time. 2. It's interesting, but not important. 3. I always said it was a good idea. 4. I thought of it first.” PeopleFirstsSaidImportantIdeasChangeInterestingFourStageDevelopmentWasteRevolutionaryMy TimeNonsenseGood IdeasWasting My TimeDon't Waste My Time Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“For the first time ever we are capable of removing abject poverty, illiteracy and the diseases of poverty from the human condition. The current intensification of global economic integration has demonstrated that there is enough knowledge, technology and capital to bring development to all the people of the world.” PeopleWorldFirstsHumansEnoughPovertyTechnologyEconomicConditionsDevelopmentDiseaseCapableFirst TimeCurrentsHuman ConditionIntegrationIlliteracyEconomic Integration Author:Clare Short
“I definitely feel that we cannot do the fantastic things based on the real, unless we first know the real.” KnowsFeelsFirstsRealDesignDevelopmentFantastic Author:Walt Disney
“Fertile plains, every foot of them tilled, are of the first necessity; but great natural playgrounds of mountain, forest, cliff-walled lake, and brawling brook are also necessary to the full and many-sided development of a fine race.” FirstsNaturalRaceFeetFineDevelopmentMountainConservativeForestsLakesCliffsBrooksFertilePlaygrounds Book:The Works of Theodore Roosevelt Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt
“This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution. That will not happen overnight and it will not happen at a single conference on climate change, be it COP 15, 21, 40 - you choose the number. It just does not occur like that. It is a process, because of the depth of the transformation.” YearsFirstsDoeHas BeensHappensProcessNumbersEconomicMankindRevolutionDevelopmentPeriodsModelsFirst TimeTasksTransformationClimateDepthClimate ChangeSettingSettingsDefinedYou ChooseCopConferencesEconomic DevelopmentIndustrial Revolution Author:Christiana Figueres
“Acting is a reflex, a mechanism for development and survival. . . . It isn't 'second nature,' it is 'first nature.'” FirstsActingDevelopmentSurvivalMechanismReflexes Author:Declan Donnellan