“Prophecy and prescience - How can they be put to the test in the face of unanswered questions? Consider: How much is actual prediction and how much is the prophet shaping the future to fit the prophecy? What are the harmonics inherent in the act of prophecy? Does the prophet see the future or does he see a line of weakness, a fault or cleavage that he may shatter with words or decisions as a diamond-cutter shatters his gem with a blow of the knife?” MayDoeFacesLinesDecisionFitWeaknessTestsFaultsBlowProphetKnivesDiamondInherentProphecyPredictionsGemsUnanswered QuestionsUnansweredCuttersCleavageShaping The Future Author:Frank Herbert
“The world is undoubtedly going through great changes. The only question is whether the outcome will be the good of Aryan humanity or profits for the Jew. The task of the national state will, therefore, be to preserve the race and fit it to meet the final and great decisions on this globe by suitable education of its youth.” WorldStatesHumanityDecisionRaceYouthFitTasksFinalsProfitJewPreservesOutcomesGlobesSuitableGreat Change Author:Adolf Hitler
“I think my deepest criticism of the educational system . . . is that it's all based upon a distrust of the student. Don't trust him to follow his own leads; guide him; tell him what to do; tell him what he should think; tell him what he should learn. Consequently at the very age when he should be developing adult characteristics of choice and decision making, when he should be trusted on some of those things, trusted to make mistakes and to learn from those mistakes, he is, instead, regimented and shoved into a curriculum, whether it fits him or not.” ThinkingShouldAgeChoicesDecisionMistakeStudentsFitAdultsCriticismEducationalGuidesDevelopingCharacteristicsMaking MistakesDecision MakingTrustedDistrustDon't TrustCurriculumEducational SystemChoices And Decisions Author:Carl Rogers
“I grew up in a remarkable home, the middle of seven children. My parents raised us well. They loved us well. We laughed hard growing up. But being the middle child, I couldn't figure out where I fit in the home, whether I was the youngest of the older three or the oldest of the younger three. When you don't know where you fit inside the home and you're young and you're desperate to fit in somewhere, I'd figured where I would fit outside the home. So I made some bad decisions about who I hung out with, I dropped out of high school, got kicked out of the house.” KnowsWellsChildrenMadeHardHomeSchoolYoungThreeHouseParentDecisionGrowing UpGrowingMiddleFiguresGrewFitGrew UpHigh SchoolRaisedSevenDesperateRemarkableLaughedHungBad DecisionMiddle Child Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“I think the best work of the director is to listen to what all the technicians around him have to say, but then the thing is to take the best decision, what you think is the best. Then, that is the moment where you have to have all the film in your head and imagine how all of that will fit together.” ThinkingMomentsTogetherFilmDecisionImagineFitDirectorsBest WorkTechnicians Author:Marjane Satrapi
“As Graham, Dodd and Buffett have all said, you should always remember that you don't have to swing at every pitch. You can wait for opportunities that fit your criteria and if you don't find them, patiently wait. Deciding not to panic is still a decision.” IfsShouldSaidStillsRememberOpportunityWaitingDecisionFitInvestingSwingsCriteriaBuffett Author:Seth Klarman
“When you don't know where you fit inside the home and you're young and you're desperate to fit in somewhere, I'd figured where I would fit outside the home. So I made some obviously bad decisions about who I hung out with and the things that I did.” KnowsMadeHomeYoungDecisionFitDesperateHungBad Decision Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“Immigrants who voluntarily come to a country have already made a decision to assimilate to one degree or another. Probably not completely, but they've committed to the place, and they know that they need to make certain kinds of concessions. They change themselves in some way to fit in. They're looking forward as much as they're still looking backward.” KnowsWayNeedsKindMadeStillsCountryCertainDecisionFitDegreesCommittedImmigrantsLooking BackLooking ForwardConcessions Author:Nguyen Viet Thang