“The great enemy of creativity is fear. When we're fearful, we freeze up - like a nine-year-old who won't draw pictures, for fear everybody will laugh. Creativity has a lot to do with a willingness to take risks. Think about how children play. They run around the playground, they trip, they fall, they get up and run some more. They believe everything will be all right. They feel capable; they let go. Good businesspeople behave in a similar way: they lose $15 million, gain $20 million, lose $30 million and earn it back. If that isn't playing, I don't know what is!” IfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsYearsBelieveChildrenPlayRunningFallFearLosesEnemyCreativityMillionsLaughingRiskLetting GoCapableDrawsGainsNineGet UpBehaveWillingnessFearfulFreezePlaygroundsNine YearsGood BusinessChildren Playing Author:Faith Ringgold
“Standardised tests cannot capture all, but on the other hand, students who are not capable of doing well on standardised tests are not well-equipped to thrive in today's world and so it's important for teachers to ensure that students gain the foundation necessary to meet the baseline educational standards these tests represent.” WorldWellsImportantHandsTodayTeacherStudentsCapableStandardsGainsTestsFoundationEducationalThriveCaptureToday's World Author:Wendy Kopp
“Though the principles of the banking trade may appear somewhat abstruse, the practice is capable of being reduced to strict rules. To depart upon any occasion from those rules, is consequence of some flattering speculation of extraordinary gain, is almost always extremely dangerous, and frequently fatal to the banking company which attempts it.” MayCompanyPrinciplesPracticeDangerousCapableConsequenceGainsTradeExtraordinaryOccasionsStrictBankingSpeculationFlatteringStrict Rules Book:An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations Source: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
“A father would do well, as his son grows up, and is capable of it, to talk familiarly with him; nay, ask his advice, and consult with him about those things wherein he has any knowledge or understanding. By this, the father will gain two things, both of great moment. The sooner you treat him as a man, the sooner he will begin to be one; and if you admit him into serious discourses sometimes with you, you will insensibly raise his mind above the usual amusements of youth, and those trifling occupations which it is commonly wasted in.” IfsMenMindWellsTwoSometimesMomentsAsksFatherGrowsUnderstandingGrowing UpAdviceYouthSeriousSonCapableGainsTreatsRaisesTwo ThingsOccupationUsualDiscourseAmusementTriflingGreat Moments Author:John Locke
“The nude gains its enduring value from the fact that it reconciles several contrary states. It takes the most sensual and immediately interesting object, the human body, and puts it out of reach of time and desire; it takes the most purely rational concept of which mankind is capable, mathematical order, and makes it a delight to the senses; and it takes the vague fears of the unknown and sweetens them by showing that the gods are like men and may be worshiped for their life-giving beauty rather than their death-dealing powers.” MenGivingHumansMayStatesFactsBodyDesireValuesOrderInterestingMankindObjectsCapableConceptsGainsEndureDelightContrarySensesRationalSensualMathematicalVagueHuman BodyReconcileFear Of The Unknown Author:Kenneth Clark
“So long as man is capable of Prema, Dharma will exist, do not doubt it. When that Prema is fixed on the Lord, your mental make-up will slowly and steadily undergo a revolutionary change; then, man will share in the sorrows and joys of his fellow-beings; thereafter he contacts the very source of the Bliss that is beyond the temporary gains and losses of this world.” MenWorldLongJoyLossLordDoubtShareThis WorldSourceSorrowCapableGainsFellowsContactRevolutionaryFixedBlissTemporaryDharmaRevolutionary ChangeGains And Losses Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.” InspirationalMindDesireAsksChangeKnowledgeSeeingCapableGainsHungerEducational Author:Maria Mitchell
“If... many influential people have failed to understand, or have just forgotten, what we were up against in the Cold War and how we overcame it, they are not going to be capable of securing, let alone enlarging, the gains that liberty has made.” PeopleIfsMadeWarLibertyColdCapableGainsForgottenCold WarInfluentialInfluential People Author:Margaret Thatcher
“Happiness--a small-scale, endearing, harmonious happiness--surely dwelt here beneath the low-powered lamps in the tiny rooms of these houses. A small-scale happiness and a modest harmony: let a man cry out, let him rage, let him howl with grief with all the power of which he was capable, what more than these could he ever hope to gain in this life?” MenHouseRoomsGriefCryCapableLowsGainsHarmonyRageTinyScalesThis LifeModestLampsHarmoniousHowlEndearing Book:The waiting years Source: The waiting years
“A comfort zone can be a mental state:Belief in God is a lot of peoples's comfort zone. Dont get me wrong, I'm not knocking faith; I just dont think you should have it because it makes you feel safe. I think you should have it because you do. Because somewhere deep inside you, you know beyond equivocating that something greater, wiser and infinitely more loving than we're capable of understanding has a vested interested in the universe, in the way things turn out. Because you can feel that, as much as the forces of darkness might try to gain the upper hand, there is an Upper Hand.” ThinkingKnowsWayFeelsShouldTryingStatesHandsMightTurnsUniverseBeliefForceUnderstandingDarknessGreaterComfortSafeCapableGainsShould HaveZoneWiserComfort ZoneKnockingDeep InsideBelief In GodUpper Hand Author:Karen Marie Moning
“If you're going to be passionate about something, be passionate about learning. If you're going to fight something, fight for those in need. If you're going to question something, question authority. If you're going to lose something, lose your inhibitions. If you're going to gain something, gain respect and confidence. And if you're going to hate something, hate the false idea that you are not capable of your dreams.” IfsInspirationalNeedsIdeasDreamHateFightingPassionLosesLearningConfidenceGayAuthorityCapableRespectGainsPassionateYour DreamsQuestioningMathematicianFollow Your DreamsChase Your DreamsDreams Do Come TrueLive And LearnInhibitionsThose In NeedYou Live And You LearnJoy Of Learning Author:Daniel Goldston
“A person who sins neither in thought nor deed, and is fair and just, gains enormous courage and strength. As a leader, you need courage born of integrity in order to be capable of powerful leadership. To achieve this courage, you must search your heart, and make sure your conscience is clear and your behavior is beyond reproach.” NeedsHeartPersonsOrderBornLeadershipSinPowerfulLeaderCourageClearAchieveIntegrityBehaviorCapableConscienceGainsFairsDeedsEnormousReproach Author:Konosuke Matsushita