“It is a curious quirk of human nature that some people can see opportunities, while others only see problems.” PeopleHumansProblemOpportunityHuman NatureCuriousQuirks Book:Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success Source: Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success
“I always made up my own acts; built them out of my knowledge and observation of real life. I'd had wonderful opportunities to study people; and every time I went out on the stage I tried to show the audience some bit of true human nature.” PeopleHumansMadeRealShowsOpportunityBitsMy OwnAudienceStudyWonderfulStageHuman NatureBuiltReal LifeObservation Author:W. C. Fields
“I still work that expectation/disappointment cycle all the time. I think it is part of the human nature and I think the most important thing is not to judge it. We are human and we do have expectations and a lot of our expectations are often not met. It is a process of learning how to be kind and compassionate and loving to ourselves when we don't get the things we want when people, circumstances, and opportunities don't match our expectations.” PeopleThinkingWantHumansKindStillsImportantOpportunityProcessHuman NatureJudgingCircumstancesMetsExpectationsImportant ThingsDisappointmentCyclesBe KindCompassionate Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“Adam Smith is an egalitarian, he believed in equality of outcome, not opportunity. He is an enlightenment figure, pre-capitalist. He says, suppose in England, one landowner got most of the land and other people would have nothing to live on. He says it wouldn't matter much, because the rich land owner, by virtue of his sympathy for other people would distribute resources among them, so that by an invisible hand, we would end up with a pretty egalitarian society. That is his conception of human nature.” PeopleHumansEndsMatterHandsOpportunityVirtueRichLandHuman NatureFiguresEnlightenmentResourcesEnglandInvisibleOutcomesOwnersConceptionAdamCapitalistInvisible Hand Author:Noam Chomsky
“I am constantly pushing myself and my own expectations and have always found that I've always come out better for it. Fear is human nature, but turning fear into opportunity is what will make a difference. I would much rather look back at my life saying "I can't believe I did that," than, "What if I had done that?"” BelieveDoneOpportunityHuman NatureExpectationsMaking A DifferenceWhat If Author:Richard Branson
“I can easily believe it. Women of that class have great opportunities, and if they are intelligent may be well worth listening to. Such varieites of human nature as they are in the habit of witnessing! And it is not merely in its follies, that they are read; for they see it occasionally under every circumstance that can be most interesting or affecting. What instances must pass before them of ardent, disinterested, self-denying attachment, of heroism, fortitude, patience, resignation-- of all the sacrifices that ennoble us most. A sick chamber may often furnish the worth of volumes.” IfsBelieveHumansWellsMayI CanSelfOpportunityInterestingClassSacrificeHuman NatureListeningHabitCircumstancesSickIntelligentInstanceFollyAttachmentHeroismVolumeFortitudeChamberMost InterestingResignationArdentGreat OpportunityDisinterestedAnne Elliot Author:Jane Austen
“It's human nature to be timid in the face of obstacles, but I have learned to believe that challenges are opportunities for genius to shine. In order to feel alive, we have to accomplish things that we once believed we could not.” FeelsBelieveHumansFacesOrderOpportunityChallengesAliveHuman NatureGeniusShiningObstaclesAccomplishI Have LearnedGymnastics Author:Dominique Moceanu
“Our life as consumers seems light years away from that of our grandparents. But you don't change human nature. Optimism, for me, is the belief that we can spread the opportunity for everyone to be fully human. Sustainability, like music, is an impulse to make sense of the world around us. It is core to our humanity. If you only like one composer, or think all the best music has already been written, you have reason for pessimism. If not, it is within us to have good reason for hope” IfsThinkingWorldYearsHumansReasonLightSeemsHumanityOpportunityBeliefVisionOur LivesWrittenHuman NatureFutureMusic IsOptimismSpreadCoreConsumersImpulseMake SensePessimismComposerSustainabilityGrandparentDon't ChangeSustainable DevelopmentAll The BestLight Years Author:Ed Mayo
“The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?” IfsMenHumansHeartPhilosophyUseOpportunityVirtueHuman NatureExerciseFaultsEmploymentLoyalRighteousFrankDefects Author:Moliere