“I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style, and so cease to be themselves. Without a master, without a model, without a guide, I go to work and earn my living, my well-being and my fame.” MenNeedsWellsEnoughMy OwnWorryStyleMastersGeniusFameModelsGuidesCeaseWell BeingCopiesFree Man Author:Pietro Aretino
“A good model guides your thinking, a bad one warps it.” ThinkingModelsGuidesWarp Author:Brian Marick
“I really enjoyed Merrill Markoe's Guide To Glamorous Living, which was a weird hybrid reality/sketch thing I wrote, directed, and hosted, with two male-model bimbos whom I made agree with everything I said.” MadeSaidTwoRealityModelsAgreeMalesGuidesEnjoyedGlamorousHybrid Author:Merrill Markoe
“Lacking positive myths to guide him, many a sensitive contemporary man finds only the model of the machine beckoning him from every side to make himself over into its image.” MenSidesModelsMachinesMythGuidesContemporarySensitiveLackingBeckoning Author:Rollo May
“If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, "What would make me happy?" In other words, let your feelings guide you. This doesn't work well if you focus narrowly on your personal needs. I am not talking about selfishness or self-interest. When I ask, What will make you happy?, I mean, What way of loving others feels right for you? Choose a way of loving that makes you happy, and your efforts will be play rather than work.” IfsWayNeedsFeelsWellsMeanSelfPlayFeelingsAsksInterestAnswersEffortTalkingRolesFocusModelsGuidesSelfishnessRole ModelsYou ChooseSelf InterestMake You HappyMake Me HappyNot TalkingFeels RightLoving OthersPersonal Needs Author:Bernie Siegel
“A new model is starting to take root and grow, one in which consumers have more choices, more tools, more information, and more power to guide these choices. I call this emerging model The Mesh.” ChoicesGrowsInformationModelsToolsRootsStartingGuidesConsumersEmergingMesh Book:The Mesh: Why the Future of Business Is Sharing Source: The Mesh: Why the Future of Business Is Sharing
“India just went 3 years with no cases [of polio]. Pakistan is our toughest location right now because some parts of the Taliban have not allowed vaccinators to come in and have even attacked vaccinators. We are hopeful this will get resolved since no one wants their kid to be paralyzed. I spend a lot of time making sure the polio campaign is doing the best it can. We have great computer models that help guide our activities.” WantYearsHelpingKidsCasesRight NowActivityComputerModelsIndiaGuidesCampaignsHopefulLocationPakistanTalibanParalyzedPolio Author:Bill Gates
“A great model for this is the way that Dante calls on Virgil at the beginning of 'The Inferno,' 'The Divine Comedy,' to help guide him through the underworld.” WayHelpingComedyDivineModelsGuidesUnderworldInfernoDivine Comedy Author:Edward Hirsch
“The ability to be present with every single person and engage was a great model for me of the work that a writer needs to do. Writers, living or dead, still guide me in many ways.” WayNeedsPersonsStillsAbilityModelsGuidesSingle PersonGuide Me Author:Sandra Cisneros
“There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.” StillsHomeRolesModelsFemaleTraditionGuidesVotersSouthernRole ModelsQuartersSouthern WomenFemale RolesFemale Role Models Author:Madeleine M. Kunin
“I think right now the way society's going, I think role models are important, and kids need direction. If I didn't have that direction growing up, who knows what I could be doing, because I've been lost many times in my life, and I've had to have someone guide me back on the right path.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayNeedsImportantKidsLostRolesGrowing UpPathGrowingRight NowModelsGuidesRole ModelsRight PathGuide Me Author:Jeremy Lin
“The best way to make a permanent change for good is to make Jesus Christ your model and His teachings your guide for life.” WayJesusChristTeachingModelsJesus ChristGuidesBest WayPermanentPermanent Change Author:Richard G. Scott