“There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning. I think I've learned that lesson twice now. The essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.” ThinkingGivingWinningIndividualNationsCommunityChallengesAcceptingSuccessfulGreaterRevolutionDependsLessonsEssenceStructureI've Learned Author:Abbie Hoffman
“Stop judging life! Look at every event as blessed. It is offering you the fastest track to get onto your highest, happiest and most successful state. Your soul is working it all out perfectly. When you accept this you will make life amendments easily and lovingly. Then the pain stops and the joyous creation begins.” LooksSoulStatesPainAcceptingSuccessfulEventsCreationJudgingHighestBlessedTrackYour SoulWorking ItOfferingAmendmentsJoyous Author:Melanie
“You just have to change. To be successful, what you have to do is have an acceptance of risk and you have to be pretty explicit about that, because if you don’t accept risk, you don’t get any innovation. And that means part of risk is you have to accept failure because not everything works.” IfsMeanAcceptingSuccessfulRiskAcceptanceInnovationBeing SuccessfulExplicit Author:Michael Dell
“The key to a successful marriage is accepting that you're not going to change the other person. And the words "Yes, dear. Whatever you want.” WantPersonsAcceptingSuccessfulKeysDearSuccessful MarriageYes Dear Author:Patrick Dempsey
“To survive in modern times, a company must have an organizational structure that accepts change as its basic premise, lets tribal customs thrive, and fosters a power that is derived from respect, not rules. In other words, the successful companies will be the ones that put quality of life first. Do this and the rest - quality of product, productivity of workers, profits for all - will follow.” FirstsQualityCompanyAcceptingSuccessfulModernProductsStructureWorkersProfitProductivityThriveCustomsQuality Of LifePremisesOrganizationalModern TimesAccepting ChangeSuccessful CompanyOrganizational Structure Author:Ricardo Semler
“The rich landlord is he who collects with sternness, who accepts no excuse, and will have his own. There are moments of irritation and of real bitterness against him, but there is still admiration, because he is rich and successful.” StillsRealMomentsAcceptingSuccessfulRichExcuseAdmirationBitternessNo ExcusesIrritationLandlord Book:Democracy and Social Ethics Source: Democracy and Social Ethics
“At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren't where you want to be, you will always be a failure.” WantLongEndsReasonRealizingAcceptingSuccessfulEthicsResponsibleBlameBeing SuccessfulThe End Of The DayBe YouWork EthicIntegrating Author:Erin Cummings
“For the artist, the goal of the painting or musical composition is not to convey literal truth, but an aspect of a universal truth that if successful, will continue to move and to touch people even as contexts, societies and cultures change. For the scientist, the goal of a theory is to convey "truth for now"--to replace an old truth, while accepting that someday this theory, too, will be replaced by a new "truth," because that is the way science advances.” PeopleIfsWayMovingArtistCultureGoalAcceptingSuccessfulPaintingTheoryTruth IsAspectScientistUniversalMusicalSomedayCompositionReplacedLiteralUniversal TruthCulture ChangeSociety And CultureMusical Composition Author:Daniel Levitin
“The best philanthropy is not just about giving money but giving leadership. The best philanthropists bring the gifts that made them successful-the drive, the determination, the refusal to accept that something can't be done if it needs to be into their philanthropy.” IfsNeedsGivingMadeDoneAcceptingSuccessfulDeterminationPhilanthropyRefusalPhilanthropistGiving Money Author:Tony Blair
“The problem is that we as a society simply accept these unrealistic standards: that you have to be thin to be perfect, to be beautiful, to be successful at work and to have a good relationship. And it is making us sick. This self-loathing is crippling women.” SelfProblemBeautifulPerfectAcceptingSuccessfulStandardsSickBeing SuccessfulLoathingSelf LoathingGood Relationship Author:Crystal Renn
“We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.” NeedsSometimesInspirationSuccessUnderstandingWomenDecisionBusinessAcceptingSuccessfulAcceptancePositiveFailureOppositesScrewsEmpowering WomenSuccess And FailureBeing A WomanPowerful WomenBusiness LeadersSuccess FailureScrew UpsInspirational WomenRight DecisionSuccessful WomenGreat WomenWomen PowerTough DecisionsBusiness WomanMake The Right DecisionWoman LeaderDefine Success Author:Arianna Huffington
“The yearning for the common good comes from the refusal to accept that perhaps Americans have very little in common apart from the elements of a sometimes successful civil religion based around a sentimental, indeed sometimes teary-eyed, attachment to the constitution and a belief in the quasi-divine wisdom of the founding fathers.” LittlesSometimesFatherBeliefCommonAcceptingSuccessfulDivineElementsConstitutionAttachmentYearningSentimentalFoundingRefusalCommon GoodDivine Wisdom Author:Simon Critchley
“Somehow ungodly men have developed systems of organization which permit them to work together in states of relative harmony and unity, whereas godly men, refusing to admit that these organizational structures are needed, live in states of chaos and disunity. The tragedy of this fact becomes evident when we realize that many of the successful systems of organization under which the godly men work and which the godly men refuse to accept are biblically based.” MenStatesFactsTogetherRealizingAcceptingSuccessfulNeededOrganizationTragedyHarmonyStructureUnityChaosRefuseWorking TogetherPermitRelativeEvidentGodlyOrganizationalGodly ManDisunityOrganizational Structure Author:Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom
“Successful investors must temper the arrogance of taking a stand with a large dose of humility, accepting that despite their efforts and care, they may in fact be wrong.” MayFactsCareEffortAcceptingSuccessfulHumilityDespiteArroganceInvestorsTemperDose Author:Seth Klarman
“If you don't want responsibility, don't sit in the big chair. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility” IfsWantBigsResponsibilityAcceptingSuccessfulBeing SuccessfulChairs Book:Reach for the Summit Source: Reach for the Summit