“Heroes have gone out; quacks have come in; the reign of quacks has not ended with the nineteenth century. The sceptre is held with a firmer grasp; the empire has a wider boundary. We are all the slaves of quackery in one shape or another. Indeed, one portion of our being is always playing the successful quack to the other.” GoneSuccessfulCenturyHeroShapesSlaveBoundariesEmpiresPortionsReignNineteenth CenturyQuacksQuackery Author:Thomas Carlyle
“Sometimes you get lucky - you don't put much work in and you're successful anyway. But over the course of time, if you really want to shape your path, I think it's about the quality of the time you put in.” IfsThinkingWantSometimesCoursesQualityPathSuccessfulShapesLuckyLucky You Author:Blake Griffin
“There is no patent recipe for getting good citizenship. You get it by applying the old, old rules of decent conduct, the rules in accordance with which decent men have had to shape their lives from the beginning .. fundamental precepts, put forth in the Bible and embodied consciously or unconsciously in the code of morals of every great and successful nation from antiquity to modern times.” MenNationsMoralSuccessfulModernShapesFundamentalsCodeDecentCitizenshipRecipesAntiquityPatentsGood CitizenModern TimesDecent ManGood Citizenship Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Lenin in 1921 observed very presciently that motion pictures were the most powerful tool ever invented to shape the way we thought. He was right. Political films can be successful.” WayFilmPoliticalPowerfulSuccessfulShapesToolsBeing SuccessfulMost PowerfulMotion Pictures Author:Charlton Heston
“Change masters are - literally - the right people in the right place at the right time. The right people are the ones with the ideas that move beyond the organization's established practice, ideas they can form into visions. The right places are the integrative environments that support innovation, encourage the building of coalitions and teams to support and implement visions. The right times are those moments in the flow of organizational history when it is possible to reconstruct reality on the basis on accumulated innovations to shape a more productive and successful future.” PeopleIdeasMomentsRealityMovingFormVisionPracticeSupportSuccessfulEnvironmentTeamBuildingMastersShapesFlowOrganizationBasesInnovationProductiveRight TimeRight PlaceCoalitionsOrganizational Book:Change Masters Source: Change Masters
“There is a myth that the purpose of education is to give one the means for upward mobility and success. The plain truth is that the planet does not need more successful people. But it does need desperately more peacemakers, healers, restorers, story tellers, and lovers of every shape and form.” PeopleNeedsGivingMeanDoeStoriesFormPurposeSuccessfulPlanetsLoversTruth IsShapesMythSuccessful PeopleHealerMobilityPeacemakerPurpose Of EducationUpward Mobility Author:David W. Orr