“Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel is more than willing to offer our experience in building a modern economy in spite of limited resources to the whole region.” MayEndsWholeHelpingYoungEconomyGenerationsModernBuildingWillingOffersConflictResourcesIsraelAspirationSpiteRegionsRealisingPalestinianLimited Resources Author:Shimon Peres
“If your goal is to produce firefighters and rescue workers, you have to produce people willing to enter burning buildings.” PeopleIfsGoalProduceBuildingWillingWorkersBurningRescueFirefighterBurning Buildings Book:Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices Source: Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices
“Imagine if somebody were to really sit down with Osama bin Ladin and say, 'Listen man, what is it that you're so angry at me about that you're willing to have people strap bombs to themselves, or get inside of airplanes and fly them into buildings?' That would be the miracle if we can get, sit down and talk to our enemies and find a way for them to hear us.” PeopleIfsMenWayWould BeEnemyImagineBuildingWillingMiracleDown AndAngryBombsAirplane Author:Matthew Modine
“For Kips Bay, I had a wonderful client, William Zeckendorf, who was willing to gamble with me on using concrete and not brick for a high-rise apartment building. That was very innovative at the time.” WonderfulBuildingWillingConcreteApartmentClientsBricksInnovativeGamble Author:I. M. Pei
“Unless you are building a new company from the ground up and can install caring as your businesses' cornerstone, you have to be willing to embark on a completely cultural overhaul so that, like a local mom and pop shop, every employee is comfortable engaging in customer service, and does it authentically.” DoeCompanyBuildingWillingMomComfortablePopsCaringCustomersLocalsShopsEmployeeEngagingCornerstonesNew Company Book:The Thank You Economy (Enhanced Edition) Source: The Thank You Economy (Enhanced Edition)
“Treatment is not now available for almost half of those who would benefit from it. Yet we are willing to build more and more jails in which to isolate drug users even though at one-seventh the cost of building and maintaining jail space and pursuing, detaining, and prosecuting the drug user, we could subsidize commensurately effective medical care and psychological treatment.” CareSpaceHalfBuildingWillingCostDrugBenefitsAvailableMedicalPsychologicalTreatmentJailUsersMaintainingMedical CareProsecutingDetaining Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.
“The only way we really create change is to enter any situation with the humility to listen and to recognize the world as it is, and then the audacity to dream what it could be, to have the patience to start and let the work teach you, to be willing to lead when you need to lead, and to listen. To have a sense of generosity and empathy, but not over-empathy, because accountability is so critical to building solutions that work.” WorldWayNeedsDreamSituationTeachHumilityBuildingWillingEmpathySolutionsCriticalGenerosityAccountabilityAudacity Author:Jacqueline Novogratz