Monday, August 24, 2009

law, reputation and optimism

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
~ Martin Luther King Jr.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
~ Henry Ford

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.
~ Robert Brault

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Future; being good; creativity

The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet.
~ William Gibson

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
~ George Orwell

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.
~ Ray Bradbury

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Peace, and purpose

Out of clutter, find simplicity.
From discord, find harmony.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
~Albert Einstein

If you're not serving a customer, you better be serving someone who is.
~ Unknown

Great teams need great leaders - leaders who inspire, motivate, instil pride, loyalty and a sense of fun at work.
~Natalie Calvert, Managing Director, Calcom Group