We are at a crossroads in human history. Never before has there been a moment so simultaneously perilous and promising. We are the first species to have taken evolution into our own hands.
—Carl Sagan (1934–96) American Astronomer
Aristotle said, ‘Time does not exist except for change.’ The origin of the word change is the Old English cambium, which means “to become”. In other words, time does not exist except for becoming something new. What, exactly, are you choosing to become?
—Robert Cooper (b.1947) British Diplomat
In the words of Max DePree: “Management has a lot to do with answers. But leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is: ‘Who do we intend to be?’ Not ‘What are we going to do?’ but ‘Who do we intend to be?'”
—Max De Pree (1924–2017) American Businessman
We can either help to make this world a more incredible place than it has ever been, or we can hasten its return to inorganic dust.
—Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934–2021) Hungarian-American Psychologist
It is as if evolution has built a safety device in our nervous system that allows us to experience full happiness only when we are living at 100%—when we are fully using the physical and mental equipment we have been given.
—Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934–2021) Hungarian-American Psychologist
Bring the full tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house; and thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.
—Bill Gates (b.1955) American Businessperson, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Author
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a blame to any people.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action.
—Cyril Connolly (1903–74) British Literary Critic, Writer
It’s a sin to be poor! He wasn’t referring to moral turpitude, but rather to “the frustration of potentiality”. He believed and taught that, when we establish ourselves in the consciousness of God, the whole universe moves to flow into us with its abundance of life and substance. This is obviously what Jesus had in mind when he said, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well”.
—Unknown
If you err it is not for me to punish you. We are punished by our sins not for them.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
The sin that now rises to your memory as your bosom sin, let this be first of all withstood and mastered.—Oppose it instantly by a detestation of it, by a firm will to conquer it, by reflection, by reason, by prayer.
—William Ellery Channing (1780–1842) American Unitarian Theologian, Poet
SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense
—Eric Butterworth (1916–2003) American Spirituality Writer
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don’t fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
—Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) Russian-born American Composer, Musician
The wiser the man, the more careful should he be of his conduct.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
Not to be ashamed of sin is to sin double
—German Proverb
Man-like it is to fall into sin; fiendlike it is to dwell therein.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
Your life is a kind of laboratory where you’re constantly experimenting with your own higher knowing, always increasing your capacity to design the life you choose. Human beings must create; it’s hardwired. The question is, are you consciously creating or only sleepwalking through your human life?
—David Emerald
Like squirrels, the best in every business do what they have learned to do without questioning their abilities – they flat out trust their skills, which is why we call this high-performance state of mind the “Trusting Mindset”.
—John Eliot (b.1971) American Psychologist, Academic
The best players in any high-stakes field – business, entertainment, law, surgery, as well as sport – recognize that pressure occurs at the moments when meaningful accomplishment is possible. In fact, that is the reason why performers perform: for the opportunity to tackle challenges head on, to do something significant, to demonstrate what their hard work and talent can produce.
—John Eliot (b.1971) American Psychologist, Academic
Birds never sing in caves.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
All sins cast long shadows.
—Irish Proverb
Those who do unlawful acts are no more sinners in the eyes of God than we who think them.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
The single biggest difference between financial success and financial failure is how well you manage your money. It’s simple: to master money, you must manage money.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Knowing oneself is not so much a question of discovering what is present in one’s self, but rather the creation of who one wants to be.
—Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934–2021) Hungarian-American Psychologist
He whose hand is not wounded can carry poison. A poisonous liquid cannot seep into such a hand, nor can evil befall him who has done no wrong.
—Buddhist Teaching
There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular is providence.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
That which we call sin in others, is experiment for us.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
We may stumble, but always there is that eternal voice, forever whispering within our ear, that thing which causes the eternal quest, that thing which forever sings and sings.
—Ernest Holmes (1887–1960) American New Thought Writer, Teacher