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Quotes worth recording – Voltaire

By Rajesh Setty on Tue 12 Jun 2007, 7:42 AM - 2 Comments

Unfortunately, our school systems teach a person how to answer. May be there should a course on how to ask good questions?  For starters, you can get close to a 100 new questions at Squidoo: The Power of Questions

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“Judge of a man by his questions, rather than by his answers”

- Voltaire

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Quotes worth recording – Niccolo Machiavelli

By Rajesh Setty on Mon 11 Jun 2007, 10:57 PM - 3 Comments

If you are following yesterday’s success tips, they may not be applicable for tomorrow :)

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“Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with times”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

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Quotes worth recording – A.E. Hotchner

By Rajesh Setty on Fri 08 Jun 2007, 6:00 AM - Leave Comment

Every significant leap in your growth happened because you stretched beyond your limits. The question therefore is – “Are you stretching in the areas that you wish to grow or are you complacent and WISH that you grew?”

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“Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and wide as you can?”

- A.E. Hotchner
  Novelist and Biographer

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Quotes worth recording – William Gibson

By Rajesh Setty on Thu 07 Jun 2007, 1:32 AM - Leave Comment

Here is one way to look at innovation – to see things before the world sees it. This short quote captures the essence of innovation brilliantly.


“The future is here. It is just not widely distributed yet.”

- William Gibson,
   Science Fiction Writer

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Quotes worth recording – Mahatma Gandhi

By Rajesh Setty on Sun 27 May 2007, 3:05 PM - 2 Comments

The following quote makes me think – do I have a big enough dream and have I coupled with a team determined enough to make it a reality?

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“A small group of determined spirits with an unquenchable thirst for their mission, can alter the course of history”.

- Mahatma Gandhi

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Quotes worth recording – Luciano Di Crescenzco

By Rajesh Setty on Sun 13 May 2007, 8:50 PM - 1 Comment

Everyone needs help. You do. I do. Here is a simple quote that highlights this brilliantly.


“We are all Angels,
  With only one wing.
  We can only fly
   While embracing each other.”

- Luciano Di Crescenzco

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Quotes worth recording – H.E.Luccock

By Rajesh Setty on Sat 21 Apr 2007, 6:36 PM - 1 Comment

While there are exceptions, in most cases you need a great team to go after a grand vision. This simple, yet thought-provoking quote sums it up very well.


“No one can whistle a symphony; it takes an orchestra to play it”

- H.E.Luccock

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Quotes worth recording – Kathleen Mitchell

By Rajesh Setty on Sat 24 Mar 2007, 9:26 AM - Leave Comment

This is true for me and I am sure it’s true for most of you out there.

“Our careers are linear in foresight and circuitous in hindsight”

- Kathleen Mitchell
Author of “The Unplanned Career“

PS:
Thanks to Steve Piazzale of Bay Area Career Coach for sharing this.

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Quotes worth recording – Elbert Hubbard

By Rajesh Setty on Wed 21 Mar 2007, 8:04 AM - 1 Comment

Some people want to start businesses because they want freedom. They forget that they have to pay a price for that freedom. Hubbard has a one-liner that is a gem. Here it is…


“Responsibility is the price of freedom”

- Elbert Hubbard

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Quotes worth recording – Edmond Rostand

By Rajesh Setty on Mon 26 Feb 2007, 10:52 PM - Leave Comment

It seems obvious but many of us miss this. Rostand has a Quought for all of us:


“Vivre sans reve, qu’est ce? (What is life without a dream?)”

- Poet and playwright Edmond Rostand (1868 – 1918)

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