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Quotes worth recording – Wayne Gretzky

By Rajesh Setty on Wed 21 Jun 2006, 11:56 PM - 2 Comments

They say that the biggest risk is to not take any risks. Typically (not always) rewards are directly proportional to the risks you take. Here is a gem that hits the nail on the head.

“You miss a 100% of the shots that you never take”

- Wayne Gretzky

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Quotes worth recording – Horace Mann

By Rajesh Setty on Mon 12 Jun 2006, 1:10 PM - 2 Comments

Practicing what you preach can be hard. It is the basic difference between an idea an execution. Ideas are dime a dozen but those that get executed are a handful – one reason is because it costs less to discuss an idea than to execute one.

Here is a quote that highlights the need to act than just to talk.

“It is well to think well. It is divine to act well”

- Horace Mann

Hat Tip: My friend Kip Meacham at The RSS Pundit.

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Quotes worth recording – Michael Basch

By Rajesh Setty on Sun 11 Jun 2006, 7:55 AM - Leave Comment

For most people, change would be no issue if they are not involved in the change. This short quote explains the same beautifully.

“People don’t dislike change. They dislike being changed.”

- Michael Basch

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Quotes worth recording – Legend

By Rajesh Setty on Wed 31 May 2006, 7:45 PM - 3 Comments

Punit Soni from Wharton has been sending me this quote in every email that he has sent me in the last few months. I don’t know whether he is sending me a message

Enjoy!

According to the laws of aerodynamics, a bumblebee cannot fly. The bumblebee doesn’t know aerodynamics. So it flies anyway.

- Legend

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Quotes worth recording – Lao-Tzu

By Rajesh Setty on Tue 23 May 2006, 9:03 PM - Leave Comment

I know all of us are leaders. This gem from Lao-Tzu makes us think what kind of leaders we are.

“As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, people fear, and the next, the people hate. When the best leader’s work is done, the people say, “We did it ourselves.”

- Lao-Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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Quotes worth recording – Oprah Winfrey

By Rajesh Setty on Sat 06 May 2006, 6:44 AM - 3 Comments

Got this from the brainy quote website. The primary driving force for a relationship has to be based on “who a person is” rather than “what a person has.”

“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down”

- Oprah Winfrey

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Quotes worth recording – Stanley Horowitz

By Rajesh Setty on Fri 28 Apr 2006, 9:42 PM - Leave Comment

This comes from Tom Hill’s Friday Eaglezine. My teacher used to say “Speak when you are angry, and you will make the best speech you’ll ever regret.” This gem is below says something similar

“Nothing lowers the level of conversation than raising the voice”

- Stanley Horowitz

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Quotes worth recording – Leo Buscaglia

By Rajesh Setty on Mon 24 Apr 2006, 5:23 PM - Leave Comment

Great perspective on risk. If you never walk you won’t have the worry of falling down but you won’t get anywhere else either

To laugh is to risk being a fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement.
To express feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams, before the crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.

The person who risks nothing,does nothing,has nothing and is nothing.

He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live. Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave, he has forfeited freedom. Only a person who risks – is free.

- Leo Buscaglia

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Quotes worth recording – Jnan Dash

By Rajesh Setty on Tue 18 Apr 2006, 11:21 PM - Leave Comment

In a recent two-hour lunch meeting with Jnan Dash, not only my stomach was full but my head was filled with a ton of knowledge. As always, it was great to meet with Jnan. One of the takeaways for me was Jnan’s take on “Stress”

“Stress is directly proportional to the delta between who you are and who you are projecting to be”

- Jnan Dash, former EVP of Oracle

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