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Quotes worth recording – Goethe

By Rajesh Setty on Tue 04 Apr 2006, 7:43 PM - Leave Comment

Ramesh Rajamani of TechMasala sends me this gem from Goethe. Leaders play a very important role in shaping the lives of people that they lead.

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them and you help them to become what they are capable of becoming”
- Goethe

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Quotes worth recording – Thomas Edison

By Rajesh Setty on Fri 24 Mar 2006, 6:21 PM - Leave Comment

Bill Soby of Silicon Valley Innovation Institute
mentioned this quote during our conversation this evening. Most of us
have untapped potential that will remain untapped for a long time. One
reason is that if our current use of potential is getting us through,
where is the big incentive to stretch further?

“If we all did things that we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves”

- Thomas Edison

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Quotes worth recording – Susane Berger

By Rajesh Setty on Tue 21 Mar 2006, 11:25 AM - Leave Comment

My friend Kimberly Wiefling sent me a cute card this morning that had this short quote on caring. Caring for people is important but it also has bonuses.

“When you care, people notice.”
- Susane Berger

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Quotes worth recording – Holy Bible

By Rajesh Setty on Sat 18 Mar 2006, 7:08 AM - Leave Comment

Timing is important. Check what Holy Bible has to say
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To everything there is a season,
a time for every purpose under the sun.
A time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill and a time to heal…
a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance …
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to lose and a time to seek;
a time to rend and a time to sew;
a time to keep silent and a time to speak;
a time to love and a time to hate;
a time for war and a time for peace.
- Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8
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Qutoes worth recording – Oscar Wilde

By Rajesh Setty on Tue 07 Mar 2006, 5:14 PM - Leave Comment

This one comes to me from Sowmya Ambiti at Compassites. The message is clear – actions matter. You can have the best intentions in your heart but your actions are out of sync with them – it doesn’t help. We all know that people can’t read our intentions but they can SEE our actions.

“The
smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention “
- Oscar Wilde


Thanks Sowmya.

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Quotes worth recording – Swedish Proverb

By Rajesh Setty on Fri 03 Mar 2006, 10:21 PM - Leave Comment

Got this from Quote Garden. This short quote reminds us that we need friends when we are celebrating or when we are in sorrow.

“Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow”
- Swedish Proverb

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Quotes worth recording – Nepolean Bonaparte

By Rajesh Setty on Fri 24 Feb 2006, 9:55 PM - 5 Comments

Got this gem from David Maister.

Here is a great perspective on success. Again, it is better to be in the ring and fail than to sit on the sidelines and comment.

“Glory may be fleeting; but obscurity is forever”

- Nepolean Bonaparte

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Quotes worth recording – Albert Camus

By Rajesh Setty on Sun 19 Feb 2006, 3:48 PM - Leave Comment

What you did yesterday has a direct impact on where you are today. If
that’s true, what you are doing TODAY will have a direct impact on
tomorrow for sure. This simple but beautiful quote encapsulates that.

“Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to what is present”

        – Albert Camus

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Quotes worth recording – Marcus Buckingham

By Rajesh Setty on Thu 16 Feb 2006, 11:27 AM - Leave Comment

Picked this up from a powerpoint presentation on Tom Peters website. This quote from Marcus Buckingham highlights several things for me
(1) never rest on your laurels
(2) one trick ponies are just that – one trick ponies
(3) think long-term

“Sustained success means making the greatest possible impact over the longest period of time”
        – Marcus Buckingham
           from his book “The One Thing You Need to Know“

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Quotes worth recording – Virginia Postrel

By Rajesh Setty on Thu 16 Feb 2006, 12:20 AM - Leave Comment

This Yesterday afternoon, when I was meeting with a couple of friends at
Starbucks, I found this gem of a quote about “Innovation” by Virginia
Postrel. The summary is that when an innovation is brilliant – it may
become so obvious that you may not even notice it.

“The
most successful innovations are the ones that we stop noticing almost
immediately. We often don’t appreciate the things we would least like
to give up”
- Virginia Postrel, author of The Substance of Style

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