Spped Quotes

The task of leadership is

not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it.

I would trade all of my technology for

an afternoon with Socrates.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required

within five years to learn English or leave the country.

Every business is a living document

that needs to be improved.

Failure and invention are inseparable twins.

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes

its reward to the man who loves his work.

But...

I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward,

in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior

more than simple behavior.

I have just got a new theory of eternity.

Happiness cannot be pursued;

it must ensue.

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality.

A nation will not survive morally or economically

when so few have so much,

while so many have so little.

Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.

Be quick,

but don’t hurry.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

Vulnerability is the core of art.

The earth laughs in flowers.

People often say that motivation doesn’t last.

Well,

neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.

Never retreat.

Never explain.

Get it done

and

let them howl

Benjamin Jowett

To conquer oneself is a greater task than

conquering others.

I thank God for my failures

Maybe not at the time but

after some reflection.

I never feel like a failure

just because something

I tried has failed.