People

Without heroes we"re all plain people and don"t know how far we can go. Bernard Malamud - American novelist (1914-1986), from "The Natural" (1952), Quotations book 2022

What is thought is not said. What is said is not heard. What is heard is not understood. What is understood is not believed. What is believed is not yet advocated. What is advocated is not yet acted on. What is acted on is not yet completed. scheme from communication research, falsely attributed to Konrad Lorenz - Austian zoologist and ethologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine 1973 (1903-1989),...

Free people make mistakes and willingly take risks. If we hold politicians responsible for everything that goes wrong, they will take away our liberty so that nothing can go wrong. They will do this not for our protection against risk, but for their own protection against criticism. Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, Lord Sumption – British author, medieval historian and judge, 2012-2018...

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell – British writer and journalist (1903-1950), from an unused preface to "Animal Farm" (1945), Quotations book 2022

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute. attributed to George Bernard Shaw – Irish writer, Nobel Prize in literature 1925 (1856-1950), Quotations book 2022

Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And best people give you memories. wisdom - Quotations book 2022

It is never too late to give up our prejudices. Henry David Thoreau - American writer (1817-1862), from "Walden" (1854), Quotations book 2022

In youth we learn; in age we understand. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach - Austrian writer (1830-1916), from her "Aphorisms", published in "Collected Works", book 1 (1893), Quotations book 2022

You need to repeat yourself so often, you get sick of hearing yourself say it, and only then will people begin to internalize what you’re saying. Jeffrey “Jeff" Weiner – American businessman, CEO LinkedIn (b. 1970), from an interview with "Time" (April 28th, 2014), Quotations book 2021

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead. Nelson Mandela – South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, 1994-99 president, Nobel Peace Prize (1918-2013), from his speech on the 90th birthday of Walter Sisulu (South African anti-apartheid activist and...

The world is as it is – we make the difference. Dr. Jagdish Parikh - Indian manager, author and speaker (b. 1940)

Generally speaking, envy, resentment, revenge and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought. […] You do not want to drift into self-pity. … Self-pity will not improve the situation. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), from his USC School of Law Commencement speech (May 13th, 2007)

Elegance is not to be noticed, it"s to be remembered. attributed to Giorgio Armani – Italian fashion designer (b. 1934) L"eleganza non è farsi notare, ma farsi ricordare. attribuita a Giorgio Armani - stilista italiano (*1934)

Progress is not possible without deviation (from the norm). Frank Zappa - American rock musician (1940-1993), from an interview with VPRO (February 11th, 1971)

If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important, and you do that by being genuine and humble. Nelson Mandela – South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, 1994-99 president, Nobel Peace Prize (1918-2013), from an interview with Oprah Winfrey for the "O magazine" (April 2001)

For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means [...] the power of some men to make other men what they please. C. S. Lewis - British writer (1898-1963), from "The Abolition of Man" (1943)

Never underestimate the man who overestimates himself. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), at the Daily Journal annual meeting (February 12th, 2020)

Extraordinary people need extraordinary conditions. Melker Schörling - Swedish businessman and investor (Securitas AB, Assa Abloy, 1947-2023) Utomordentliga personer behöver utomordentliga förutsättningar. Melker Schörling – svensk affärsman och investerare (Securitas AB, Assa Abloy, 1947-2023)

Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening. advice