Adaptation quotes - page 39
In a basic sense, the greater the development of each individual the more able, more effective, and less needy of limiting or restricting others she or he will be.
Jean Baker Miller
One's self-image and image of the future have a great deal to do with what that person is motivated to do and able to do, as well as the extent to which he is able to change his behavior.
Ellis Paul Torrance
If you ask me 'What is the one great move you can make to improve the Israeli economy?' of course it will be signing an agreement with the Arab world about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This will change everything.
Yair Lapid
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Salvador Dali
Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.
A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.
In our development, as we grow throughout our lives, the structure of our beliefs becomes very complicated, and we make it even more complicated because we make the assumption that what we believe is the absolute truth.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Carl Rogers
I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.
Michael Phelps
Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
Andre Gide
Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!
We must follow the wisdom of the Brundtland Report. We must pursue development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
Ban Ki-moon
Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social movement.
Richard Stallman
Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world.
To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.
People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them.
Jean Monnet