To Stand Still is to Fall Behind.

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I'm sharing with you my personal collection of
quotes, some of which have associated pictures. 
Whenever I see a quote I like, I add it to this
PowerPoint file and then browse the file for
inspiration whenever I am developing a new
presentation or pursuing a new thought activity. 
Here 'tis. . . .Betty Zimmerman
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There is no creativity in certaintyno
discovery in absolutesno breakthrough ideas
birthedin the bright light of established fact.
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"Those of us who are not willing to risk,
cannot win." - Paul Revere
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"A human being should be able to change a
diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a
ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act
alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem,
pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty
meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly . . . .
Specialization is for insects." -
Robert Heinlein
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cathexis (kuh-THEK-sis) noun, plural cathexes
(-THEK-seez)Concentration of emotional energy
on an object or idea.
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pandiculation (pan-DIK-yuh-lay-shuhn) noun
The act of stretching oneself.
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The vast majority of human beings dislike and
even dread all notions with which they are not
familiar. Hence it comes about that at their
first appearance innovators have always been
derided as fools and madmen. -Aldous Huxley
(1894-1963)
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Along this tree / From root to crown / Ideas flow
up / And vetoes down. -Asenior executive, quoted
by Peter Drucker
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Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in
information? -T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
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STEPSAll great masters are chiefly distinguished
by the power of adding a second, a third, and
perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many
a man had taken the first step. With every
additional step you enhance immensely the value
of your first. -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
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Every now and then go away, have a little
relaxation, for when you come backto your work
your judgment will be surer. Go some distance
away because thenthe work appears smaller and
more of it can be taken in at a glance and alack
of harmony and proportion is more readily seen. -
Leonardo Da Vinci
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Many a man fails to become a thinker for the
sole reason that his memory is too good.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche German philosopher
(1844-1900)
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polyhistor (pol-ee-HIS-tuhr) noun A person
with broad knowledge.
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vicissitude (vi-SIS-i-tood, -tyood) nounA
change or variation. The quality of being
changeable mutability.
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" ... it ought to be remembered that there is
nothing more difficult to take in hand, more
perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its
success, than to take the lead in the
introduction of a new order of things.
Because the innovator has for enemies all
those who have done well under the old
conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who
may do well under the new." -- Nicolo
Machiavelli, "The Prince," 1515
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if
we but know what to do withit. -Ralph Waldo
Emerson
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showstopper (SHO-stop-uhr) noun1. A performer
or performance that wins enthusiastic or
prolonged applause.2. A spectacularly arresting
or appealing person or thing.
See Notes
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doublethink (DUB-uhl-thingk) noun Thought
marked by the acceptance of gross contradictions
and falsehoods, especially when used as a
technique of self-indoctrination.
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bandersnatch (BAN-duhr-snach) noun 1. An
imaginary wild animal of fierce disposition.
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To Stand Still is to Fall Behind.
Gordon Forward CEO Chaparral Steel
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One must learn by doing the thing
for though you think you know it, you have n
o certainty until you try."

Sophocles great tragic dramatists of ancient Ath
ens
496?-406? BC
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The definition of insanity is
doing the same thing over and over again,
expecting different results.
   
R. M. Brown
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Slaying sacred cows makes great steaks!.   
 
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None of us is as smart as all of us.    
Ken Blanchard
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Extraordinary people visualize not what is
possible or probable, but rather what is impossi
ble. And by visualizing the impossible, they
begin to see it as possible.    
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Gaze beyond the visible to the potential
on the horizon.
   
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"It does not matter how slowly you go as lon
g as you
do not stop."
Confucius
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"We have always honored the high places because
we sense them to be homes of Gods. In the mo
untains there is a promise of ....something
inexplicable, a higher plane of awareness, a sp
irit that soars."
Petzl
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"I want to know the thoughts of God.
All the rest are details,"

Albert Einstein
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"There is far too great a disproportion
between what one is and what others think one is
, or at least what they say they think one is.
But one has to take it all with a good hum
or."
Albert Einstein
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"Near the foot of the mountain
we visited a yogi who dwelled in a hollow tunnel
beneath a boulder... He pondered our notion o
f climbing Shivling and said,
'First travel, then struggle, finally calm'."

Greg Child
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"Unusual travel suggestions are dancing lessons
from God" ...

Kurt Vonnegut
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"My father considered a walk among the mountains

as the equivalent of churchgoing."
Aldous Huxley
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The ultimate good is not to be afraid
Nietzsche
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"To the dull mind nature is leaden. To the i
llumined mind the whole world burns and sparkl
es with light"

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Knowledge is different from all other
resources. It makes itself constantly
obsolete, so that todays advanced knowledge is
tomorrows ignorance.
Peter Drucker The Futurist November 1998
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• The intent of the Corporate Center is to
• manage the long term, strategic issues
• that affect the overall value of Texaco
• unleash the energy of Texaco's people
• to achieve the unexpected
• set a high standard of intellectual and
• value-adding contribution
• promote and advocate change.
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Peter Bijur
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"Wine is fine It frees the mind Ideas abundan
t Eloquence rehearsed Architectural perfection
Then building code rejection? Or, building c
ode perfection And then architectural rejection ?
Torturous paths to our elucidation Are fraugh
t with details and much trepidation.
John Old
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Knowledge is experience. Everything else is
just information.

Albert Einstein
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Life is like a dog-sled team.
If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never c
hanges.

Lewis Grizzard
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"Knowledge management. . . is not fundamentally
about technology. Its social and cultural cha
nge."

Jeff Papows President, Lotus Comdex 98
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Discovery consists of looking at the same thi
ng as everyone else and thinking something diff
erent.

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Nobel Prize winning physici
an
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Knowledge is experience. Everything else is
just information.

Albert Einstein
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"The Internet is driving one-third of the real
growth in the American economy."
Ira Magaziner Presidential Adviser
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If I look confused it's because I'm thinking.
-Samuel Goldwyn
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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
-Norman Vincent Peale
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Failures are divided into two classes--those who
thought and never did, and those who did and
never thought. -John Charles Salak
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in
action. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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Extroverts"Some people approach every problem
with an open mouth" -Adlai Stevenson
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Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a
chain or freed a human soul. -Mark Twain, U.S.
Author (1835-1910)
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The happiness of your life depends upon the
quality of your thoughts therefore, guard
accordingly, and take care that you entertain no
notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable
nature. -Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD)
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But they are useless. They can only give you
answers. -Picasso, on computers.
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When you say that you agree to a thing in
principle, you mean that you have not the
slightest intention of carrying it out.
-Otto von Bismarck
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Dumber than dirt could be a well-grounded mind
Duke Rohe
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When your mind stretches, it comes back to a
different shape
Duke Rohe
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A new economic world order based upon
knowledge not technology,innovation not
solutions,value-systems not value
chains,customer success not satisfaction,inter
national collaboration not competition.
Debra M. Amidon Innovation Strategy for the Knowl
edge Economy The Ken Awakening
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When we discover the creative energy in one
anothers souls, then we have unlimited fuel for
the Knowledge Economy. The real frontiers are
within us as we learn to appreciate and value
differences unique differences and learn that
as we become energized as individuals,
ourKnowledge Economy will gain energy in new
ways.
Savage
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If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done
the experiment. The literature was full of
examples that said you can't do this.
Spencer Silver, originator of Post-it Notepads
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Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the
seriousness of a child at play.
Heraclitus Greek philosopher 500 B.C.
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Think like a man of action, act like a man of
thought.
Henri Bergson
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misoneism (mis-uh-NEE-izm) noun Hatred or
fear of change or innovation.
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First the man has an idea. Then the idea has an
idea. Then the idea takes the man.
Rolf Smith
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If a man empties his purse into his head, no
one can take it away from him.
An investment of knowledge always pays the best
interest.
Benjamin Franklin
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Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity.
George Bernard Shaw
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Rubicon (ROO-bi-kon) nounA limit that when
passed or exceeded permits of no return and
typicallyresults in irrevocable commitment.
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If you think you can do a thing or think you
can't do a thing, you're right.
Henry Ford
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Anyone can make a decision, given enough
facts.A good manager can make a decision
without enough facts.A perfect manager can
operate in perfect ignorance.
Spencers Laws of Data
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It is more important to know where you are going
than to get there quickly.Do not mistake
activity for achievement.
Mabel Newcmber
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The major difference between rats and people is
that rats learn from experience.
B. F. Skinner
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There is no such thing as staying the same. You
are either striving to make yourself better or
allowing yourself to get worse.
Unknown
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It is not necessary to change survival is not
mandatory.
W. Edwards Deming
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History is fables agreed upon.
Voltaire (1694-1778)
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sword of Damocles (sord uv DAM-uh-kleez)
nounConstant threat imminent peril.After
Damocles, fourth century B.C.Greek courtier to
Dionysius the elder, tyrant of Syracuse, who
according to legend was forced to sit at a
banquet table under a sword suspended by a single
hair to demonstrate the precariousness of a
king's fortunes.
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Office in-the-box
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If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd
spend six sharpening my axe.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
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aleatory (AY-lee-uh-tor-ee) adjective
Dependent on chance, luck, or an uncertain
outcome.
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"Whether you believe you can, or whether you
believe you can't, you're absolutely right."
- Henry Ford
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Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes
back to its originaldimensions. -Oliver Wendell
Holmes
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satori (suh-TOR-ee) noun Sudden
enlightenment.Japanese, noun derivative of
verb to awaken (sato- aware -r formative
affix) "... she jumped into her car and
drove and the sun was setting and nothing else
was around and she felt This is it, the moment of
satori when all things become clear." Drew
Barrymore is, Esquire, 1 Feb 1994.
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LOST
Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes besid
e you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called H
ere, And you must treat it as a powerful strange
r, Must asked permission to know it and be known
. The forest breathes. Listen. It answers, I h
ave made this place around you,
If you leave it you may come back again, saying
Here. No two trees are the same to Raven. No t
wo branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest
knows Where are you. You must let it find you.
David Whyte's "The Heart Aroused"
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"Life is creative. It plays itself into ex
istence, seeking out new relationships, new cap
acities, new traits. Life is an experimen
t to discover what's possible.
As it tinkers with discovery,
it creates more and more possibilities.
With so much freedom for discovery,
how can life be anything but playful?"
-- Margaret J. Wheatley and Myron
Kellner-Rogers,
"a simpler way", P. 10.