Augenblicklichen Erfolg

Für augenblicklichen Erfolg verkaufe ich die Zukunft nicht.

(Werner von Siemens)

Obsession ist ein Motor

Obsession ist ein Motor, kein Motorschaden.

(Rolf Dobelli)

Das Glück besteht nicht darin

Das Glück besteht nicht darin, dass du tun kannst, was du willst, sondern darin, dass du auch immer willst, was du tust.

(Leo Tolstoi)

Rules and systems were created by people

When you remember that rules and systems were created by people, it becomes clear that they’re not set in stone.

(Originals by Adam Grant)

Happiness is the key to life

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy”. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.

(John Lennon)

You renew yourself every day

You renew yourself every day. Sometimes you’re successful, sometimes you’re not, but it’s the average that counts.

(Sata Nadella)

Das Unnachahmliche

Die meisten Nachahmer lockt das Unnachahmliche.

(Marie Ebner-Eschenbach)

Improve the world

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it difficult to plan the day.

(E. B. White)

Expect anything worthwhile

Expect anything worthwhile to take a long time.

(Debbie Millman)

Individual commitment

Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

(Vince Lombardi)