"Fearlessness begets happiness, which begets creativity, which begets innovation, which begets profits."

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Source : Twitter post from May 26, 2015

Ben Chestnut

#Creativity Quotes #Innovation Quotes #Profit Quotes

“We are who we are, and when you accept people instead of trying to change them to fit your needs, your relationships can fully blossom.”
“Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.”
“I keep my enemies close/ I give 'em enough rope/ They put themselves in the air/ I just kick away the chair.”
“I don't even look at resumes anymore. I think they're misguided. I talk to them, ask them where they've been, "What's your favorite experience in a restaurant?" Where do they like to eat? Blah blah blah. All that stuff, but I can only really describe my journey with another person if I can connect with them and their passion. Otherwise, I don't care where they've worked. It doesn't matter to me. Really I have to feel it, and then I can teach them anything.”
“They know you're not Alfred Hitchcock, but you need to be enough Alfred Hitchcock for them not to be bothered by it. That's a reassuring thing.”
“Kiss me....Cassie....Like you mean it.”
“It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period.”
“It is not our free will but 'it is the Lord who sets the captive free' (Ps. 145:7). It is not our own virtue but 'it is the Lord who lifts up those who were laid low' (Ps. 145:8). It is not application to reading but 'it is the Lord who gives light to the blind' (Ps. 145:8). It is not our cautiousness but 'it is the Lord who protects the stranger' (Ps. 145:9). It is not our endurance but 'it is the Lord who raises or gives support to the fallen' (Ps. 144:14).”

Source : John Cassian, Colm Luibhéid (1985). “Conferences”, p.95, Paulist Press

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