"In fact, people themselves are responsible for making the status quo so resistant to change. We are trapped by our own behavior."

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Source : Chris Argyris (2010). “Organizational Traps: Leadership, Culture, Organizational Design”, p.10, OUP Oxford

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“We are all inspired by the incredible stories of handicapped people who write novels with their toes, cancer victims who run marathons for cancer research, bereaved parents who set up memorial funds for their lost children. How much easier is it for most of us to be small heroes simply by taking responsibility for our daily lives and transcending our ordinary obstacles?”
“They gave each other a smile with a future in it.”
“The whole city stopped - And this is a pause worth savouring, because the world will soon be complicated again.”

Source : Jon McGregor (2014). “If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things”, p.12, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Christian growth is forgetting about yourself.”
“When a dancer comes onstage, he is not just a blank slate that the choreographer has written on. Â Behind him he has all the decisions he has made in life Each time, he has chosen, and in what he is onstage, you see the result of those choices. Â You are looking at the person he is, and the person who, at this point, he cannot help but be Â Exceptional dancers, in my experience, are also exceptional people, people with an attitude toward life, a kind of quest, and an internal quality. Â They know who they are, and they show this to you, willingly.”

Source : "Loners". www.newyorker.com. December 12, 2005.
“What makes a person a success is how they handle the lows in life and how they make their comeback.”

Source : "Millennial Expert Chelsea Krost: Success, Social Media, and Unplugging". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Its important to follow your dreams whatever that may be.”
“You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.”

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