"It is a human inclination to hope things will work out, despite evidence or doubt to the contrary. A successful manager must resist this temptation."

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Source : "The Rickover Effect". Book by Theodore Rockwell, 1992.

Hyman Rickover

#Successful Quotes #Work Out Quotes #Temptation Quotes

“The lows were absolutely horrible. It was like falling into a manhole and not being able to lift the lid and climb out.”
“You ought to have seen Frédéric with his monocle, his greying whiskers, his calm demeanour, carving his plump quack-quack, trussed and already flamed, throwing it into the pan, preparing the sauce, salting and peppering like Claude Monet's paintings, with the seriousness of a judge and the precision of a mathematician, and opening up, with a sure hand, in advance, every perspective of taste.”
“I'm a bit cynical that it ever will be addressed properly. I think it is healthy to get some sort of copyright protection. But some of it has gone on forever.”
“Normally, I could hit hard enough, as anyone who studied my fights might have known. But the impression was that I was essentially defensive, the very reverse of a killer, the prize fighter who read books, even Shakespeare.”
“A dash of eccentric glamour gives you the power to keep the wrong kind of men away.”
“The more powerful you become, some people especially don't like it that you're a woman. I stick up for myself.”

Source : Holly Black (2008). “Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale”, p.194, Simon and Schuster
“Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.”
“Just as you would not neglect seeds that you planted with hope that they will bear vegetables and fruits and flowers, so must you attend to nourish the garden of your becoming.”

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