"'Sustainable Development' is an oxymoron. 'Development' in all it's senses entails expansion and wanting more. Continual expansion and wanting more are unsustainable. Globally we are approaching the point when the only sustainable way forward is to want less. Indeed, the choice element may be removed from us and we will just have to have less. In the meantime we still have some choices about how to influence our future"

-- Don Johnston

#Future Quotes #Choices Quotes #Vision Quotes

“Being personally acquainted with a number of Waldorf students, I can say that they come closer to realizing their own potential than practically anyone I know.”
“I try to maintain a positive attitude at all times, because clients notice little things like that, and if you're frowning and crying all the time and saying "why? why?", they get worried.”

Source : John Swartzwelder (2004). “The Time Machine Did It”
“I love music, particularly Radiohead, TV on the Radio, The XX and Tribes - they're a great new band from Camden and well worth a look at.”

Source : "InStyle speaks to Luke Treadaway". Interview with Sarah Smith, www.instyle.co.uk. March 7, 2013.
“There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and do it. Governance is about taking tough, even unpopular, decisions.”
“The need to connect with one another intimately is what makes and keeps us human. The challenge throughout life is to find the courage to reach out to potential partners when our primary relationship ends and to recharge our tried-and-true unions when their sizzle starts to fizzle.”
“The path of the Warrior is lifelong, and mastery is often simply staying on the path.”

Source : Richard Strozzi-Heckler (2011). “In Search of the Warrior Spirit, Fourth Edition: Teaching Awareness Disciplines to the Green Berets”, p.75, North Atlantic Books
“My father always told me, 'Don't waste energy worrying about things you can't control. Spend your energy focusing on solutions'.”
“When you're trying to build or change a culture, what do you do? I always say to take players from state championship teams because they only know one thing -- winning.”

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