"The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done."

-- Terry Pratchett

#Running Quotes #Organization Quotes #People Quotes

“I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar-soaked fingers out of the business of these nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own.... And if unfortunately their revolution must be of the violent type because the "haves" refuse to share with the "have-nots" by any peaceful method, at least what they get will be their own, and not the American style, which they don't want and above all don't want crammed down their throats by Americans.”
“Liberal progressivism evolved after our Constitution. It has repeatedly failed all over the world so why do we think it could be successful here in the United States of America?”
“Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.”
“I've been writing since I was six. It is a compulsion, so I can't really say where the desire came from; I've always had it. My breakthrough with the first book came through persistence, because a lot of publishers turned it down!”
“I don't know if I believe in God, but I know I believe in the devil. I have met him.”

Source : Rumer Godden (1979). “Five For Sorrow, Ten For Joy”
“Considering that the race is star-studded no runner will be willing to set the pace for the others. This is why a record will be almost impossible.”
“All the borders in the world are man-made There are no borders, we are all hooked together. Everything is connected. There is no line of demarcation. We are hooked together like the colors of a rainbow, our problem is ignorance, we don't understand that.”
“Don't borrow someone else's plan. Develop your own philosophy and it will lead you to unique places.”

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