"Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops."

-- Thomas J. Watson

#Organization Quotes #Progress Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“To play great music, you must keep your eyes on a distant star.”

Source : "The Spirit of Flight". Book by Rene J. Smith, p. 30, January 15, 2012.
“Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done under the name of anthropology is just infinite; you can do anything and call it anthropology”

Source : "Clifford Geertz on Ethnography and Social Construction" by Gary A. Olson, Journal of Advanced Composition 11.2, hypergeertz.jku.at. 1991.
“Know, my son, that the enemy will always be with you. He will be in the shadow of your dreams and in your living flesh, for he is the other part of yourself.”
“Get a grip on yourself. there's only one god here on earth, and that's you. If you don't like the world, make one you like better.”
“The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.”

Source : Duff Gilfond, Calvin Coolidge (1932). “The Rise of Saint Calvin: Merry Sidelights on the Career of Mr. Coolidge”
“Indeed our words will remain lifeless, barren, devoid of any passion, until we die as a result of these words, whereupon our words will suddenly spring to life and live amongst the hearts that are dead, bringing them to life as well.”
“Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility.”
“In an oppressive society if a group stands up to take care of the lambs, it automatically stands up against the wolves.”

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