"The difference between ambition and discontent is quite a fine line and sometimes it is hard to tell which is which and which you are feeling!"

-- Rachel Field

#Ambition Quotes #Differences Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“His cheeks were slick with tears that spilled over his diamond eyes, a ceaseless flow he neither noticed nor appeared to care about. And she had a feeling it was going to be a while before the leaking stopped-an inner artery had been nicked and this was the blood of his heart, spilling out of him, covering him.”
“You cannot be effective if those who work for you are not. So building their effectiveness ought to be a priority.”

Source : Richard N. Haass (1999). “The Bureaucratic Entrepreneur: How to Be Effective in Any Unruly Organization”, p.117, Brookings Institution Press
“We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.”
“I believe that a desirable future depends on our deliberately choosing a life of action over a life of consumption, on our engendering a lifestyle which will enable us to be spontaneous, independent, yet related to each other, rather than maintaining a lifestyle which only allows to make and unmake, produce and consume - a style of life which is merely a way station on the road to the depletion and pollution of the environment. The future depends more upon our choice of institutions which support a life of action than on our developing new ideologies and technologies.”
“I was modeling with an agency in New York and a manager with the agency introduced himself to me one day and he said he had auditions for someone my age. He asked if I would be interested in doing some.”
“I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read.”
“Like most kids, I grew up singing 'This Land Is Your Land' in grammar school, but with the most radical verses neatly removed. This was before I knew it was a Woody Guthrie song.”
“Too often, nonprofits are viewed as rigid and bureaucratic - less nimble and capable of adapting in this fluid environment than our corporate counterparts. I don't agree.”

Source : "The Dynamics of Change — A New Vision for a New Girl Scouting Century" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 7, 2013.

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