"Slowly we adjust, but only if we have to."

-- Ellen Goodman

#Adaptation Quotes

“When executives lead as teachers, stewards, and designers, they fill roles that are much more subtle and long-term than those of power-wielding hierarchical leaders.”
“Today, we have our own concentrations of economic power. Instead of Standard Oil, U.S. Steel, the Union Pacific Railroad, and J. P. Morgan and Company, we have Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft.”

Source : "Where Have All the Workers Gone?" by George Packer, www.newyorker.com. February 24, 2014.
“Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.”
“Thatâ€™s when I first learned that it wasnâ€™t enough to just do your job, you had to have an interest in it, even a passion for it.”
“Because you aren't just someone I loved back then. You were my best friend, my best self, and I can't imagine giving that up again." He hesitated searching for the right words. "You might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same.”
“Gotham City. Clean shafts of concrete and snowy rooftops. The work of men who died generations ago. From here, it looks like an achievement. From here, you can't see the enemy.”
“False ideals cannot be shattered by criticism. Right ideals must take up the battle against them.”

Source : Franz Werfel (2017). “Between Heaven and Earth”, p.61, Pickle Partners Publishing
“The Spirit and the Word must be combined. If I look to the Spirit alone without the Word, I lay myself open to great delusions also. If the Holy Ghost guides us at all, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them.”

Source : George Muller (2013). “Answers to Prayer From George Müller's Narratives (Start Classics)”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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