"And if your attitude is that only smarter people have something to teach you, your learning opportunities will be very limited. ... When we see people acting in an abusive, arrogant, or demeaning manner toward others, their behavior almost always is a symptom of their lack of self-esteem. They need to put someone else down to feel good about themselves."

-- Clayton Christensen

#Attitude Quotes #Self Esteem Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“I'm a real workaholic.”
“Each of us must be committed to maintaining the reputation of all of us. And all of us must be committed to maintaining the reputation of each of us.”
“I used to play soccer when I was in Morocco, but I was more of a basketball player. I played high school basketball, I played AAU basketball.”
“I don't think I'm a great singer myself. I'm all right. I've worked with different writers, different producers... I've just been blessed with the caliber of people I've been able to work with.”
“In music you have people exposing this very vulnerable part of themselves, and you also have the lifestyle is so fast that oftentimes people search for whatever the easiest way to feel relaxed in the midst of all of it, or the easiest way to have energy.”
“Nobody wants to see the truth. Everybody wants to have the fantasy. When I look back at the books I was reading in my childhood were selling some sort of fantasy as well. Most stories are not going to tell the deep suffering of every day. No book prepared me for the suffering I would experience in life because the word "suffering" does not even describe what the suffering is. No story is going to tell you that, and no words can tell you that.”
“When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.”
“Every time I see a certain room to grow, or a new opportunity to advance further, I go out and take it.”

Source : "The making of a tycoon". Interview with Manila Bulletin, ph.news.yahoo.com. October 20, 2013.

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