"Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can."

-- Paul Tournier

#Confidence Quotes #Sports Quotes #Motivation Quotes

“In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.”
“Better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.”

Source : Atul Gawande (2010). “Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance”, p.246, Profile Books
“Don't wish,"said Rain, "don't start. Wishing only...”
“Productivity-the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy-is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern capitalist economies. Output is everything. Time is money. The quest for increased productivity occupies reams of academic literature and haunts the waking hours of C.E.O.s and finance ministers.”
“In turbulent times, in times of great change, people head for the two extremes: fundamentalism and personal, spiritual experience...With no membership lists or even a coherent philosophy or dogma, it is difficult to define or measure the unorganized New Age movement. But in every major U.S. and European city, thousands who seek insight and personal growth cluster around a metaphysical bookstore, a spiritual teacher, or an education center.”
“We must have more union members in this country to fight the political and business forces that are undermining workers in this country. The AFL-CIO has chosen the opposite approach by planning to throw even more money at politicians.”
“A man is not merely a man but a man among men, in a world of men. Being good at being a man has more to do with a manâ€™s ability to succeed with men and within groups of men than it does with a manâ€™s relationship to any woman or any group of women. When someone tells a man to be a man, they are telling him to be more like other men, more like the majority of men, and ideally more like the men who other men hold in high regard.”
“Reciting lines is hard; making stuff up is much, much easier.”

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