Some of my favorite quotes, about learning, education, productivity, collaboration…
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” (Henry Ford)
“People are very open minded for new things, as long as they are exactly like the old ones.” (Charles Kettering).
“An organization’s ability to learn and translate that learning into action is the ultimate competitive advantage.” (Jack Welch, CEO General Electric)
“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.” (Henry Ford)
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” (Albert Einstein)
“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.“ (Henry Ford)
“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” (Attributed to Andy McIntyre and Derek Bok)
“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.” (Henry Ford)
“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” (Malcolm S. Forbes)
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” (Henry Ford)
“Collaboration is the only way to build something bigger than ourselves” (Tom Demarco)
“No one who ever bought a drill wanted a drill. They wanted a hole.”
“Amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.”
“The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.” (Albert Einstein)
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life thinking it is stupid” (Albert Einstein)
“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? (Albert Einstein)