Quotes

An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive business advantage. Jack Welch, corporate leader and author

In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks. Warren Buffett, investor

There is no such thing as a ‘self-made’ man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts. George Matthew Adams, newspaper columnist (1878-1962)

There is no education like adversity. Benjamin Disraeli, political leader and writer

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller, writer and political activist