Thoughts,clues and inspirations...#59

Well here we are again, well almost. I want to wish you a very prosperous and rewarding 2008.  And just to be a little ahead of the curve - this is the first collection of those little gems that I’ve come across recently to kick off 2008. I hope you find them as intriguing and insightful as I do. With warmest best wishes.  John

(NB: As always if you want me to remove you from the list at any time just ping me and it shall be done.  Also remember I post them all at the following blog if you ever wanted to get at them again so sign up there too via RSS or simple e-mail. http://contextualframeworking.blogspot.com/)

.........................................................................................................................................................................

“And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.” - Ayrton Senna

“I'm just looking for an angel with a broken wing.” - Jimmy Page

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ” - Mark Twain

“To fail to take the battle to the enemy when your back is to the wall is to perish.” - Sun-tzu

“New media was the underdeveloped stepchild. Now it's first on the marketing plan.” - Greg Trani

“When the map-makers arrive, you know the real explorers have already moved on”. - G.H. Hardy

“For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.” - Brian Eno

“While coolness in disaster is the supreme proof of a commander's courage, energy in pursuit is the surest test of his strength of will.” - Field Marshall Wavell

“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” - H.G.Wells

“Dreams and dedication are a powerful combination.” -  William Longgood

“To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success.” - Henry Ford

“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” - Voltaire

“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.” - Ferdinand Foch

“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” - Paul Boese

And finally...

“The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.” - Football quarterback and sports analyst.

“We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people.” - Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor

“We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur.” - Al Gore

“Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas.” - Keppel Enderbery.

“The loss of life will be irreplaceable.” - Dan Quayle.



John Caswell I Group Partners I http://www.grouppartnerswiki.net | SKYPE John Caswell | JC Blog http://johncaswell.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Quotes Blog | http://www.grouppartners.net/blog/index.html

“A picture is worth a thousand words, a metaphor a thousand pictures.” - Daniel Pink

P  Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to

"Helping our clients avoid solving the wrong problem really well"