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“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
― Albert Einstein

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

[Address at Rice University, September 12 1962]”
― John F. Kennedy

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
― Henry Ford

“If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.”
― Muhammad Ali, The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey

“The idea is to be detached from the fruits of our labors, which means that we do things simply for the act of doing them.”
― Suzanne Morrison, Yoga Bitch: One Woman's Quest to Conquer Skepticism, Cynicism, and Cigarettes on the Path to Enlightenment

“If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy. ... Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”
― Bob Marley, Bob Marley: Guitar Chord Songbook

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.”
― Abraham Maslow

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”
― Michael Jordan

“At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”
― Henry Ford

“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”
― Marshall McLuhan

“If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.”
― Albert Einstein

“What keeps me going is goals.”
― Muhammad Ali

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
― Jane Goodall

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“Accountability means to say what you do, do what you say.”
― Pearl Zhu, Digital Agility: The Rocky Road from Doing Agile to Being Agile

“What you do matters; why you do it matters more.”
― Jimmie Butler, Pursuing Timeless Agility: the Path to Lasting Agile Transformation

“Let's stop with the 'Taylor made' organisation and let's start 'Tailor made' organizing”
― Rik Boers

“The more detailed we made our plans, the longer our cycle times became”
― Donald G. Reinertsen, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”
― Baruch Spinoza

“I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.”
― Baruch Spinoza, Tractatus Theologico-Politicus

“Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and that we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony—Forgive me, comrade; how could you be my enemy?”
― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

“This is the legend of Cassius Clay,
The most beautiful fighter in the world today.
He talks a great deal, and brags indeed-y,
of a muscular punch that's incredibly speed-y.
The fistic world was dull and weary,
But with a champ like Liston, things had to be dreary.
Then someone with color and someone with dash,
Brought fight fans are runnin' with Cash.
This brash young boxer is something to see
And the heavyweight championship is his des-tin-y.
This kid fights great; he’s got speed and endurance,
But if you sign to fight him, increase your insurance.
This kid's got a left; this kid's got a right,
If he hit you once, you're asleep for the night.
And as you lie on the floor while the ref counts ten,
You’ll pray that you won’t have to fight me again.
For I am the man this poem’s about,
The next champ of the world, there isn’t a doubt.
This I predict and I know the score,
I’ll be champ of the world in ’64.
When I say three, they’ll go in the third,
10 months ago

So don’t bet against me, I’m a man of my word.
He is the greatest! Yes!
I am the man this poem’s about,
I’ll be champ of the world, there isn’t a doubt.
Here I predict Mr. Liston’s dismemberment,
I’ll hit him so hard; he’ll wonder where October and November went.
When I say two, there’s never a third,
Standin against me is completely absurd.
When Cassius says a mouse can outrun a horse,
Don’t ask how; put your money where your mouse is!
I AM THE GREATEST!”
― Muhammad Ali

“At the end of the day, your job is to minimize output, and maximize outcome and impact.”
― Jeff Patton, User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
― Pablo Picasso

“Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“Never compromise your values.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

“I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”
― Maya Angelou