Francis Wade > Francis's Quotes

“Visionary companies pursue a cluster of objectives, of which making money is only one—and not necessarily the primary one.”
― Jim Collins, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

“Strategy is scarcity’s child and to have a strategy, rather than vague aspirations, is to choose one path and eschew others. There is difficult psychological, political, and organizational work in saying “no” to whole worlds of hopes, dreams, and aspirations.”
― Richard Rumelt, Good Strategy Bad Strategy, Playing to Win [Hardcover] 2 Books Collection Set

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.