Elaine > Elaine's Quotes

“We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.”
― Brene Brown

“If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.”
― Nora Roberts

“we judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior. This is why, as we’ll discuss later, one of the fastest ways to restore trust is to make and keep commitments—even very small commitments—to ourselves and to others.”
― Stephen M.R. Covey, The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything

“Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.”
― Stephen M.R. Covey, The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything

“The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”
― William Gibson