“We used to view transformation as a means for responding to—or escaping—disruption. Sometimes you could even disrupt your rivals.” – Miles Everson
“Wise men don’t need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren’t wise.” – Bruce Lee
“There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.” – Francis Bacon, Sr.
“Whenever the world throws rose petals at you, which thrill and seduce the ego, beware.” – Anne Lamott
“In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.” – John Ruskin, c. 1800s
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” – Bill Gates
“The best people will not tolerate being treated as a transaction.” – Miles Everson
“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.” – Socrates
“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.” – Benjamin Franklin
“The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees, in every object, only the traits which favor that theory.” – Thomas Jefferson
“He who knows best knows how little he knows.” – Thomas Jefferson
“This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.” – Saint Augustine
“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” – Benjamin Franklin
“How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.” – Benjamin Franklin
“You can never say you have the best talent when you never had a chance to even look at 40% of the entire talent pool.” – Miles Everson
“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain and most fools do.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.” – Henry Ford
“…allows the investor to judge the ability of companies to create lasting value and should be part of any investor’s stock selection process.” – Al Jackson Former Head of Global Equity Research, Credit Suisse First Boston
“You should learn from your competitor but never copy. Copy and you die.” – Jack Ma Founder, Alibaba
