Owes its birth

Shadow owes its birth to light. 

-John Gay, poet and dramatist (1685-1732)

Raise above...

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.
- Robert Quillen

Faith

Scientists do not join hands every Sunday and sing "Yes gravity is real! I know gravity is real! I will have faith! I believe in my heart that what goes up, up, up must come down, down, down. Amen!" If they did, we would think they were pretty insecure about the concept. 

-Dan Barker, activist, musician, and former preacher (b. 25 Jun 1949)

Two kinds of...

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who believe themselves sinners; the sinners who believe themselves righteous. 

-Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (1623-1662)

Aims & Purposes

There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another. 

-Emma Goldman, social activist (1869-1940)

Quality of...

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

- Henry David Thoreau

earlier heaven

"A happy family is but an earlier heaven."

~ George Bernard Shaw

Old & New

There are two kinds of fools: One says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better." 

-William R. Inge, clergyman, scholar, and author (1860-1954)

To defend...

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

 -Lillian Hellman, playwright (1905-1984)

...words left unsaid

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. 

-Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and novelist (1811-1896)

Growing old...

To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter. 

-Euripides, playwright (c. 480-406 BCE)

...imagination

An idea is salvation by imagination. 

-Frank Lloyd Wright, architect (1867-1959)

...live several lives

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. 

-William Styron, novelist (1925-2006)

...by giving

No one has ever become poor by giving. 

-Anne Frank, Holocaust diarist (1929-1945)

Real soldiers...

Ethics, decency, and morality are the real soldiers. 

-Kiran Bedi, police officer and social activist (b. 9 Jun 1949)

faCT vs faKE

Assault of thoughts

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking. 

-John Maynard Keynes, economist (1883-1946)

Stay away from STILL people

Absolute poverty

When I am asked, "What, in your view, is the worst human rights problem in the world today?" 

I reply: "Absolute poverty." 

This is not the answer most journalists expect. It is neither sexy nor legalistic. But it is true. 

-Mary Robinson, 7th President of Ireland (b. 21 May 1944)

Humble & humbled

"Every combat leader must be humble or get humbled."   

Days count!

...let others light

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. 

-Margaret Fuller, author (1810-1850)

between your own

...different Point of View

It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who seem to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view. 

-Rosanne Cash, singer-songwriter and author (b. 24 May 1955)

The Best Revenge

Career is...

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night. 

-Marilyn Monroe, actress (1926-1962)

Success & Happiness

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
- Dale Carnegie

Price to pay

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie. 

-Cornel West, author and philosopher 

Definition of Reliability

Simplicity is a prerequisite for reliability. 

-Edsger W. Dijkstra, computer scientist (1930-2002)

Deming Principle#14 /14

The 14 points are a basis for transformation of industry. 

#14 Put everybody in the company to work to accomplish the transformation. The transformation is everybody's job.