Bono Quotes
Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.
My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.
Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.
The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.
Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.
Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.
In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.
As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.
When you align yourself with God's purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special happens to your life.
Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas.
Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.
The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds.
We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.
Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later
I wish to begin again on a daily basis. To be born again every day is something that I try to do. And I'm deadly serious about that.
Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.
Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.
Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it.
Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.
The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.
