J. S. Gibbons Quotes

For to keep at the top is harder almost than to get there

A critic is a man who expects miracles.

There are no working hours for leaders.

No great thing comes to any person unless that person has courage.

Berlioz says nothing in his music, but he says it magnificently.

I thank God tonight for freedom - those who bought and paid for it with their lives in the past - those who will protect it in the present and defend it in the future.

Patenting and purchase of lands are absolutely vital to the health of Nevada's rural communities.

I don’t want to be a lonely governor.

I am humbled and grateful for the four years the people of the state of Nevada have given me as governor and I am proud of the work we all did.

There are two differing approaches and they have different virtues, the method of talent management and recruitment.

Mothers smell blood before the wound is given. We see the rent place on the child's arm before the arrow strikes.

When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.

Take custody of your life. Show up, do your best, and let go of the rest.

If caregivers are not healthy, mentally well-balanced and spiritually sound, then those for whom they care will suffer.

When you compete with good people, it makes everybody better.

The energy and commitment I've experienced from the Paul Mitchell Schools is overwhelming. I love working with them to create the magic it takes to make a difference.

It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it.

When I was growing up, there was always somebody who wanted to pick a fight with me. I'd say, I'm not a famous boxer, my father is. If you want to fight somebody, go fight my Dad.

That man may last, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives; Whom none can love, whom none can thank,- Creation's blot, creation's blank.

Dempsey could beat anybody he could hit. The only reason that he couldn't do anything with fellows like Tunney or Greb or myself was he couldn't hit us.

Mary, you know I hate parties. My idea of hell is a very large party in a cold room where everybody has to play hockey properly.

Change is the part of the very definition of life. The world changes, and flourishing demands constant growth and life-long learning.

To tidy up takes time, and she wants all her time for wolfing books...

We worship life on Usonia. Nature... The moon, the sun, the stars, the rivers.

Haven't you enough money?'For she knew that this is what is the matter with nearly everybody over twenty-five.

Media has the ability to make good seem evil and evil seem good.

Psychological pseudoscience dies hard, especially when there are commercial interests at stake.

Ones life will have much more meaning and happiness if one makes their own decisions

Be the author, not the reader, of your own life.

The best way to encourage out of the box thinking is to draw the box correctly in the first place.

Misery is a routine you can learn to live with. It's like rain. Once you're soaked to the skin, you can't get any wetter.

As life progresses, baggage can accumulate. For a while, things can be swept under the rug, but the wait of unfinished business eventually catches up.

A vision inspires, aligns, and directs. it says to other people, "here is what I am up to, come and play in my sandbox!

A life is a terrible thing to waste. Reach your potential. Thrive.

Feeling entitled is the opposite of feeling grateful. Gratitude opens the heart, entitlement closes it.

But they get some comfort out of the made up stories. And if that helps them get along maybe I should not poke fun.

Mindfulness promises a great number of desirable benefits, and is based on much more solid research than many competing ideas on how to change people.

When business leaders talk about the next quarter, they ought to sometimes be talking about the next quarter century.

Folks do not want to see a body disappear before their very eyes. Not me at least.

He stood at the table facing Flora and blowing heavily on his tea and staring at her. Flora did not mind. It was quite interesting: like having tea with a rhinoceros.

Beyond the haze, the globe was decorated with a mosaic of sapphire, emerald and amber. The planet glittered like a jewel in the moonlight.

Long gone was the cheery welcome of the seaside hotelier, replaced by a weary nostalgia for the good old days.

Anthony imagined a time before all that - a time when people sipped Earl Grey tea on a breeze cooled veranda and looked out upon endless countryside.

The most damaging cognitive bias is overconfidence (illusory superiority), making leaders use their “gut” when they should be more rational.

Leaders need to sacrifice "power-over" to get "power-to".

Strategic coherence is more important than strategic perfection.

Compared to ecosystems and some species, corporations are very fragile entities indeed.

Leaders need to correct for cognitive biases the way a sharpshooter corrects for wind velocity or a yachtsman corrects for the tide.

Ambiguity is not, today, a lack of data, but a deluge of data.

Green light, STOP - if you want to see where you are taking the most risk, look where you are making the most money.