Instead of courage' management guru Tom Peters recommends fostering 'a level of fury with the status quo such that one cannot not act.

The prospect of a certain loss brings the go system online.

When we're determined to reach an objective, it's the gap between where we are and where we aspire to be that lights a fire under us.

Without a sense of urgency, people ... won't make needed sacrafices. Instead they cling to the status quo and resist.' - Quoting John Kotter

... superb presentations - start by establishing "what is: here's the status quo." Then, they "compare that to what could be, " making "that gap as big as possible" - Quoting Nancy Duarte

The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader." - Quoting Derek Sivers

In what he suffered, as in all true suffering and in true joy, there was the quality of eternity. He could not believe it would ever end.

All men are born truthful and die liars.

A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.

When you practice yoga, first your personality changes, the faith increases, then confidence improves

In nightlife you can become a star, while in the daytime you can just be a nobody.

I am opposed to socialism because it dreams ingenuously of good, truth, beauty, and equal rights.

After 20 years in Congress, I still believe that smaller government and lower taxes are the most effective economic policies.

My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater.

You seem to have quite a taste for discussing these horrible subjects," she said, rather scornfully; "you ought to have been a detective police officer.

If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.