21st Century Quotes - Page 3

• What we need most is to restore and revive our humanity. We must create a society where people can live with dignity, a society where people can live in peace and happiness. People are tired of games played for power and profit. People are tired of hatred and conflict. They want to live with more wisdom and confidence, and in peace. It may seem like a long and distant path, but I am convinced that the 21st century must see a movement to sow the seeds of peace, happiness and trust in every person's heart. The seeds of a truly humane way of life. I am convinced this is the only path.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Tired, Heart, Humane Way

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• Coaching is destined to be the leadership approach of the 21st century.

  James A. Belasco

  Coaching, Century, Approach

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• I feel that's one of the central questions of fantasy. What did we lose when we entered the 20th and 21st century, and how can we mourn what we lost, and what can we replace it with? We're still asking those questions in an urgent way.

  Lev Grossman

  Asking, Way, Fantasy

  Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. August 8, 2011.

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• There can be no place in a 21st-century parliament for people with 15th-century titles upholding 19th-century prejudices.

  Paddy Ashdown

  People, Titles, Prejudice

  Independent, November 25, 1998.

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• Ultimately, the challenges of the 21st century can't be met without collective action. Agreement will almost never be easy, and results won't always come quickly. But I am committed to respecting different points of view, and to forging a consensus instead of dictating our terms... That's how we will advance and uphold our ideals.

  Barack Obama

  Views, Agreement, Challenges

  Barack Obama's comments during the press conference at the G20 summit in London, www.washingtonpost.com. April 2, 2009.

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• Technology and Ideology are shaking the foundations of 21st century capitalism. Technology is making skills and knowledge the only sources of sustainable strategic advantage.

  Lester Thurow

  Technology, Skills, Foundation

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• Human beings need community. If there are no communities available for constructive ends, there will be destructive, murderous communities... Only the social sector, that is, the nongovernmental, nonprofit organization, can create what we now need, communities for citizens... What the dawning 21st century needs above all is equally explosive growth of the nonprofit social sector in building communities in the newly dominant social environment, the city.

  Peter Drucker

  Cities, Organization, Community

  "Civilizing the City". Leader to Leader, No. 7, 1998.

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• If you can read in the 21st century you own the world.

  Stephen King

  World, Century, Ifs

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• 21st Century choice: Look after our planet and it will look after us, or don't and face the consequences

  Phil Harding

  Choices, Looks, Faces

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• The most valuable assets of a 20th-century company were its production equipment. The most valuable assets of a 21st-century institution, whether business or nonbusiness, will be its knowledge, workers, and their productivity.

  Peter Drucker

  Knowledge Workers, Century, Assets

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Management Challenges for the 21st Century”, p.116, Routledge

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• A stable 21st century society requires 21st century solutions not 20th century economics

  Phil Harding

  Economics, Century, Solutions

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• My goal in the new administration is to engage all of the stakeholders, everyone who can help us meet the challenges of the 21st century, and ensure that we work together.

  Valerie Jarrett

  Goal, Challenges, Working Together

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• Only If there is devotion to knowledge, the 21st century will become India's century and the foundation of that will be laid by the 'Vanche Gujarat' movement.

  Narendra Modi

  Foundation, India, Gujarat

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• In the 21st Century, the community of nations may see more and more of this very kind of threat that Iraq poses now - a rogue state with biological and chemical weapons. If we fail to respond, Saddam and all those who follow will believe that they can threaten the security of a vital region with impunity. But if we act now as one, we will send a clear message to would-be tyrants and terrorists that we will do what it takes to protect our security and our freedom in this new era.

  Sandy Berger

  Believe, Iraq, Tyrants

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• I was just like a 21st century person waiting to be born, and this is the medium that I thrive in. And I feel stronger now than I did any time since I've been a teenager - I mean, musically, creatively.

  Daryl Hall

  Teenager, Mean, Waiting

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• Solar power, wind power, the way forward is to collaborate with nature - it's the only way we are going to get to the other end of the 21st century.

  Bjork

  Way Forward, Wind, Century

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• The authority and influence of France on the world scene in the 21st century will not depend solely on its modernity and cohesion, nor even on the continuity and professionalism of its foreign policy. France will be heeded if it has a message to convey. Faced with the temptations of laissez-faire, France must stand out as the nation with the imagination and determination to pursue an ambition that combines cogency with generosity.

  Jacques Chirac

  Determination, Ambition, Generosity

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• The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.

  Gavin Newsom

  Safety, Focus, Eras

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• The only skill that will be important in the 21st century is the skill of learning new skills.Everythi ng else will become obsolete over time.

  Peter Drucker

  Skills, Important, Century

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• It's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is about a tragedy and how it changed the world, but also about creating a vital and beautiful city of the 21st century.

  Daniel Libeskind

  Beautiful, Cities, Creating

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• It is staggering that in the 21st century, half of the world's population - that's three and a half billion people - own no more than a tiny elite whose numbers could all fit comfortably on a double-decker bus.

  Winnie Byanyima

  Numbers, People, Half

  "Oxfam: 85 richest people as wealthy as poorest half of the world" by Graeme Wearden, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2014.

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• It keeps startling me that at the beginning of this 21st century, at a time when we can . . . explore the depths of the seas and build an international space station, we have not been able to make childbirth safe for all women around the world. ... This is one of the greatest social causes of our time.

  Thoraya Obaid

  Sea, Space, Depth

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• I believe that one of the saddest things in the world today is that some people don't have enough food to nourish themselves. It's the 21st century and that's really not acceptable, so if I could do something that would change that I would be really happy.

  Izabel Goulart

  Believe, People, Would Be

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• In the 21st century, I think the heroes will be the people who will improve the quality of life, fight poverty and introduce more sustainability.

  Bertrand Piccard

  Hero, Fighting, Thinking

  "Adventurer sets sights on the sun for an 'impossible' dream". CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. January 19, 2010.

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• We believe in the power of 21st-century international norms. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes in the power of lies and brute force, and implicitly asks, in the spirit of Josef Stalin, 'How many divisions do international norms have?'

  Rich Lowry

  Lying, Believe, President

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