Catalyst Quotes - Page 2

• I am and always will be a catalyst for change.

  Shirley Chisholm

  Catalyst For Change

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• Discontent with the status quo is a great catalyst for vision.

  John C. Maxwell

  Vision, Status Quo, Discontent

  John C. Maxwell (1999). “Twenty One Indispensable Qualities of a Leader”, p.152, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation.

  Susan Cain

  Solitude, Innovation, Introvert

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.74, Broadway Books

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• When the heart is touched by direct experience, the mind may be challenged to change. Personal involvement with innocent suffering, with the injustice others suffer, is the catalyst for solidarity which then gives rise to intellectual inquiry and moral reflection.

  Peter Hans Kolvenbach

  Heart, Reflection, Giving

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• It's important to respect and exhaustively study the masters of music, but as you grow and develop it's important to use their discoveries, not as a final destination but as a catalyst for your original ideas.

  Carl Orr

  Ideas, Discovery, Important

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• The changes are coming so quickly it's been difficult for workers to retrain themselves and for entrepreneurs to figure out where the next opportunities may be. The catalyst is something called computer learning or artificial intelligence - the ability to feed massive amounts of data into supercomputers and program them to teach themselves and improve their performance.

  Andrew McAfee

  Opportunity, Data, Entrepreneur

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• An act of leadership is to say that whatever's happening now is not good enough and suggest or show that we can do better. If you don't have that, then you don't have the catalyst for continuous improvement.

  David J. Anderson

  Not Good Enough, Improvement, Shows

  "Kanban Pioneer". Interview with Leonardo Campos, Rafael Buzon, Eric Fer and Anselmo Martelini, www.infoq.com. March 16, 2013.

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• Those of us who understand human history know the role taxation has played in shaping the destiny of mankind. The matter of taxes - more specifically, the right to tax - is clearly no stranger to controversy and has frequently served as the catalyst for revolutionary change.

  Owen Arthur

  Destiny, Matter, Roles

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• Contrast is the intangible ingredient, the catalyst that makes life exciting. The human mind rejects monotony even to the point of destroying itself in madness, when monotony is forced upon it for too long. ... Contrast gives variety and interest, whether it be in the universe as a whole with its light and darkness, its ceaseless motion and constant change, its creation of worlds and destruction of others.

  Maren Elwood

  Light, Long, Giving

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• I would like to be remembered, if I am remembered at all, as being a catalyst for change in the world, change for good.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Catalyst For Change, World, Remembered

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• There is no better catalyst to success than curiosity.

  Michael Dell

  Curiosity

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• Violence is not a catalyst but a diversion.

  Joseph Conrad

  Violence, Diversion

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• I like to use religion as a catalyst for something that I believe.

  Brendon Urie

  Believe, Use, I Believe

  Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com

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• Discontent is the catalyst for change.

  Mike Murdock

  Catalyst For Change, Discontent

  Mike Murdock (2012). “1 Minute Businesswoman's Devotional”, p.199, Wisdom International Inc

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• Today's enterprise IT architecture is about integrating systems to meet business needs. Consequently, IT architects can't - and don't - live in a vacuum. To address that reality, Catalyst Conference 2006 will delve into strategic infrastructure technologies with the depth to which our clients have grown accustomed. With the larger number of Cross-Cutting Concerns sessions, we'll also clearly illustrate how these technologies relate to each other, and how roles, geographies, and business processes intersect within an enterprise.

  Jamie Lewis

  Cutting, Technology, Reality

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• My objective as Secretary of Labor is to look through the 'glass ceiling' to see who is on the other side, and to serve as a catalyst for change . . . .

  Elizabeth Dole

  Glasses, Catalyst For Change, Ceilings

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• Originally, the atoms of carbon from which we're made were floating in the air, part of a carbon dioxide molecule. The only way to recruit these carbon atoms for the molecules necessary to support life-the carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins, and lipids-is by means of photosynthesis. Using sunlight as a catalyst the green cells of plants combine carbon atoms taken from the air with water and elements drawn from the soil to form the simple organic compounds that stand at the base of every food chain. It is more than a figure of speech to say that plants create life out of thin air.

  Michael Pollan

  Taken, Mean, Simple

  Michael Pollan (2009). “The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World”, p.15, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• The flow from knowledge to action draws upon the complete person with his or her catalyst and synergistic potential.

  Ralph Nader

  Flow, Action, Biodiversity

  Ralph Nader (2000). “The Ralph Nader Reader”

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• Reasons to be positive. The economic downturn could be the catalyst for positive change. It should be translated into the wake-up call we need for a major change in aspirations and lifestyles to save humanity from the ecological and economic disaster that would otherwise result from continuing on the high carbon and resource depleting path we have been pursuing

  Phil Harding

  Continuing On, Humanity, Being Positive

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• After all, the ordinary hero hiding in each of us is often the most powerful catalyst for change.

  Tate Taylor

  Powerful, Hero, Catalyst For Change

  "Tate Taylor to receive WGA’s Paul Selvin Award" by Roth Cornet, uproxx.com. January 31, 2012.

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• In her inestimable audacity, Julia was the catalyst in my life for something beautiful. I hadn't anticipated her-hadn't even wanted her, truthfully-but there she was. A little something extra that made all the difference in the world.

  Cathleen Falsani

  Love, Beautiful, Differences

  Cathleen Falsani (2008). “Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace”, p.187, Zondervan

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• Personal Vision is often the catalyst for wise decisions.

  Andy Stanley

  Wise, Decision, Vision

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• Be the catalyst for change.
  Empowering women, empowering humanity

  Farhan Akhtar

  Catalyst For Change, Empowering, Humanity

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• Emotional turmoil can be a powerful catalyst to reconnect us with our divine nature. It propels us into a journey of self discovery and urges us to learn how to love and accept our entire being.

  Debbie Ford

  Powerful, Emotional, Journey

  Debbie Ford (2009). “Spiritual Divorce: Divorce as a Catalyst for an Extraordinary Life”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• Significant progress in the solutions of technical problems is frequently made not by a direct approach, but by first setting a goal of high challenge which offers a strong motivation for innovative work, which fires the imagination and spurs men to expend their best efforts, and which acts as a catalyst by including chains of other reactions.

  Ernst Stuhlinger

  Strong, Motivation, Men

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