Development Quotes - Page 6

• And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race.

  Carter G. Woodson

  Race, History, African American

  Carter G. Woodson (2006). “The Mis-Education of the Negro”, p.102, Book Tree

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• Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination.

  Carter G. Woodson

  Opportunity, Long, Sound

  Carter G. Woodson (2006). “The Mis-Education of the Negro”, p.10, Book Tree

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• The individual always realizes only one of the possibilities in his development, which could always have taken a different turning whenever he had to make an important decision.

  Wilhelm Dilthey

  Taken, Decision, Important

  "Meaning in history: W. Dilthey's thoughts on history and society".

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• On daytime they continue to revisit a lot of the same stuff while nighttime does move on and show development.

  Ted Shackelford

  Moving, Stuff, Doe

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• It is not in the United Nations that the Millennium Development Goals will be achieved. They have to be achieved in each of its Member States, by the joint efforts of their governments and people.

  Kofi Annan

  Government, People, Goal

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• The Millennium Development Goals can be met by 2015, but only if all involved break with business as usual and dramatically accelerate and scale up action now.

  Kofi Annan

  Goal, Usual, Action

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• C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group.

  Dennis Ritchie

  Successful, Unity, Groups

  "The future according to Dennis Ritchie". Interview with Danny Kalev, www.itworld.com. December 20, 2000.

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• Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure.

  Koichi Tanaka

  Results, Engineers

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• Our school education ignores, in a thousand ways, the rules of healthy development.

  Elizabeth Blackwell

  School, Feel Good, Healthy

  Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (2016). “Medicine as a Profession for Women”, p.6, Library of Alexandria

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• By perfecting this legislative machinery and by participating in the various international agreements we intend to contribute to the wholesome development of world trade.

  Shigeru Yoshida

  Agreement, World, Machinery

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• The Millennium Development Goals are owned by the people.

  Eveline Herfkens

  People, Goal, Millennium

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• We live in an age where quantity is seen as preferable to quality, and many people tend to work in a horizontal line: next, next, next. But if you do that, you never investigate the vertical line - the depth of the piece.

  Simon McBurney

  Inspirational, Work, People

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• It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development.

  Jim Rohn

  Entrepreneur, Words Of Wisdom, Deep Thought

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 15, 2017

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• True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change, even if they behave negatively. Through universal altruism, you develop a feeling of responsibility for others: the wish to help them actively overcome their problems.

  Dalai Lama

  Change, Wise, Wisdom

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.9, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• When we finally give up the struggle to find fulfillment "out there," we have nowhere to go but within. It is at this moment of total surrender that a new light begins to dawn.

  Shakti Gawain

  Inspirational, Letting Go, Giving Up

  Shakti Gawain (2015). “The Shakti Gawain Essentials: 3 Books in 1: Creative Visualization, Living in the Light & Developing Intuition”, p.158, Mango Media Inc.

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• Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hard Work

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Dec 14, 2016

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• Failure is not meant to be final and fatal.... It is meant to refine you to be all that you are meant to be.

  Jon Gordon

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Perseverance

  FaceBook post by Jon Gordon from Nov 30, 2015

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• You can't just be you. You have to double yourself. You have to read books on subjects you know nothing about. You have to travel to places you never thought of traveling. You have to meet every kind of person and endlessly stretch what you know.

  Mary Wells Lawrence

  Motivational, Being Yourself, Travel

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• The most important thing to remember about drunks is that drunks are far more intelligent than non-drunks- they spend a lot of time talking in pubs, unlike workaholics who concentrate on their careers and ambitions, who never develop their higher spiritual values, who never explore the insides of their head like a drunk does.

  Shane MacGowan

  Spiritual, Work, Drinking

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• Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.

  Eugene H. Peterson

  God, Christian, Expression

  Eugene H. Peterson (2012). “A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society”, p.54, InterVarsity Press

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• It takes time to build a corporate work of art. It takes time to build a life. And it takes time to develop and grow. So give yourself, your enterprise, and your family the time they deserve and the time they require.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Life, Family

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 19, 2016

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• Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else, improves our chances of
  building better lives.

  Nelson Mandela

  Life, Education, Children

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.129, Pan Macmillan

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• It’s in our interest to take care of others. Self-centrednes s is opposed to basic human nature. In our own interest as human beings we need to pay attention to our inner values. Sometimes people think compassion is only of help to others, while we get no benefit. This is a mistake. When you concern yourself with others, you naturally develop a sense of self-confidence . To help others takes courage and inner strength.

  Dalai Lama

  Wise, Confidence, Spiritual

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• Be the kind of person others admire, can count on, trust, and enjoy spending time with. After you have developed that reputation, people will start to ask you what you do and you will be amazed at how many people will want to work with you. You will attract others based on your character.

  Larry Winget

  Motivational, Trust, Time

  Larry Winget (2007). “It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault”, p.211, Penguin

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• We all need the living green or we'll shrivel up inside. To make the modern city livable is the task of our times.

  Jens Jensen

  Cities, Tasks, Needs

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