An intelligent opinion is still a guess.–Steve Blank
Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back.–Peit Hein
“We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.–Walt Disney
““There are too many tradesmen who will not pay the price to become craftsmen, teachers who do not teach, repairmen who do not repair, farmers who do not farm, leaders who do not lead, and problem solvers in every field who do not solve problems. … There is a high price for excellence, but the compensation and soul satisfaction are truly worth it. To work below our capabilities creates a deep hunger in ourselves and enormous waste in society. Our doctrine of eternal progression certainly encompasses our occupational progress. Each of us should be on a career path which will require us to stretch to our full potential”–Bishop J. Richard Clarke
Once you realize that will power is just a matter of learning how to control your attention and thoughts, you can really begin to increase it.–Walter Mischel
The road to wisdom? Well, it’s plain and simple to express: Errand err again but less and less and less.–Peit Hein
A man who is always asking ‘Is what I do worthwhile?’ and ‘Am I the right person to do it?’ will always be ineffective himself and a discouragement to others.– G. H. Hardy
You can look back and say, “I could have been . . .,” polishing your unused endowments like trophies. Or you can look back and say, “I gave it my all for the things I valued.” Carol Dweck
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Persistence
and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has
solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge
Let us realize that the privilege to work is a gift, that power to work is a blessing, and that love of work is success.
-Pres. David O. Mckay 1957
“First they tell you you’re wrong and they can prove it; then they tell you you’re right but it isn’t important; then they tell you it’s important but they knew it all along” Charles Kettering of General Motors
“At PARC we had a slogan: “Point of view is worth 80 IQ points.” It was based on a few things from the past like how smart you had to be in Roman times to multiply two numbers together; only geniuses did it. We haven’t gotten any smarter, we’ve just changed our representation system. We think better generally by inventing better representations; that’s something that we as computer scientists recognize as one of the main things that we try to do.” Alan Kay
“As you know, one can only grow by overcoming.” President Spencer W. Kimball paraphrasing God
“We sometimes think we would like to know what lies ahead, but sober thought brings us back to accepting life a day at a time and magnifying and glorifying that day. . . .” Spencer W. Kimball
“Nothing happens until someone sells something. “-Gianforte
“A lot of companies think sales is like a necessary evil,” he says. “Sales is really the most noble part of the business because it’s the part that brings the solution together with the customer’s need.”-Gianforte
“I decided that if someone writes bad stuff about us, we will put them at the front of the line, instead of hide them. If this idea has merit it needs to figure out the way around all the obstacles and all the potential shortcomings in the framework, so anyone helping us “debug” it deserves credit – regardless of the motive.”-Shai Agassi
“We must use our talents in behalf of our fellowmen, rather than burying them in the tomb of a self-centered life.” Spencer W. Kimball
“It is quite obvious that the use of a model or an approximation, and a comparison of the results of the corresponding calculations with experiment is valuable only if one talks of consequences or aspects that are specific for the given model, and are not common and independent of the choice of the model. Thus, the use of macroscopic theory generally speaking is not only advantageous but even necessary for a determination whether a certain model or approximation is of value.”-Agronovich and Ginzberg
“Everyone has got the will to win, its only those with the will to prepare that do win”-Mark Cuban quoting Bobby Knight
“Every principle of the gospel carries within itself its own witness that it is true. So it is that acts of service help not only the beneficiaries of the service, but they enlarge the giver.” Spencer W. Kimball
“One must not judge a man’s worth from his poorer work; one must always judge him by the best he has done.” P.A.M. Dirac
“The secret to success is constancy of purpose.” Benjamin Disraeli
“Professionals are always screwing up, Doug. You should know that.” Karen Tate
In summary, I claim that some of the reasons why so many people who have greatness within their grasp don’t succeed are: they don’t work on important problems, they don’t become emotionally involved, they don’t try and change what is difficult to some other situation which is easily done but is still important, and they keep giving themselves alibis why they don’t.–Richard Hamming
“The art of solving physics problems is the art of approximations”–Ivan Deutsch
“The law of the harvest has not been repealed.”–Spencer W Kimball
“Finding the fun is the key to mastering a skill”–Paul Bucheit
Smart goals:
- Specific (no generalities)
- Measurable (quantitative is best)
- Attainable (”realistic”)
- Relevant (in line with larger goals)
- Timely (deadline)
“There is a lot to talk about the wave-particle duality in discussion of quantum mechanics. This may be necessary for those who are unwilling or unable to acquire an understanding of the theory. However, this concept is even more pointlessly introduced in discussions of problems in the quantum theory or radiation. Here the normal mode waves of a purely classical electrodynamics appear, and for each normal mode there is an equivalent pseudosimple harmonic-oscillator particle which may then have a wave function whose argument is the corresponding normal-mode amplitude.” Willis Lamb
“When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.” Ursula K. Le Guin
“We do not approve of easily resorting to threatening use of force in international affairs.” Jiang Yu, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman
“1. Find meaning and inspiration in your work.
2. Work hard.
3. Discover the relationship between effort and reward.
4. Seek out complex work to avoid boredom and repetition.
5. Be autonomous and control your own destiny as much as possible.” Malcolm Gladwell
