“Satisfaction does not come with achievement, but with effort. Full effort is full victory”
“It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts”
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”
“It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure”
“When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge”
“Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital spark of all human change, improvement and progress”
“The innovate point is the pivotal moment when talented and motivated people seek the opportunity to act on their ideas and dreams”
“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.”
“The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired in value.”
“After all, sustainability means running the global environment – Earth Inc. – like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital”
“Literacy is at the heart of sustainable development”
“In the long term, the economy and the environment are the same thing. If it’s unenvironmental it is uneconomical. That is the rule of nature.”