#ratio

In such business Action is eloquence, and the eyes of th’ ignorant More learned than the ears. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#business

A phrase began to beat in my ears with a sort of heady excitement: "There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#life #living #love #romance #business

Life's had to break you down so you could be rebuilt ↗

— Robin S. Sharma

#business

But see you, we should travel by night. Dark times for dark business, as they says. No sun to bother Valeriana or you, Kaylana's surely no' disadvantaged, and I know I work better in darkness. Anybody looking for us will have a harder time of it. Besides, marching in daylight is for the heroes. If we're going to do this, we may as well go all out. ↗

— Eve Forward

#inspirational #villainy #business

If you first take a minute, an hour or a month to let go of feeling annoyed, frustrated or critical of the person or situation that may be driving you crazy, you set yourself up for much greater leadership and personal success. ↗

— John Kuypers

#collaboration #leadership #relationships #teamwork #business

We're constantly getting these messages to mind our own business and look the other way if we want to be well liked, to not tell the truth or speak our mind or say anything too intense. Well, I'm telling you here that this approach not only makes you party to other people's crimes against themselves but is a prescription for mediocrity and delusion ↗

— Kelly Cutrone

#inspirational #business

When you depersonalize abrasive behavior and see it as a call for help you become a catalyst for the best kind of change. ↗

— Marilyn Suttle

#customer-service #inspiration #relationships #self-improvement #business

When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#business

Please, God,' Ruth would pray, 'don't let me be competitive. Let me realize what a privilege it is to study. Let me remember that knowledge must be pursued for its own sake and please, please stop me wanting to beat Verena Plackett in the exams.' She prayed hard and she meant what she said. But God was busy that autumn as the International Brigade came back, defeated, from Spain, Hitler's bestialities increased, and sparrows everywhere continued to fall. ↗

— Eva Ibbotson

#philosophical #business

If your business plan depends on suddenly being "discovered" by some big shot, your plan will probably fail. Nobody suddenly discovers anything. Things are made slowly and in pain. ↗

— Hugh MacLeod

#inspirational #writing #business