Quotes on Thrive

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.

At fifty everyone has the face he deserves.

A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.

So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business - you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.

People thrive on positive reinforcement. They can take only a certain amount of criticism and you may lose them altogether if you criticize them in a personal way... you can make a point without being personal. Don't insult or belittle your people. Instead of getting more out of them you will get less

I thrive on challenges, and there is no more imposing challenge for someone in my profession than winning an NBA title.

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it.

I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes, just one way. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

Harmony can not thrive in a climate of mistrust, cheating, bullying; mean-spirited competition.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.