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title: Quotes
description: "*“Act without expectation” – Lao Tzu* *\"Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.\" -- Peter Drucker* *“Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity” *— H. Hackson Brown, JR. “It’s fine to celebrate success…"
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updated: "2022-07-26"
category: Institutional
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# Quotes

*“Act without expectation” – Lao Tzu*

*"Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things." -- Peter Drucker*

*“Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity” *— H. Hackson Brown, JR.

“It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” -Bill Gates

“Failure is not the outcome-failure is not trying. Don’t be afraid to fail.” -Sara Blakely

“If you want to succeed, you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.” -John Rockefeller

“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.” -Jeff Bezos

“It is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.” - Epictetus

“genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration” --Thomas Edison

"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken

"Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful" --  George E. P. Box

Designers don’t search for a solution until they have determined the real problem, and even then, instead of solving that problem, they stop to consider a wide range of potential solutions. Only then will they converge upon their proposal. — Donald Norman

“You build it, you run it.” -- Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon

“Leadership isn't about getting your own way. It's about helping others find theirs.” -- Anon

"Vision without execution is hallucination."  --  Thomas Edison

"Tell me how you measure me and I will tell you how I behave." [-- Eliyahu Goldratt](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0884271951?ie=UTF8&tag=martinfowlerc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0884271951)![](https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=martinfowlerc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0321601912)

"Stay hungry. Stay foolish." -- Steve Jobs

“In God we trust. All others bring data.” -- W. E. Deming

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” ― Dalai Lama