Quotes
"Coming up with outstanding change management strategies day after day takes a great deal of energy. It costs in time, perspective and patience. But not doing so costs much, much more."
Harley Lovegrove
"Hard work coupled with ability always produces results; whereas working too hard when too tired will often undo the achievements that the hard work delivered."
Harley Lovegrove“
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
Dr. Seuss
‘Luck is what happens when preparation and opportunity meet’
Seneca, a first century Roman philosopher
“A coat of fresh paint and some tender loving care is often the only difference between a prison and a safe refuge” Harley Lovegrove
“When you can no longer see any other possibility to cutback further, think and re-think about what it is you want to achieve."
Harley Lovegrove
“The faults we see in others are only a reflection of those we recognise in ourselves.”
Harley Lovegrove
"Forgetfulness, after a long day, is nature’s way to tell you to slow down”
Harley Lovegrove
"When you’re young all the problems of the world are solvable. When you are middle aged, you have your doubts. When you are old you know better. That’s why the young ignore the old and the old smile back at the young."
Harley Lovegrove
“When an assignment appears to be too easy to be true then it probably is.”
Harley Lovegrove
"An unhappy employee can be the first symptom of a broken process."
Harley Lovegrove
“If you believe it is the right thing to do – do it."
Harley Lovegrove
“Knowledge comes from books, wisdom comes from experience”
Harley Lovegrove
“If you feel that you may have missed out on something, it can only be because you wanted to be included in the first place”
Harley Lovegrove
“Screwing up is easy, re-building respect and loyalty after personal failure is the toughest challenge that leaders must endure”
Harley Lovegrove
“The desire to deliver a service that your customer will be grateful for is the same desire that forms the foundations of decency and ethics in business.”
Harley Lovegrove
"The secret to a happy life is to always look at it positively; to stay youthful in mind and spirit, making the most of each and every day and to learn as much as possible from those who are what you would like to be."
Harley Lovegrove
“Never be afraid of making the wrong decision; but how to make the most of the right decision”
Harley Lovegrove
"This is not my first recession and it almost certainly will not be my last. Sustainability is not a ‘must have’ but a moral duty to my stakeholders."
Harley Lovegrove
"I would far rather be accused of being too optimistic, when assessing the abilities of others, than accused of being narrow minded and restrictive."
Harley Lovegrove
"Responsibility should never be seen as a burden but as a discipline to achieve ever higher standards in the service of others”
Harley Lovegrove
“If we were able to choose our dream team, it would probably result in disaster. One of the joys in life is to discover what you inherit”
Harley Lovegrove
“We build our businesses and institutions for continuity, so why are we surprised when they prove resistant to change?”
Harley Lovegrove
“Appreciation is the soul of motivation”
Harley Lovegrove
“Time is our most precious commodity, once lost, it can never be re-gained”
Harley Lovegrove
“The ability to see yourself through the eyes of another is a gift worth developing”
Harley Lovegrove
'True independence is much more than just a definition of status. It comes from the ability to recognize choice wherever and whenever it appears and then realizing that we always have the power to take it.'
Harley Lovegrove
“To truly open ourselves to new ideas and concepts we first need to suspend our own opinions and prejudices.”
Harley Lovegrove
“Success is leading your life the way you want it”
Harley Lovegrove
“Enjoy what you have. Wishing for too much more can focus you on a pathway of resentment and regret.”
Harley Lovegrove
“There’s nothing like looking a complete and utter fool to reset one’s humility to a normal level”
Harley Lovegrove
"I’m not an imbecile! If I was, I would know it."
Harley Lovegrove
“The more one tries to be sincere, the phonier one becomes. Real sincerity comes from within, it’s either there or not and there’s no way I know to fake it.”
Harley Lovegrove
"To see the big picture you first need to climb a mountain."
Harley Lovegrove
"No one gives a dam about what you do for a living until they can personally relate to it. "
Harley Lovegrove
“There’s no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid people who are more afraid of their pride than to politely challenge their leaders”
Harley Lovegrove
“People say I am an expert. But I am only an expert in the things that once upon a time caused me a problem. The other stuff is junk or supposition."
Harley Lovegrove
“Enjoying the things that money can buy is not a crime, however taking for granted the things that come for free is.”
Harley Lovegrove
“When money is spent wisely, you cannot think of anything better you could have spent it on. When money is wasted, your head fills with missed opportunities and regret.”
Harley Lovegrove
"When an explanation, repeated more than once, fails to make any sense; forget about trying to understand it but focus on where it comes from instead."
Harley Lovegrove
"Don’t let others define your personal boundaries. If you believe you can achieve something, go for it!"
Harley Lovegrove
“It is foolish to believe that a well written contract can magically ensure that both parties can benefit from the failure of those that signed it.”
Harley Lovegrove
"A diversity of views is the life blood of creative thought”
Harley Lovegrove
So long as you can focus on both, it’s ok to see distraction as a form of multi-tasking! "
Harley lovegrove
"A building with solid foundations is easier to adapt than one that relies on its internal structures to keep it upright."
Harley Lovegrove
"Anticipation is the foundation for every change strategy"
Harley Lovegrove
“A thriving community is one that is able to look within, while embracing opportunities from without”
Harley Lovegrove
"To sincerely appreciate the efforts of another is to acknowledge that their life is good and has meaning."
Harley Lovegrove
“Success is being able to relax in the sunshine without feeling guilt”
Harley Lovegrove
"An inspirational role model can do as much for our self confidence as they can teach us about who we are and who we can become."
Harley Lovegrove
“If I look busy, it’s probably because I am. So if what you’ve got to say is not urgent or very funny, please wait until tomorrow”
Harley Lovegrove
“Diversity and tolerance are two sides of the same coin”
Harley Lovegrove
“A deadline is a constraint that turns an idea into a challenge”
Harley Lovegrove
“Become a part of the solution or get out of the way and let others through”
Harley Lovegrove
"A polite ‘no’ is better than a thousand excuses for poor performance”
Harley Lovegrove
“I am not afraid of trying something new, only certainty scares me”.
Harley Lovegrove
“We should never use our influence to encourage people to become like us,to do like we do, but to help them visualize for themselves the person that they can become”.
Harley Lovegrove
"One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one makes."
Friedrich Nietzsche.
"The role of a leader is to take you somewhere other than where you are headed."
Patrick Thomas, Chairman & CEO, Bayer MaterialScience.
“No one is too big to eat humble pie. Sometimes, it’s better to ask for your job back rather than be unemployed and unable to make a difference"
Harley Lovegrove
“Only by exercising our senses can we challenge our intellect and keep ourselves fresh and alive”
Harley Lovegrove
“A trusted secret should be kept like a precious stone in your pocket. It should feel like a comfort, not a burden”
Harley Lovegrove
"Creativity is the thought of something that others can experience"
Harley Lovegrove
“You can compromise on many things but never on the vision”
Harley Lovegrove
"The most unattractive tasks are the ones that I know I can do"
Harley Lovegrove
"Trust is the emotional key that keeps us believing in each other. Trust is fickle, trust is precious. Trust, once lost, is very hard to regain"
Harley Lovegrove
"If you want to get something done, ask a busy person"
Harley Lovegrove
“For every positive action we take, somewhere there will be a negative impact that at least needs considering”
Harley Lovegrove
"Every desire for change will be met by an equal and opposite reaction”
Harley Lovegrove
“Only when we step into someone else’s shoes can we really begin to see ourselves”
Harley Lovegrove
"Our ego is our emotional assessment of our own self worth"
Harley Lovegrove
“A deadline is nothing without conviction”
Harley Lovegrove
"Anticipation is the foundation for all good strategy"
Harley Lovegrove
"All inspirational leaders have two precious things they are willing to share; the seeds of new ideas and a vision of success "
Harley Lovegrove
"Listening is not passive, it is engaging.
Listening is allowing your mind and soul to empathize with the person that is speaking.
Listening is not about agreement or disagreement, it is not about what you think or believe in - that is a lecture.
Listening is about understanding where the message is coming from and the circumstances that surround it.
In everything we do, perhaps listening is the hardest of them all?"
Harley Lovegrove
"Do not dwell on what might have been but work upon your dreams"
Harley Lovegrove
“There is a difference between playing politics and active self promotion: Politics is the hollow game to obtain something more than you truly deserve, whereas self promotion is the open display of one’s natural talents and achievements”
Harley Lovegrove
"A good idea is not enough, it needs to be nurtured, tested and then put into action"
Harley Lovegrove
"True leadership is inspiring people to do great things, then acknowledging them when they do"
Harley Lovegrove
“Friendship is essentially a partnership.”
Aristotle
"Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day."
Author unknown
“I never feel that I am sitting wedged within four walls. Books, film, music, internet, whatever, enable me to discover the whole world”.
Nico Debrier 1984 - 2011
“It’s not the number of hours you put into your work that maters but the amount of work you put into your hours”.
Source: Sarah Waterman, author unknown
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower"
Steve Jobs"
"I think a hero is someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with freedom."
Bob Dylan
“Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right.”
Isaac Asimov
“The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual”.
Vince Lombardi
“I don't deserve this award, but I also have arthritis and I don't deserve that either”
Jack Benny
"People who attempt the difficult often attain the impossible"
Kurt De Ruwe
"Don't be afraid to take a big step, if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps"
David Lloyd George
"You can delegate authority, but you can never delegate responsibility for delegating a task to someone else. If you picked the right man, fine, but if you picked the wrong man, the responsibility is yours - not his."
Richard E. Krafve
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler "
Albert Einstein
"Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself. "
Paul Bryant
"To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation"
Chinese Proverbs
"Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something"
Gertrude Stein
"I have no special talent, I'm just passionately curious"
Albert Einstein
"Time is the scarcest resource of the manager; If it is not managed, nothing else can be managed"
Peter F. Drucker
"The key is in not spending time, but in investing it"
Stephen R. Covey
"In politics, a straight line is the shortest distance to disaster."
John P Roche
"Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things."
Peter Drucker
"I don't want any "yes-men" around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs."
Samuel Goldwyn
"The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live"
Leo F. Buscaglia quotes, 1924-199
"It's not the plan that is important, it's the planning”
Dr Graeme Edwards
"Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong"
Peter T. Mcintyre
"Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days...What you can do, or think you can do, begin it. For boldness has magic, power, and genius in it"
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit"
Arnold H. Glasgow
"Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence"
Author Unknown
"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking"
Henry Ford
"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kavanagh, 1849
"When you blame others, you give up your power to change"
Author Unknown
"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan"
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Do not speak unless you can improve the silence”
Chinese Proverb
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, It is the only thing that ever has”
Margaret Mead
"When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live"
Samuel Johnson
“Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people”
Nido Qubein
"All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds to understanding and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason"
Immanuel Kant
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often”
Winston Churchill
"A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve"
Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people”
Nido Qubein
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else”
Albert Einstein
“In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.”
William Lyon Phelps
‘Don't be afraid to take a big step, if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps’
David Lloyd George
'Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.’
Gertrude Stein
'Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.’
Albert Einstein
'The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.'
Stephen R. Covey
"Your successful past will block your visions of the future."
Joel Barker
"With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable."
Thomas Foxwell Buxton
"You only get what you give"
The New Radicals
“Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.”
Robert Half
“Many of life’s failures are people who had not realized how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Thomas A Edison
"The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on."
Julia Alvarez
"When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may need to guide them a little, take it up or down, have them go faster or slower, but the casting process is crucial."
Robert Wise
"If I had asked people what they wanted, I would’ve built a faster horse."
Henry Ford
"When you feel like shooting the messenger, you might want to remember that bullets sometimes ricochet."
Albana Vrioni
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
Michael Jordan
"No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one. "
Elbert Hubbard
"One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you."
Dennis A. Peer
"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work, and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there."
Indira Gandhi
"Trust, but verify."
Ronald Reagan, US President 1981-1989
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
Maya Angelou