Quotes from Books

In the end, we will all become stories.

The future is not a gift; it is an achievement.

A word after a word after a word is power.

The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine.

We are defined by the choices we make.

I learned that the only way to change the world is to change yourself.

Life is a journey, and if you don't get lost sometimes, you won't find new ways to be found.

I learned that you can be a good person and still be in prison.

You don't get to choose your family, but you can choose your friends.

The laws of physics are the same everywhere, but our understanding of them is not.

Science fiction is the breeding ground for scientific breakthroughs.

The impossible is often only a matter of time.

The only sustainable competitive advantage is an organization’s ability to learn faster than the competition.

Today’s organizations must learn to operate as systems.

People can learn to think and act together.

Sometimes, they come back.

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

Success in business is about relationships.

The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity.

To be successful, you need to be willing to help others.

The truth is always worth pursuing.

Sometimes, a leap of faith is the greatest leap of all.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

We were the most beautiful species, and we had a good run.

The future is a thing that you can’t predict.

Science is not a matter of opinion; it’s a matter of fact.

Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It’s about saying no to all but the most crucial features.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

There is no future without forgiveness.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic. It is the best form of self-interest.

The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

Love each other or perish.

I give myself a checkup every day.

We’re all going to die. It’s what we do before that matters.

The Hot Zone is a book that demonstrates the power of nature and the fragility of human life.

In the world of viruses, Ebola is one of the most lethal and least understood.

The story of Ebola is not just a story about a virus; it is a story about the people who face it.

The act of writing is the act of self-discovery.

You cannot be afraid to speak your mind.

We are not just a classroom; we are a family.

The 80/20 Principle is a powerful tool for achieving more with less effort.

Focus on the few vital tasks that create the most significant outcomes.

Success comes from identifying and leveraging the right opportunities.

I think novels are like the world, they are complicated and full of contradictions.

We are all made of stories.

There's something about the world that we can't quite understand; we keep trying to make sense of it.

I am a difficult woman. I am a woman who has made the choice to be difficult.

The truth is, I want to be the best version of myself, and I want to do it my way.

Women are not just one thing; we are multi-dimensional.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for tenderness. We are made for compassion and kindness.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

Writing is about a process of discovery.

You get your confidence back by writing.

Myth is much more than a story. It is a way of experiencing reality.

The hero is the one who comes back from the dead, you might say, and this is the resurrection of the hero.

We’re not in the world; we are the world.

The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there, and still on your feet.

We’re all just one step away from being a little bit crazy.

The future is a thing that people are always trying to avoid.

Survival is insufficient.

We are always looking to the future, to tomorrow, to the next day.

The world that was is gone, but we still have the stories.

What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.

We can’t change our habits unless we change our thoughts.

The best way to change your habits is to change your environment.

The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else.

Scrum is a way of thinking about how to work together to deliver results.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.