Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.

Dale Carnegie

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand. 

Frank Herbert

When I came home I expected a surprise and there was no surprise for me, so of course I was surprised.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

An idea is salvation by imagination

Frank Lloyd Wright

The road to success is always under construction

Lily Tomlin

Vroeger was ik een twijfelaar, ik ben daar nu niet meer zo zeker van.

Herman Finkers

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

Lao Tzu

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Isaac Newton

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get the old ones out.

Dee Hock (Former CEO, Visa International)

De grootste fout van de mens is, dat hij wil oogsten op plaatsen waar niet gezaaid is.

Indira Gandhi

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

Steve Jobs

The single most important thing you can do to dramatically improve your presentations is to have a story to tell before you work on your PowerPoint file.

Cliff Atkinson (Beyond Bullet Points)

There are no separate systems. Where to draw a boundary depends on the questions we want to ask.

Donella H. Meadows

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Philip K. Dick

It is not sufficient to improve processes. There must also be constant improvement of products, services and technologies.

W.E. Deming

An organization's purpose is deduced from its actual behavior, not from its rhetoric or stated goals.

Donella H. Meadows

Every day you ask yourself, 'How did our values influence decisions I made today?' If they didn't, they are pretty much bullshit.

Peter Senge

Ik geloof niet in complottheorieën. Die worden alleen maar door de overheid bedacht om ons af te leiden.

Wijsheid stroomt in organisaties van boven naar beneden en als wijsheid van beneden naar boven stroomt heet het weerstand.

Bart Stofberg

One of the frustrating aspects of systems is that purposes of parts may add up to overall behavior that no one wants."

Donella H. Meadows

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.

Corrie Ten Boom

If we are together nothing is impossible. If we are divided all will fail.

Winston Churchill 

Any fool can criticise, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Dale Carnegie

Where your talents and the needs of the world cross lies your calling.

Aristotle

Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means.

Koichi Kawana