Quote of the week: The fruits of your labor
At an evening reception at Howard Schultz’s home on the occasion of Starbucks’ inspiring Annual Shareholders Meeting, I asked Arthur Rubinfeld on what advice he could give me to instill the right work ethic and values on my children. I was struck by a quote he hung as a poster in his kids’ rooms:
The harder you work
The luckier you get
related posts
-
Quote of the Week: We have more in common with each other than within ourselves.
From a lunch meeting with my friend Frederic Brenner, the photographer, philosopher and social anthropologist, he shared this powerful quote: Nous sommes tous de lopins et d une texture si informe et diverse, que chaque pièce, chaque moment fait son jeu. Et se trouve autant de différence de nous a nous mêmes que de nous [...]
-
Quote of the week: What should you wish for your children?
The goal is not happiness. The goal is purpose. And from that purpose comes happiness. – Linda Gallanter, at dinner, sharing that when raising children, giving them purpose is a much more effective way to make them fulfilled and happy in life (whereas worrying about them being ‘happy’ can yield spoiled or malcontent kids)
-
Quote of the Week
When Tamar at OneVoice read my Trinity commencement speech, she pointed me to these beautiful and far richer words from Rainer Maria Rilke: “Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t [...]
-
Quote of the week: middle of the road, urged the sages of the Bible
With extremism being particularly rampant among some religious followers who become increasingly zealous about their convictions and practices, and with the cartoonish tensions created by black and white contrasts set out by desensitized uber-capitalism vs. new age parsimoniousness, I was struck by the depth and timeliness of these contrasting messages: With regard to all human [...]
-
Quote of the Week: Sir Paul McCartney – Ebony and Ivory
Am on my way back from DC to NYC after a briefing with Paul McCartney on behalf of OneVoice (on whose Honorary Board he sits). Earlier during rehearsals, I was struck at the beautiful simplicity and deep truth of the lyrics of Ebony and Ivory: EBONY AND IVORY, LIVE TOGETHER IN PERFECT HARMONY, SIDE BY [...]
post a new comment