Patrick Lencioni Quotes

Too many executives I've met over the years have the mentality of a bodybuilder; they've come to accept the idea that growth is synonymous with success.

Patrick Lencioni

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In many ways, it's easier to write a book. You have more latitude with structure, and you have the freedom to luxuriate within the internal lives and musings of your characters. But where a screenplay does not always demand great prose, a novel lives or dies by it.

John Fusco

FreedomGreatBookYouMoreWrite

It's a lot like life. I think 99 percent of what goes on in life, we have very little control over.

Andy Van Slyke

LifeControlThinkOverLittleLike

It's funny, I often think about how, if we were all placed in an apocalyptic situation, you'd realize quickly how stupid, petty things just don't matter anymore. Who you love is who you love, and it doesn't matter.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

FunnyLoveLove IsStupidThinkYou

I might sing a gospel song in Arabic or do something in Hebrew. I want to mix it up and do it differently than one might imagine.

Stevie Wonder

SongWantUpImagineSomethingSing

Spirituality is not a formula; it is not a test. It is a relationship. Spirituality is not about competency; it is about intimacy. Spirituality is not about perfection; it is about connection. The way of the spiritual life begins where we are now in the mess of our lives.

Mike Yaconelli

LifeRelationshipPerfectionTest

I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it.

Mira Sorvino

LoveMyselfSeenGoingJustLike

A story about my life should not be particularly interesting, but it is: it's just about me and some kids who didn't know how to talk to each other. It's personal but not autobiographical.

Dito Montiel

LifeMeStoryInterestingMy Life

The bedrock of 'Being Human' has to be characters. I would hope that even if suddenly we had a huge budget per episode, the foundation of the show, and the thing that actually makes it what it is, is character.

Donald Sumpter

CharacterHopeFoundationBudget

You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.

Ariel Sharon

StrengthThinkYouPersonScared

We've been fighting our whole lives to say we're just human beings like everyone else. When we start separating ourselves in our work, that doesn't help the cause. I've heard it for years: 'How do you feel being a black filmmaker?' I'm not a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker. I'm a black man, I have black children. But I'm just a filmmaker.

Antoine Fuqua

WorkChildrenManStartBlackHelp

SXSW has been a melting pot of ideas and policy on immigration, cybersecurity, privacy, Internet of Things, international trade, and innovation.

Suzan DelBene

InnovationIdeasInternetImmigration

The older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be. I tend to walk a middle ground.

Paula Cole

HappinessWalkDarknessMoreSee

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