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 “For Him/her who believes all things are possible-inspired by Walt Disney, Dr. Dyer, Dr. Benson, Anthony Robbins” 

 

 "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously
 considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."
                                 --Western Union internal memo, 1876.

 

 “With Unity, teamwork, and synergy –anything can happen-inspired by Walt Disney

 

 Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
--Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy at a leading university

 

“We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than  the quality of our services and relationships to mankind.   Martin Luther King Jr.

 

 "An entrepreneur is a poet, visionary, and packager of social change"-Robert Schwart

 

 “Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy."
--Drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859

 

There are three essentials to leadership-humility, clarity, and courage –Fochan Yuan

 

"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
                -Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949

 

The life spent in doing what you love is a different life indeed from putting yourself out for hire to the highest bidder- Joseph Cambell

 

“Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. “
                                                            -Chinese Proverb

 

“Everyone is great, because anyone can serve. You dont need a degree to contribute or serve in some way, you only need a loving heart to serve. A soul generated by the love for all is the most important lesson to learn- Dr. Martin Luther King

 

“Where ever a saint is he feels at home, where ever he goes he brings happiness-Dr. Morley

 

“It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else , that prevents us from living freely and “nobly -Bertrand Russell

 

"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible."
        -A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.

 

 “You cannot teach a person anything
You can only help them discover it within themselves”
                                                                     -Galileo

 

“Imagine a society that put all their attention on people, rather than goods, money, GDP, status, perhaps equality, peace, optimal health and warless living would exist-Darrell Fertakos

 

“The only difference between a success and a failure is that the
successful person is willing to do what the failure is not willing to do.”
                                                     J.R. Ridinger

 

 

I think the person who takes a job in order to make a living - that is to say just for the money-has turned himself into a slave. -Joseph Cambell


 

"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and walked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year."
                                      -The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957

 

"But what ... is it good for?"
     -Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM,
1968, commenting on the microchip.

 

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
               --Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

 

 

"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
                --David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.

 

"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible."
        -A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable    overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.)

 

"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"
                 -H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

 

"A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make."
-                                    -Response to Debbi Fields' idea of starting Mrs. Fields' Cookies.

  

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
                                         -Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

 

 

"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." Albert Einstein

 

Every Great movement must experience three stageS- Ridicule, Discussion, adaptation – John Stuart Mill

 

The only thing of real value is intuition – Albert Einstein

 

“ Everything that can be invented has been invented” –U.S. Patent Office Director, urging President Mckinley to abolish the office (1899)

 

“ What sir? You would make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I pray you excuse me. I have no time to listen to such nonsense”

         -Napoleon Bonaparte To Robert Fulton, after hearing Fulton’s Plan for a steam engine driven boat

 

“I think there is a world market for about five computers” -Thomas J. Watson, IBM President (1956)

 

“ Man won’t fly for a thousand years”

  • Wilber Wright to Orville after a disappointing experiment in 1901

 

Thomas Edison's teacher did not like him, and did not think highly of him-he asked too many questions-

 

Albert Einstein- professors did not think highly of him

 

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams-                                                                                                                        - Emerson

 

Thomas Edison-Had little formal education, but he invented 1,093 invention alone and with the help of  scientists and technological experts.

 

Self Educated Greats-Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, Vincent Van Gogh, George Benard Shaw

 

Imagination is more important that knowledge-Albert Einstein

 

The only real valuable thing is Intution- Albert Einstein

 

To be independent fo the public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great –G. W.F. Hegel

 

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption- John Start mill

 

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you to can become great-

 

Imagine a society that put all their attention on people, rather than goods, money, GDP, status, perhaps equality, peace, and warless living would exist-Darrell Fertakos

 

“To be a man one must be a nonconformist- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

“I must create a system or be enslaved by another man’s –William Blake

 

 'It’s never to late to be what you might have been, it’s never to late to change course, it’s your life, and at least you can say I tried, rather than say I quit on myself and my dream-Darrell Fertakos

 

“Adversity is a prerequisite for chang-Darrell Fertakos

 

“IF we don’t all develop inner peace, how do you expect world peace to ever exist-Dr. Dyer

 

“Where ever a saint is he feels at home, where ever he goes he brings happiness-Dr. Morley

 

“Reach out to help others as though you were the only authority on the planet-Darrell Fertakos

 

“Give of yourself to encourage the hopes and dreams of others-many have said this one

 

“Everyone is great, because anyone can serve. You don’t need a degree to contribute or serve in some way, you only need a loving heart to serve. A soul generated by the love for all is the most important lesson to learn- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

 

“Are you living and dreaming or settling and dying-Darrell Fertakos

 

“Are you a hero if -you don’t believe in yourself?

 

“It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist –Pierre teihard De Chardin

 

“Do you have the courage to give up regret, guilt, worry, fear, confusion, and the uncertainties in life in order to live fully happily in the now- Darrell Fertakos

 

“A musician must make his music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if hi is to ultimately be at peace with himself- Abraham Maslwo

 

“ Winners never quit, and quitters never win-

Copyrighted –Darrell Fertakos 2004