MOTIVATION QUOTES
NIKOLA TESLA QUOTES
Anti-social behaviour is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.
Alpha waves in the human brain are between 6 and 8 hertz. The wave frequency of the human cavity resonates between 6 and 8 hertz. All biological systems operate in the same frequency range. The human brain’s alpha waves function in this range and the electrical resonance of the earth is between 6 and 8 hertz. Thus, our entire biological system – the brain and the earth itself – work on the same frequencies. If we can control that resonate system electronically, we can directly control the entire mental system of humankind.
I don't care that they stole my idea. I care that they don’t have any of their own
The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.
Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.
All the frictional resistances, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance.
My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe, there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength, and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.
NIKOLA TESLA QUOTES ON ENERGY
It will soon be possible to transmit wireless messages around the world so simply that any individual can carry and operate his own apparatus.
Electric power is everywhere present in unlimited quantities and can drive the world’s machinery without the need of coal, oil, gas, or any other of the common fuels.
Einstein’s relativity work is a magnificent mathematical garb which fascinates, dazzles, and makes people blind to the underlying errors. The theory is like a beggar clothed in purple whom ignorant people take for a king… its exponents are brilliant men but they are metaphysicists rather than scientists.
To know each other we must reach beyond the sphere of our sense perceptions.
If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world.
You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.
The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.
My mother understood human nature better and never chided. She knew that a man cannot be saved from his own foolishness or vice by someone else’s efforts or protests, but only by the use of his own will.
I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one.
NIKOLA TESLA QUOTES ON SUCCESS
The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone-that is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born.
A new idea must not be judged by its immediate results.
If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6, and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.
Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves. The premature death of millions is primarily traceable to this cause. Even among those who exercise care, it is a common mistake to avoid imaginary, and ignore the real dangers. And what is true of an individual also applies, more or less, to a people as a whole.
This work somehow awakened my dormant powers of will and I began to practice self-control. At first, my resolutions faded like snow in April, but in a little while, I conquered my weakness and felt a pleasure I never knew before – that of doing as I willed.
The expresses it in one way, the Christian in another, but both say the same: We are all one.
Today’s scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.
The beauty and the scent of roses can be used as medicine and the sun rays as a food.
“Science is but a perversion of itself unless it has as its ultimate goal the betterment of humanity.
I am trying to awake the energy contained in the air. These are the main sources of energy. What is considered as empty space is just a manifestation of matter that is not awakened.
Misunderstandings are always caused by the inability of appreciating one another’s point of view… The best way is to dispel ignorance of the doings of others by a systematic spread of general knowledge. With this object in view, it is most important to aid the exchange of thought and intercourse.
Our entire biological system, the brain, and the Earth itself works on the same frequencies.
What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.
Though free to think and act, we are held together, like the stars in the firmament, with ties inseparable. These ties cannot be seen, but we can feel them.
In a crystal, we have clear evidence of the existence of a formative life principle, and though we cannot understand the life of a crystal, it is nonetheless a living being.
I do not rush into actual work. When I get a new idea, I start at once building it up in my imagination, and make improvements and operate the device in my mind. When I have gone so far as to embody everything in my invention, every possible improvement I can think of, and when I see no fault anywhere, I put into concrete form the final product of my brain.
It’s not the love you make. It’s the love you give.
NIKOLA TESLA QUOTES ON LOVE
Throughout the infinite, the forces are in a perfect balance, and hence the energy of a single thought may determine the motion of a universe.
I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.
The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind.
What we now want is closer contact and better understanding between individuals and communities all over the earth, and the elimination of egoism and pride which is always prone to plunge the world into primeval barbarism and strife… Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment.
But instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibres that enable us to perceive truths when logical deduction, or any other wilful effort of the brain, is futile.
Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvellous work of art, of indescribable beauty, and mystery beyond human conception, and so delicate that a word, a breath, a look, nay, a thought may injure it.
My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labour and sacrifices made.
Love: I recognize the emotion for what it is, an irrational self-destructive impulse, which is disguised as joy.
No free energy device will ever be allowed to reach the market.
will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress.
Jim Rohn Quotes
“You can not make progress without making decisions.”
“Don’t say, ‘If I could, I would.’ Say, ‘If I can, I will.’”
“Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.”
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”
“Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.”
“If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.”
“How long should you try? Until.”
“Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.”
“Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.”
“Start from wherever you are and with whatever you’ve got.”
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”
“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.”
“Either you run the day or the day runs you.”
“We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everything of value.”
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
“To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?”
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”
“If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.”
“Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.”
“It isn’t what the book costs; it’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.”
“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.”
“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.”
“Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don’t fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.”
“Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.”
“You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.”
“You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.”
“Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.”
“Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.”
“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.”
“Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.”
“Life and business is like the changing seasons. You cannot change the seasons, but you can change yourself. Therein lies the opportunity to live an extraordinary life–the opportunity to change yourself.”
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment”
“Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.”
“If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.”
“Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.”
“Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.”
“Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.”
“Don’t say, ‘If I could, I would.’ Say, ‘If I can, I will.’”
“No one else ‘makes us angry.’ We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude.”
“Your personal philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out.”
“The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit.”
“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humour, but without folly.”
“The more you care, the stronger you can be.”
“Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom. Unlike your fingerprints that you are born with and can’t change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing.”
“How long should you try? Until.”
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LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT QUOTES FROM JIM COLLIN
FAVOURITE QUOTES FROM JIM COLLINS
"One of the things we’ve learned in all our research is that it all begins with people."
"Great vision without great people is irrelevant."
"The principle is not getting the right people on the bus, it’s FIRST GETTING the right people on the bus."
"What are the brutal facts that we must confront? Because if we don’t confront them, they will confront us."
"What are we deeply passionate about? What can we be the best in the world at? What drives our economic/resource engine?"
"What must we discontinue?"
Jim Collins quotes on Amazon and the flywheel
"I’ve come to really appreciate the power of the flywheel, because of the great student I once had. (Jeff Bezos, Amazon)."
"(I told Amazon)…don’t respond to this as a crisis, respond as a flywheel. They asked a beautiful question – what is our specific flywheel?"
"What is Amazon? It’s not a static strategy, it’s a flywheel."
"I want you to commit to get your flywheel right."
"The key (to a flywheel) is the inexorable logic of momentum. 'You can’t help but' – ingrain that in your mind. (eg.If you lower costs on your mutual funds then 'you can’t help but' deliver superior returns….)"
"Where does our flywheel start? It might be a customer flywheel, or a service flywheel, or an innovation flywheel."
"When you look at a great flywheel, you have a right side (12-6) and left side (6-12). The right side is the role you play in the world, then as you come up the other side, it’s how you covert that into fuel."
"We must exert self-control in a world that is out of control. 20-mile march, 20-mile march, 20-mile march, day in day out."
"When you have a flywheel and you renew and extend it by you are likely to see a tremendous sense of “up” in your company. But how do you make it endure? "
"Practise productive paranoia…What it? What if? What if?"
"For those of you who are really successful, I want you to be truly afraid, truly paranoid."
"You may have a single great idea for the moment, but then the moment’s changed."
"Great entrepreneurs make the shift from being 'time tellers' to being 'clock-builders'."
"It’s a yin yang; preserve the core and stimulate progress."
"A truly innovative company has a core ideology that it preserves over time."
JIM COLLINS QUOTES ON BHAG - BIG HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOAL AND MORE
"One of the best ways to stimulate progress is our old friend – the BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal)."
"Set goals that are so big, so hairy, they make you gulp. When you’re about to fall asleep, your BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) is there by your bed all hairy with glowing eyes. When you wake up it’s there: 'Good morning, I am your BHAG. I own your life'.”
"There’s no evidence that our big winners got more good luck. They got higher returns on their good luck."
"3 outputs that define what a great company is: superior results, distinctive impact, and lasting endurance."
"The moment that you begin to think ‘we are great’ your slide towards mediocrity will have begun."
JIM COLLINS QUOTES ON MENTORS AND LEADERS AND MORE
"I’m only 63 years old and my mentor Peter Drucker did 2/3 of his work after age of 65."
"True leadership only exists when people follow when they would otherwise have the freedom to not follow."
"Eisenhower said 'Leadership is the art of getting people who want to do what must be done'. Every leader has his or her own artistry."
"No matter what role of life you’re in, you are a leader."
"There’s a powerful certain type of leader: A Level 5 leader has this personal humility and this indomitable will."
"As the company makes its journey you need to make your own (leadership) journey."
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JIM COLLINS QUOTES ON THE NEW NORMAL
"I don’t think I will see another new normal in the rest of my life. There will only be a continuous series of not normal episodes."
"People say you cannot predict black swans, they’re wrong. I can predict with 100% certainty that there will be black swans."
"First who, then what, because we can’t predict the what."
JIM COLLINS QUOTES ON WHO LUCK AND 'RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE BUS'
"The number one metric to track is what percentage of the key seats on your bus or mini-bus are filled with the right people for those key seats? Is it 90% or above? If the answer’s no, you have just identified your No. 1 responsibility."
"I want to up the ante on the who thing. I want you to have Jorge Paulo Lemann's dilemma...too many great people."
"Do you have your 'who' hat on all the time? You think about who all the time. One of the most powerful things is 'who' luck."
"I got engaged four days after meeting my wife Joanne, that’s 40 years’ return on who luck."
"Try to turn everything from a What question to a Who question? If you get cancer, it’s Who’s the best oncologist?"
"A great life is when you get to spend your time absorbed in meaningful work you love with people you love."
JIM COLLINS QUOTES ON MENTORS
"I felt very resentful I didn’t have a dad. Then I woke up and realised just because I didn’t have a father didn’t mean I couldn’t create one, invent one. I made a personal board of directors. One of those people was Bill Lazier."
"Without Bill Lazier, this Map would not have happened, none of the books would have happened. I want to share Bill with the world."
"What I want you to do is to not settle for just having a successful business, but to set out on a journey to build a company worthy of lasting."
JIM COLLINS QUOTES ON THE MAP
" has Inputs and Outputs – the Inputs define the journey on the path to a great company – the outputs are what 'there” is – ie. when you get there.'
"Great leadership at the top doesn’t amount to much without great leadership at the unit level."
"If you drive a mini-bus you say I’m going to make this a sparkling pocket of greatness. Then you get asked to drive bigger and bigger buses."
"Peter Drucker taught me to never ever confuse scale of impact with scale of organisation."
"Trust and deadlines. You trust (your people) to manage themselves to do their best work, within a framework. You make sure the deadline is achievable."
"You must absolutely deliver on deadline period, full stop. Deadline means deadline."
"Freedom in a framework, that is part of the essence of building a clock."
"If you haven’t read the book Into Thin Air, I thoroughly recommend it."
MORE JIM COLLINS QUOTES ON LEVEL 5 LEADERSHIP, AND MORE ON THE FLYWHEEL
"Productive paranoids don’t think if something will go wrong' but 'when'."
"I see productive paranoia and audacious objectives going hand in hand."
"Level 5 leadership is not an understated personality per se, in fact some of the Level 5s have very colourful personalities. But Level 5 leaders, it’s never about them, it’s about love for their people, their company, their cause."
"Level 5 (leader): It’s about what’s on the inside, not what’s on the outside."
"I get very excited about flywheels."
"Never draw your flywheel as 'these are the things that we do' – that’s just a list drawn in a circle. It has to be that A drives B, B drives C, C drives D etc."
"Because it’s interlocking pieces, if any component of the flywheel is not executing at a high level the whole flywheel stalls."
"The secret of mediocrity is chronic inconsistently."
"I really trust my people. I leave them alone to do their best work. I learned that from Bill Lazier."
"If you spend your life keeping your options open, that’s what you’ll do. You’ll spend your life keeping your options open! That’s what Bill Lazier taught me."
JIM COLLINS QUOTES ON HIS OWN BHAG AND 20-MILE MARCH
"I have a 20-mile march. I track my creative hours on a spreadsheet. It gives me a running total that has to be above 1000 hours every 365 days."
"4 types of BHAGS – target BHAGs (Sam Walton, my first store will have a profit per square foot), creative impact BHAG (Microsoft, create a computer on every desk), a common enemy BHAG (we will win, we will crush them…think NIKE), role model BHAG (we want to be iconic in our industry)."
"My role model BHAG is Peter Drucker, he was the most influential thinker of the 20th century."
" My BHAG is to contribute to the first half of the 21st century as much as Peter Drucker did to the last half of the 20th century."
"Peter Drucker was guided by a deep question, how do we make the world more productive and more humane. Just take in the beauty of that question. Apply it to your company, apply it to a country."
"I’m beginning to realise, I’m not a business author. I’ve come to the conclusion I happened to use business as a data set but it’s a starting point of a bigger question. And the deeper question is about human renewal."
"My own BHAG: My next research project I’m now 5 years into, starts at the individual level. I would love to be able to do societal renewal, then I’d have a 3-layered cake: organisational renewal, personal renewal and societal renewal. It’s got a lot of hair on it."
FINAL WORDS FROM JIM COLLINS - ROADMAP TO GREATNESS
"I wish I’d been able to call my dad for advice. I wish my dad had taught me core values. But I was really lucky in my mentors."
"How do you find the essence of what you are, not just what you do?"
"The first is, you don’t choose your mentors for their success. You choose them for their character."
"The 10:1 rule, for every hour that mentor spends with you, you spend 10 hours preparing for, and then synthesising what you learned, in that one hour. If you do that, then your mentors want to invest."
"There’s something in the universe of things, that if you commit to mentoring others then somehow that brings mentors to you."
"Peter Drucker said to me 'You spend too much time worrying about whether you will survive. You will survive. You worry whether you will be successful. That is the wrong question, the question is how to be useful.' That lesson has guided my life since he thwacked me with the zen stick."
"If you are committed to be useful, as Bill Lazier was, the odds you are going to find great mentors are very high."
ABOUT JIM COLLINS
Jim Collins has authored or coauthored a series of books that have sold in total more than 10 million copies worldwide. They include Good to Great, the #1 bestseller, which examines why some companies make the leap and others don’t; the enduring classic Built to Last, which discovers why some companies remain visionary for generations; How the Mighty Fall, which delves into how once-great companies can self-destruct; and Great by Choice, which uncovers the leadership behaviors for thriving in chaos and uncertainty. His latest book is BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0), an upgrade of his first book coauthored with his mentor Bill Lazier.
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