“Perhaps your quest to be part of building something great will not fall in your business life. But find it somewhere. If not in corporate life, then perhaps in making your church great. If not there, then perhaps a nonprofit, or a community organization, or a class you teach. Get involved in something that you care so much about that you want to make it the greatest it can possibly be, not because of what you will get, but just because it can be done.”
"Consider the idea that charisma can be as much a liability as an asset. Your strength of personality can sow the seeds of problems, when people filter the brutal facts from you."
- Jim Collins
Awareness
"The most powerful cultures are those that are based on values that are deeply held and widely shared."
- Jim Collins
Belief
"Great companies foster a productive tension between continuity and change."
- Jim Collins
Transformation
"Indeed, the real question is not, “Why greatness?” but “What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness?” If you have to ask the question, “Why should we try to make it great? Isn’t success enough?” then you’re probably engaged in the wrong line of work."
- Jim Collins
Motivation
"What separates people is not the presence or absence of difficulty, but how they deal with the inevitable difficulties of life."
- Jim Collins
Adversity
"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
- William James
Contribution
"The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to make things better."
- Robert F. Kennedy
Contribution
"The best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself."
- Wallace Wattles
Contribution
"As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way."
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Contribution
"A veces sentimos que lo que hacemos es tan solo una gota en el mar, pero el mar sería menos si le faltara una gota."
- Mother Teresa
Contribution