Training

“We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.” - Archilochos

Leadership

"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality" - Warren Bennis

Knowledge and Wisdom

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." -- Isaac Asimov

"Hope" in Research

Research should be motivated by hope, but not built upon it.

Management versus Leadership

"Management is about coping with complexity.  Leadership is about coping with change." - John Kotter

Goals and Dreams

"A goal is a dream with a deadline." by Napoleon Hill

A succinctly stated life philosophy

I recently heard the following "life philosophy", which I thought summed things up quite well:  God encourages us to love others and to use things.   Unfortunately we oftentimes get these confused: we love things and use others.