From an ASCE email newsletter.
“It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.”
–Peter Ustinov, British actor and writer
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened.”
–Alexander Graham Bell, American inventor
“In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”
–Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the U.S.
“The most successful people are those who are good at Plan B.”
–James Yorke, mathematics and physics professor
“Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.”
–Jonathan Kozol, American nonfiction writer and educator
“Most companies don’t exercise patience during the hiring process. There is no development system that is going to compensate for making a bad hire.”
–Eric Foss, CEO of Pepsi Bottling
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
–Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political leader
“Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.”
–Marian Wright Edelman, children’s activist
“The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.”
–Clarence Darrow, American lawyer
