Extraordinary Things Quotes - Page 7

• Small teams driven by their passion with a clear focus can do extraordinary things. Things that only large corporations and governments could do in the past.

  Peter Diamandis

  Team, Passion, Past

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• We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.

  Dave Eggers

  Would Be, Absurd, Extraordinary

  "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius". Book by Dave Eggers, 2000.

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• It always takes a group of people working together with a common purpose in an atmosphere of trust and collaboration to get extraordinary things done.

  James M. Kouzes

  Common Purpose, People, Atmosphere

  James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner (2010). “The Leadership Challenge”, p.318, John Wiley & Sons

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• It takes a good crisis to get us going. When we feel fear and we fear loss we are capable of quite extraordinary things.

  Paul Gilding

  Motivation, Inspiration, Loss

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• This is the extraordinary thing about creativity: If just you keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious.

  John Cleese

  Creativity, Mind, Friendly

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• The history of the human race is the history of ordinary people who have overcome their fears and accomplished extraordinary things.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Race

  Brian Tracy (1998). “The Gift of Self-Confidence”, p.49, Jaico Publishing House

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• Passion is what drives us crazy, what makes us do extraordinary things, to discover, to challenge ourselves. Passion is and should always be the heart of courage.

  Midori Komatsu

  Crazy, Passion, Heart

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• Strange, how such a small realization can affect everyone's life forever. In movies there is always a carefully staged moment - a big crescendo of music, close- ups of the actors' faces, the camera slowly pulling away to let all this sink in for the viewer...but, in real life, most all of the extraordinary things happen with no more loudness than a whisper.

  Silas House

  Real, Forever, Cameras

  FaceBook post by Silas House from Feb 07, 2013

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• Fatherhood is the best thing I ever did. It changes your perspective. You can write a book, you can make a movie, you can paint a painting, but having kids is really the most extraordinary thing I have taken on.

  Brad Pitt

  Dad, Book, Taken

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• Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the scent of your skin in the nape of his neck. This is the most extraordinary thing about motherhood - finding a piece of yourself separate and apart that all the same you could not live without.

  Jodi Picoult

  Children, Pregnancy, Motherhood

  Jodi Picoult (2007). “Perfect Match”, p.218, Simon and Schuster

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• You can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way you think they should.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Thinking, Looks, World

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• A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

  Barack Obama

  People, Political, Ordinary

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• We are a church of sinners but we must not be afraid of holiness. Do not be afraid to aim for holiness and turn yourselves over to the love of God. Holiness does not mean performing extraordinary things but carrying out daily things in an extraordinary way that is with love, joy and faith.

  Pope Francis

  Mean, Joy, Church

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