People & Culture Quotes
Insights on hiring, leadership, and building high-performing engineering teams.
“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”
— Carl W. BuehnerWikipedia“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
— Ian MacLarenWikipedia“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
— Oscar WildeWikipedia“A players hire A players. But B players hire C players, and C players hire D players. It doesn't take long to get to F players. This trickle-down effect causes bozo explosions in companies.”
— Steve JobsWikipedia“It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.”
— Steve JobsWikipedia“The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”
— AristotleWikipedia“If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together.”
— African proverb“Everybody wants a gold medal, but few people want to train like an Olympian.”
— James ClearWikipedia“What I cannot create, I do not understand”
— Richard FeynmanWikipedia“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”
— Franklin D. RooseveltWikipedia“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
— Mahatma GandhiWikipedia“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.”
— Wayne GretzkyWikipedia“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”
— Peter DruckerWikipedia“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”
— Carl W. BuehnerWikipedia
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
— Ian MacLarenWikipedia
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
— Oscar WildeWikipedia
“A players hire A players. But B players hire C players, and C players hire D players. It doesn't take long to get to F players. This trickle-down effect causes bozo explosions in companies.”
— Steve JobsWikipedia
“It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.”
— Steve JobsWikipedia
“The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”
— AristotleWikipedia
“If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together.”
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“Everybody wants a gold medal, but few people want to train like an Olympian.”
— James ClearWikipedia
“What I cannot create, I do not understand”
— Richard FeynmanWikipedia
“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”
— Franklin D. RooseveltWikipedia
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
— Mahatma GandhiWikipedia
“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.”
— Wayne GretzkyWikipedia
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”
— Peter DruckerWikipedia