Quotes About Development

The other America, the America of poverty, is hidden today in a way that it never was before. Its millions are socially invisible to the rest of us…. The very development of American society is creating a new kind of blindness about poverty. The poor are increasingly slipping out of the very experience and consciousness of the nation.

Socialism is still beginning, a task to be accomplished, not a destiny to be awaited.

Empathy is something you must create when the hero is introduced. Making your hero a victim in the middle of the movie or showing him becoming kind and loving may make your story richer, but it doesn't create empathy and identification.

We are all part of an important time in the evolution of human development and consciousness. Being grounded is an important part of this process as it helps to keep us steady, calm, and patient as these powerful changes sweep through our world. It's much like we are in the presence of a storm, and being grounded is like holding onto a tree while the storm swirls all around us.

The IMF also said its own analysis of the future development of debt was wrong 'by a large margin.' … The IMF had originally projected Greece would lose 5.5% of its economic output between 2009 and 2012. The country has lost 17% in real gross domestic output instead. The plan predicted a 15% unemployment rate in 2012. It was 25%.

I'm starting to realize that I can't be a child forever, that I don't want to be a child forever. I've had my turn, and now it's time to grow up.

I always felt that I came up short in the education department, but I've come to the conclusion that we all get an education.

Bhutanese believe that economic development should never come at the cost of their people's happiness. Therefore, in every trade deal the government enters into (for example, the sale of hydroelectric power to neighboring India), culture is valued more than cash.

Benjamin Franklin cautioned, "When you're finished changing, you're finished.

The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old. — WILLIAM JAMES

Leaders who promote a questioning culture in their organizations move people from dependence to independence.

Through questions, leaders seek to learn not only what directly causes the problem or what solutions may work (which is single-loop learning), but also to seek to discover and learn what might be the underlying causes and solutions (double-loop learning) as well as the culture and mindset that create these causes and solutions (triple-loop learning).

developing and exercising their abilities in work that wins social esteem, sharing in a widely diffused culture of learning, and deliberating with their fellow citizens about public affairs.

We can learn much by valuing the contributions of children and seeing their spiritual growth and development not only in terms of their future development but also in what they can also contribute now. Often, children endorse attitudes and insights that we lose as we grow in discipleship.

most software- or systems-development projects start out without a context diagram, blissfully unaware that they need one.

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.

To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.

The key to success is failure.

We might make mistakes but we will make other things too.

The title of the report is "Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development." Before we go there, some research is in order.

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully for its hidden assets.

based on what the wind does, we build

At his father's Avenue Z office, Donald was itching to break away from building basic housing for middle-class, outer-borough families. When Fred Trump did branch out beyond Brooklyn, it was to buy cheap plots from desperate sellers in California, Nevada, Ohio, and Virginia. Donald wanted something bigger.

Today, however, we know that writing, at least science writing, is partly a skill. And skills can be improved. The pain can be reduced.