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People Quotes by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- What I "discovered" was that happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not…
- Sir John Templeton: "My ethical principle in the first place was: 'Where could I use my talents that God gave me to help the most…
- Those periods of struggling to overcome challenges are what people find to be the most enjoyable times.
- Good design is a visual statement that maximizes the life goals of the people in a given culture (or, more realistically, the goals of a…
- It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable.
- I think that evolution has had a hand in selecting people who had a sense of doing something beyond themselves.
- What does this contradictory pattern mean?one conclusion seems inevitable: when it comes to work, people do not heed the evidence of their senses. They disregard…
- If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity. Instead of being an individual, they are a…
- People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us…
- In knowledge-intensive business settings, where every manager has to oversee massive amounts of information as well as people, facilitating the use of psychic energy becomes…
- The happiest people spend much time in a state of flow - the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing…
- I have devoted 30 years of research to how creative people live and work, to make more understandable the mysterious process by which they come…
- People enter Web sites hoping to be led somewhere, hoping for a payoff.
- People generally report higher levels of stress, depression, and tension after watching TV. It seems that TV's main virtue is that it occupies the mind…
- If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity. Instead of being an individual, they are a…
- Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Only through freely chosen discipline…
- ..Such practices and beliefs, which interfere with happiness, are neither inevitable nor necessary; they evolved by chance, as a result of random responses to accidental…
- Socializing is more positive than being alone, that’s why meetings are so popular. People don’t like being alone. That would be, however, an important skill…
- The task is to learn how to enjoy everyday life without diminishing other people's chances to enjoy theirs.
- ...perhaps the most distinguishing trait of visionary leaders is that they believe in a goal that benefits not only themselves, but others as well. It…
- When each of these three elements of vision-concern for excellence, for people and for the wider environment-are present, business is transformed from a tool for…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle