CEO Quotes
Here is a collection of quotations we find
helpful to focus on clear thinking, judgement and
leadership.
> “It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay
with problems longer.”
Albert Einstein
> "Everything should be made as simple as possible,
but not simpler."
Albert Einstein
> “If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance
to the tailor.“
Albert Einstein
> "Nothing is worse than active ignorance."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
> “Most play checkers; the game is chess.”
Thomas Cowan (2001)
> "You are a leader, follower or critic; few are
paid to be critics."
Thomas Cowan (2007)
> "Everyone is a person first."
Thomas Cowan (2004)
> "You play the leader’s game, not your own."
Thomas Cowan (2007)
> "Leaders fail in public."
Thomas Cowan (2006)
> “What matters is how you recover.”
Thomas Cowan (2008)
> "Not everything that counts can be counted, and
not everything that can be counted counts."
Sign hanging in Albert Einstein's office at
Princeton University