Disequilibium Quotes & Sayings

Overall goals must be scaled down in importance and immediate goals must be scaled up. — Robert M. Pirsig

When I watch a singer perform, or an athlete, I can't help but be driven to be the best I can be at my craft. — Jonathan Sadowski

A manager doesn't hear the cheers. — Alvin Dark

Inch by inch I conquered the inner terrain I was born with. Bit by bit I reclaimed the swamp in which I'd languished. I gave birth to my infinite being, but I had to wrench myself out of me with forceps. — Fernando Pessoa

People who have made comparative studies of many different societies, know that when status is ascribed, rather than achieved, individual efforts towards excellence are not directed through any form of innovation; rather, the enhancement of status occurs only through the realisation of a previously well defined role position. It is only with social change, or when some form of continual dynamic disequilibium occurs in a society, that we begin to observe the development of achievement motivation in its modern form. — Dor Bahadur Bista

It's ok to show all your colors. — Luis Guzman

If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it. — Pierre Beaumarchais