Top 15 John Wood Quotes

#1. My view of the charity world is that compared with business, there is too much talk, way too many meetings and expert panels and blue-ribbon commissions, and not enough action. Or as an Australian friend of mine once opined: "Sometimes you just have to have a go and get on with it, mate!".

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#2. I knew that I had to free myself from any constraints that would prevent the pursuit of these dreams.

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#3. Did my job really matter? A successful year would only help a rich company get richer.

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#4. If you are thinking about making some adjustments in you life to allow you to help change the world, my heartfelt recommendation is not to spend too much time thinking about it. Just dive in.

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#5. ...parents everywhere desire a better life for their children. It's a near constant: They understand the importance of education and crave it for their children, even as they are well aware of the sacrifice they will have to make.

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#6. If that's what you want to do, then you should go do it-and do it well.

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#7. Did it really matter how many copies of Windows we sold in Taiwan this month when millions of children were without access to books?

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#8. There are two ways to remove a Band-Aid : slowly and painfully, or quickly and painfully. Your choice.

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#9. The headmaster explained. Books were considered precious. The school had so few that the teachers did not want to risk the children damaging them. I wondered how a book could impart knowledge if it was locked up, but kept that thought to myself.

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#10. if we were lucky enough to be living a good life, we should recognize this gift and thank God for it by looking out for others who need our help in breaking out of the cycle of poverty.

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#11. ...talent is evenly distributed. You never know how many talented people are out there until you invite and inspire them to be creative.

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#12. All kind of marvelous things go on.
I don't see how anyone who has looked, and seen,
can do ought but say, 'where I stand, wherever I stand,
I am on holy ground.

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#13. Right now what I need to think about is what would be possible, not all the reasons I can't make a change.

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#14. We had a policy of "no looking back". Once a decision was made, all members of our team were expected to stop talking about obstacles and instead focus intensely on solutions.

"Don't tell us all the reasons this might not work. Tell us all the ways it could work.

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#15. Sometimes, it's really important to move with all deliberate speed. If there is something out there that you want to do to make the world a better place, don't focus on the obstacles. Don't ask for permission. Just dive in. Don't let the naysayers get you down.

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