Douglas Reeves Quotes

#1. Sustainable change, after all, depends not upon compliance with external mandates or blind adherence to regulation, but rather upon the pursuit of the greater good.

Douglas B. Reeves

#2. sprinkled salt in a line ringing Kelsie's bed first, then grabbed candles from a box in the closet. They weren't the kind I had in my trailer. They were the kind with edible wax that smelled like molten candy.

Vivian Arend

#3. One of the greatest inhibitions to the development of human potential is the aversion to effective practice.

Douglas B. Reeves

#4. A woman has but two loves in life: the one who broke her heart and the one she spends the rest of her life with.
- Carolyn Chase, former Broadcast Journalist and heroine Kate Theodore's mother

Liz Newman

#5. The innovation is going to come, and that is good for everybody.

Hilary Rosen

#6. In the best classrooms, grades are only one of many types of feedback provided to students.

Douglas B. Reeves

#7. It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries.

John Masefield

#8. The central challenge for educational systems around the world is the substitution of effectiveness for popularity.

Douglas B. Reeves

#9. Vision without implementation is counterproductive.

Douglas B. Reeves

#10. Deep and sustainable change ... requires changes in behavior among those who do not welcome the change.

Douglas B. Reeves

#11. Her face lit up. Like seriously ... Lit. The. Fuck. Up. Like I'd just told her she'd hit the jackpot.

J. Sterling

#12. Behavior precedes belief - that is, most people must engage in a behavior before they accept that it is beneficial; then they see the results, and then they believe that it is the right thing to do ... implementation precedes buy-in; it does not follow it.

Douglas B. Reeves

#13. When I went to Fashion Week, I was very disappointed by how few women of color were in those shows. I do speak to the younger girls, and I hear them when they say they're not getting the big contracts or into the big shows.

Beverly Johnson

#14. Studying psychology is fun because you're always looking for the same things I think a writer should be looking for, which is the story behind the story.

Chris Cleave

#15. I want to help you "fly right" in the gathering storms of the last days. You are the pilots. You are responsible to think about the consequences of every choice you make. Your righteous choices will keep you from getting off course.

Robert D. Hales

#16. Technology sometimes encourages people to confuse busyness with effectiveness.

Douglas B. Reeves

#17. Everyday, spend some time in solitude to repair the damages done by the crowds!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#18. It's the suddenness of life changing in an instant that makes me anxious when I sleep and makes me tell myself to breathe when I'm awake.

Jennifer Niven

#19. Collaboration, it turns out, is not a gift from the gods but a skill that requires effort and practice.

Douglas B. Reeves