Handy Wisdom

Quotes from the Notable Social Philosopher and Business Visionary

 “Who we are always speaks louder than what we say.”

 “People have to be taught how to make up their own minds.”

 “Do your best with what you are best at…We can’t all be good at everything.”

 “To switch lives takes courage. It is much easier to stay with the one you know even if it does not seem to be going anywhere.”

 “Money is never the only criterion of success. That is not news. What is strange is the way so many people nevertheless act as if it was…Perhaps money is rightly called compensation, compensation for not having any other reason for doing what you do.”

 “Those who swear in court to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth are lying to begin with, because no one can ever know the whole truth of a particular situation.”

 “We all behave differently, in a way are different people, in different circumstances. Those who claim that they aren’t have probably not stretched those circumstances far enough or seen themselves as others see them.”

 “I have learnt from painful experience that although professionals may know more of the answers than I do, it is important that I know what questions to ask them.”

 “There is always someone or some group above you.”

 “A bad memory encourages creativity.”

 “The need to secure the next step stops us looking to see where the path is leading or what we are missing by not looking around as we travel.”

 “To find out that you know what you didn’t think you knew is not trivial.”

 “Talent is non-ageist, color-blind and unaware of disabilities.”

 “Sad is he or she who dies without knowing who they really are, or of what they are really capable.”

Adapted from MYSELF AND OTHER MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS by Charles Handy (AMACOM 2008).