Maurice R. Greenberg quotes

Maurice R. Greenberg quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“If you can't live through adversity, you'll never be good at what you do. You have to live through the unfair things, and you have to develop the hide to not let it bother you and keep your eyes focused on what you have to do.”
-- Maurice R. Greenberg

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“Go out into the world, find work that you love, learn from your mistakes, and work hard to make a difference.”
-- Maurice R. Greenberg

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“We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume but only to purify us. Disguised as adversity, blessings are showered upon us.”
“Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.”
“Adversity is the touchstone of character: it is not in success but in misfortune that hidden powers bear fruit.”

Source : Ethel Alec-Tweedie, Mrs Alec-Tweedie (1904). “Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics and Its Ruins”
“I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.”
“Wild Eyes was built for speed and I was flying down walls of water twenty and thirty feet high.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.11, Thomas Nelson Inc
“What happens to the Microsofts, Oracles and IBMs of the world is that when they get big enough, they don't think they need to bring that same level of focus and energy to the end-user experience.”

Source : "Why Consumer Style Sells in the Corporate World: 10 Questions With Box Ceo Aaron Levie". Wired Interview, www.wired.com. August 20, 2012.
“I will do anything. Anything, Blaire, just to be near you. I canâ€™t think about anything else. I canâ€™t focus on anything. So never think youâ€™re inconveniencing me. You need me, Iâ€™m there.”
“Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by-product.”

Source : Adam Grant (2013). “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success”, p.181, Penguin
“I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.”

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