Fear, NO! Kindness, Science and Progress, YES!

Wise men put their trust in ideas
and not in circumstances
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I can't understand why people
are frightened by new ideas.
I'm frightened of old ones.
- John Cage

There are no constraints on the human mind,
no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our
progress except those we ourselves erect.
- Ronald Reagan

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas
as in escaping from old ones.
- John Maynard Keynes

The world moves, and ideas that were
once good are not always good.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Incite a riot of new ideas.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

An invasion of armies can be resisted,
but not an idea whose time has come.
- Victor Hugo

Further reading: A Better Plan

Choice vs. Conformity

Flexibility

Progress
      

Welcome New Ideas

I can't understand why people
are frightened by new ideas.
I'm frightened of old ones.
- John Cage

The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas
as in escaping from old ones.
- John Maynard Keynes

An invasion of armies can be resisted,
but not an idea whose time has come.
- Victor Hugo

The world moves, and ideas that were
once good are not always good.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Wise men put their trust in ideas
and not in circumstances
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are no constraints on the human mind,
no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our
progress except those we ourselves erect.
- Ronald Reagan

Incite a riot of new ideas.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Choice vs. Conformity

Progress

A Better Plan 

Flexibility
      

Stand Up To Your Obstacles

Obstacles are those frightful things you see
when you take your eyes off your goals.
- Henry Ford

Stand up to your obstacles
and do something about them.
You will find that they haven't
half the strength you think they have.
- Norman Vincent Peale

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Success is to be measured not so much
by the position that one has reached in life
as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
- Booker T. Washington

Choose your goal and keep your eye on it. Never give up.
Perhaps you will need to change your plan
and approach you goal from a different direction, but don't quit.
Keep thinking. Keep re-planning. Keep going.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Circumstances don't defeat you -
you defeat yourself when you give up.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Photo: Talking to relatives across the Berlin Wall 1961.

Further reading: Step by Step

Wanting is Not Enough

What is Defeat?

Choose to Soar

Keep Moving

Beyond Failure