Ken Fite > Quotes

“The more you sweat in training—” “The less you bleed in war,”
― Ken Fite, Credible Threat

“What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.” - Herbert Simon”
― Ken Fite, The Poverty of Attention: How to Improve Concentration and Stay Focused

“reading”
― Ken Fite, Person of Interest

“Don’t strive for success—” “Strive for significance,”
― Ken Fite, The Senator

“Don’t strive for success—” “Strive for significance,” I said, interrupting”
― Ken Fite, The Senator

“And I thought about destiny. How it’s not just a matter of chance, but rather a matter of choice. How the most important day in your life is the day you realize why you’re alive. And I realized that one often meets his destiny on the road he takes while trying to avoid it.”
― Ken Fite, Credible Threat

“Talent can’t be taught, Blake. But it can be awakened.”
― Ken Fite, Credible Threat

“That’s because we find ourselves experiencing dark moments often in life, so I had a lot of experiences to choose from for my character. The bills pile up. We lose our dream job. We lose someone we love. In a dark moment, we reach rock bottom. All hope seems lost. We see absolutely no way out of our mess.”
― Ken Fite, The Dash: Lessons in Life, Faith, and Purpose

“Who you work for matters, and there’s a big difference between a boss and a leader.”
― Ken Fite, In Plain Sight

“the best thing you can do when you’re the boss is hire people who are better than you.”
― Ken Fite, The Senator

“it’s not just a matter of chance, but rather a matter of choice. How the most important day in your life is the day you realize why you’re alive.”
― Ken Fite, Credible Threat

“Don’t strive for success…” “Strive for significance,”
― Ken Fite, The Senator

“The rest of the story, from the turning point when the hero experiences a symbolic death and rebirth and goes on the offensive, to the confrontation with the villain in the slam-bang climax, to the resolution comes from one thing: The hero’s decision to move forward while experiencing their dark moment.”
― Ken Fite, The Dash: Lessons in Life, Faith, and Purpose

“Because being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, and loving someone else deeply gives you courage. I knew our life together would never be perfect. Marriage is two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.”
― Ken Fite, Thin Blue Line

“it’s not flesh and blood that makes us fathers, but the heart of a man who makes the time and effort to become one.”
― Ken Fite, The Homeland