Tom Morris > Quotes

“There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.”
― Tom Morris, If Aristotle Ran General Motors: The New Soul of Business

“Without a target to shoot at, our lives are literally aimless. Without something productive to do, without positive goals and a purpose, a human being languishes. And then one of two things happens. Aimlessness begins to shut a person down in spiritual lethargy and emptiness, or the individual lashes out and turns to destructive goals just to make something happen.”
― Tom Morris, Art of Achievement: Mastering the 7 C's of Success in Business and Life

“Right up front, let me pass on an important lesson I’ve learned about the role of assumption and belief in our lives. It demonstrates our need for the discipline of philosophy, in an unusual way.”
― Tom Morris, Philosophy For Dummies

“Always remember this: whenever you have thought long and hard about a new idea or plan of action, working out lots of details and preparing for all sorts of contingencies, and you first tell someone else about it, they are hearing it for the first time. It will be nearly impossible for any newly informed person to be as enthusiastic or as confident as you are. And it’s natural for your own confidence level, like water running downhill, to settle at the lowest point nearby. That’s why it is so important to be very careful about how you share your plans with others, and limit your exposure to the negative thinking and negative comments casual disbelievers can produce.”
― Tom Morris, True Success: A New Philosophy of Excellence

“The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Carl”
― Tom Morris, The Art of Achievement: Mastering The 7 Cs of Success in Business and Life

“The unexamined life isn't worth the high price that you must pay for it.”
― Tom Morris, Philosophy For Dummies

“One moral of this little story might be that once you’ve burned a bridge with lies, it may be that nothing short of divine intervention can rebuild the relationship and create a positive result.”
― Tom Morris, If Aristotle Ran General Motors: The New Soul of Business

“Neglect of what is genuinely human is the major reason why so many people in American business right now feel more victimized than helped by the latest management techniques and companywide processes for improvement.”
― Tom Morris, If Aristotle Ran General Motors: The New Soul of Business

“. . .interpreting to [ourselves] the directions of [our] lives, [our] pasts, presents, and futures. Small details and big developments. [We are] attaining clarity about [our] own hearts. . .arriving at self-knowledge as well as knowledge of the world. [Our] goals for work, for family life, and for personal development naturally [grow] out of this knowledge, as a powerful by-product of [our] habits of articulation.”
― Tom Morris

“Relativism too often is nothing more than a fancy last gasp of adolescent rebellion.”
― Tom Morris, Philosophy For Dummies

“The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain them, while undervaluing the truly precious things in life. Sigmund”
― Tom Morris, The Art of Achievement: Mastering The 7 Cs of Success in Business and Life

“Contentment = An acceptance of the present Fulfillment = A progressive realization of your potential Satisfaction = Contentment + Fulfillment Enjoyment = Pleasure + Love Happiness = Satisfaction + Enjoyment”
― Tom Morris, Plato's Lemonade Stand: Stirring Change into Something Great

“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished.  The person you are right now is as transient, as fleeting and as temporary as all the people you’ve ever been. The one constant in our lives is change. Daniel Gilbert”
― Tom Morris, Plato's Lemonade Stand: Stirring Change into Something Great

“Morality is not first and foremost about restriction and constraint. It's about human flourishing. It’s also about the deepest sort of happiness. And it’s about living a good life, which is, in fact, the best life. It’s all about what you honor, cultivate, do, and become. It’s common to think of any rules and structures”
― Tom Morris, Philosophy For Dummies