1. “Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower” (Al Ries)

2. “A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world” (John Le Carre)

3. “The motto of the ivory tower intellectual might be: “It may work in practice, but will it work in theory?” (Mardy Grothe)

4. “When they come down from their ivory towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.” (Logan Pearsall Smith)

5. “If this is an ivory tower, then I must be in the basement!” (Todd Ellis Van Hoosear)

Borrowed with pride from all over the place.

1. “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” (Maria Robinson)

2. “There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth…not going all the way, and not starting.” (Prince Gautama Siddharta)

3. “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” (Seneca)

4. “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” (T.S. Eliot)

5. “Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with all your dreams can hold. Think truly to the future and make those dreams come true.” (Anon)

Borrowed with Pride from all over the place.

1. “Desire is the very essence of man.” (Baruch Spinoza)

2. “Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.” (Kahlil Gibran)

3. “The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.” (Robert Kiyosaki)

4. “A goal is not the same as a desire, and this is an important distinction to make. You can have a desire you don’t intend to act on. But you can’t have a goal you don’t intend to act on.” (Tom Morris)

5. “By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.” (Anon)

Borrowed with pride from all over the place.