"This is a story about four people..." - Quote by Charles R Swindoll
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to do and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
More by Charles R Swindoll
“There is only one you. God wanted you to be you. Don't you dare change just because you're outnumbered!”
“Only grace-large doses, frequently displayed, released-will restore the wounded.”
“You want to mess up the minds of your children? Here's how - guaranteed! Rear them in a legalistic, tight context of external religion, where performance is more important than reality. Fake your faith. Sneak around and pretend your spirituality. Train your children to do the same. Embrace a long list of do's and don'ts publicly but hypocritically practice them privately... yet never own up to the fact that its hypocrisy. Act one way but live another. And you can count on it - emotional and spiritual damage will occur.”
More on Responsibility
“Pooper scooper? Yeah, I've done it a few times. Every once in a while, you have to.”
“I'd say people get to work and start being more understanding of everybody - instead of calling everybody names, start being more understanding. But get in there and get it done. Kick ass and take names. And this may be my dad talking, but don't spend what you don't have.”
“Freedom is not the right to live as we please, but the right to find how we ought to live in order to fulfill our potential.”
More on Teamwork
“Morale in an organization does not mean that "people get along together"; the test is performance not conformance.”
“It doesn't matter what I think. It doesn't matter what other people think. You have to get on the ice and participate and play and the best team wins.”
“The challenge of every team is to build a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another because the question is usually not how well each person performs, but how well they work together.”