Quotes about Connections
A networker likes to meet people. I don't. I like accomplishing things in the world. You meet people when you want to accomplish something.
— Reid Hoffman
All those people who came into the world with me and have already left it.
— Marcus Aurelius
Books and characters in books, pictures and elements in pictures—they all have families and ancestors, just like people.
— Margaret Atwood
He's a bootlegger....One time he killed a man who found out that he was nephew to Von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
Some aching beauty comes with huge loss, although maybe not right away, when it would be helpful. Life is a very powerful force, despite the constant discouragement. So if you are a person with connections to life, a few tendrils eventually break through the sidewalk of loss, and you notice them, maybe space out studying them for a few moments, or maybe they tickle you into movement and response, if only because you have to scratch your nose.
— Anne Lamott
Becoming a linchpin is a stepwise process, a path in which you develop the attributes that make you indispensable. You can train yourself to matter. The first step is the most difficult, the step where you acknowledge that this is a skill, and like all skills, you can (and will) get better at it. Every day, if you focus on the gifts, art, and connections that characterize the linchpin, you'll become a little more indispensable.
— Seth Godin
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Keep the faith; work hard: practice does make you perfect. Do what you can, and meet the right people to make it work.
— Christina Milian
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
— Samuel Johnson
that is real in our past is the love we gave and the love we received.
— Marianne Williamson
Irony and disproportion are all God's way. He keeps us off balance with his unpredictable connections. We think we know how to do something big, and God makes it small. We think that all we have is weak and small, and God makes it big.
— John Piper
Five years from now, you're the same person except for the people you've met and the books you've read.
— John Wooden