I love a good quote. Maybe it’s because so many people are much more eloquent than I am. Maybe I’m just lazy, and rather than come up with my own profound words of wisdom I’ll just use someone else’s. I’ve been collecting quotes for many years; some are deep, some are spiritual, and others humorous. I’ve gathered some of my favorites that can be applied to product management and wrote blogs around them (often with a little help from my friend Claude). I hope you enjoy them.
— Howard Berends
The Strategic Art of Saying 'No'
"It's only by saying 'no' that you can concentrate on the things that are really important."
Steve Jobs
Longing for the Sea
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Building Cathedrals
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery