Riane Eisler Quotes

Historic opportunities are missed because we fixate on what folks say they want. And what folks say they want in business and politics is limited to what they believe is possible.

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

What got us to where we are today is not going to get us to where we need to go tomorrow.

Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance.

Leadership is about creating new realities.

America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our time to bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face. Our time to offer a new direction for the country we love.

Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.

Don't underestimate the power of your vision to change the world. Whether that world is your office, your community, an industry or a global movement, you need to have a core belief that what you contribute can fundamentally change the paradigm or way of thinking about problems.

As you get out and try to do things, you always find that in order to make an idea a reality, it goes through some changes. It doesn't always come out exactly like you envisioned it.

The visionaries of yesterday are the realists of today.

Defending yesterday … is far more risky than making tomorrow.

If we never do anything which has not been done before, we shall never get anywhere. The law will stand still whilst the rest of the world goes on; and that will be bad for both.

The American Dream can no more remain static than can the American nation.... We cannot any longer take an old approach to world problems. They aren't the same problems. It isn't the same world. We must not adopt the methods of our ancestors; instead, we must emulate that pioneer quality in our ancestors that made them attempt new methods for a New World.

If you want to really change something, do not try to fight the existing reality. create a new reality.

The opportunity ahead for Microsoft is vast, but to seize it, we must focus clearly, move faster, and continue to transform.

Making progress on longstanding challenges requires a different lens and a new approach.

If you want something different, you are going to have to do something different.

No great leader in history fought to prevent change.

If we are to make the most of the opportunities ahead we need a bold break with the past.

Leaders are fascinated by future. You are a leader if and only if, you are restless for change, impatient for progress and deeply dissatisfied with status quo. Because in your head, you can see a better future. The friction between 'what is' and 'what could be' burns you, stirs you up, propels you. This is leadership.

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the irksomeness of action.

We shouldn't repeat the same for ages on end, but look into the new as well.

All innovation begins with vision. It’s what happens next that is critical.

Without change, there is no innovation, creativity or incentive for improvement

Old ways will always remain unless some one invents a new way and then lives and dies for it