Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"If you want to build a ship, don 't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. ' ' -Antoine de saint- Exupery. In the story Lord of the Flies by William Golding a group of kids are stranded after their plane crashes on an uncharted island. Being far from civilization and with no adult supervision four young boys : Simon, Jack, Ralph, and Piggy have to decide who will be the best leader to help them survive. From…

exception. Yet there is always an option to steer yourself and build yourself up again for the better—which is, and has always been, available. It is simply that we need to become conscious of its existence and take a moment to step forward. As Antoine de Saint-Exupery said, what saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it. A step to becoming a better individual and a being than you are at the…

system that would elevate the haves and eliminate the have not’s. A natural selection of sorts, but instead based on financial stability and adherence to a set of unspoken rules. Although we may not realize it, we live in this very system. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry spoke of an assassinated Mozart. He once saw a homeless child on the metro and thought to himself, -'’this child could have had the same natural music talent as Mozart, but because he was lacking the opportunity, he will die without…

Huynh 4 anything happened it could take up to several days to get it back up. The hotel manager agreed and had the elevators turned off and let them do their jobs because he would rather have the elevators down for 8 hours than several days. The company took in account the view of the manager and knew he had guest so they were able to get the manager to side with them. Chapter Ten: An Appeal That Everybody Likes This chapter was about changing the persons opinion on the subject, not directing…

moment in time and less about her personal thoughts of the events. She included anecdotes from all sides focusing on those closest to America like the British Churchill and their ambassador Lord Lothian as well as the french aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery who came to New York to persuade the US to aid interventionists. Olson somehow makes the littlest details seem interesting while giving them substance contributing to the bigger picture. Overall, Lynne Olson created a well diverse…

“The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupery I relate to this thought in my quest to find sustainable technologies because the work of an engineer is to “enable the future” not merely to “foresee” it. As a mechanical engineer and a founder & head for a sustainable technology based start-up I realized the importance of technology enabled sustainability for a healthier…

Neither Dale Carnegie nor the publishers, Simon and Schuster, anticipated more than this modest sale. To their amazement, the book became an overnight sensation, and edition after edition rolled off the presses to keep up with the increasing public demand. Now to Win Friends and InfEuence People took its place in publishing history as one of the all-time international best-sellers. It touched a nerve and filled a human need that was more than a faddish phenomenon of post-Depression days, as…