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cte...@verizon.net

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Dec 22, 2009, 9:30:29 AM12/22/09
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This assertion is often attributed to ethics and leadership expert Frank
J. Navran, but he says he found it in a long-lost SF book. I often use
the expression, and would like to attribute it. Can anyone here please help?

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Ctenos


libreria

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Dec 22, 2009, 7:55:55 PM12/22/09
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Could try emailing fr...@navran.com and ask if has remembered more... <s>

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Trust is the natural consequence of promises fulfilled....trust results
from having one’s expectations met, of having no unrealized expectations
(what we refer to as disappointments).
~Frank Navran, Ethics Resource Center (1996)

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cte...@verizon.net

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Dec 22, 2009, 8:45:26 PM12/22/09
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libreria wrote:
> Could try emailing fr...@navran.com and ask if has remembered more... <s>

I did, some while ago, which led to a pleasant chat. He would also like
to know the original source. His best recollection was that it was from
a SF book, per OP; but author, title and plot are lost.

Possibly someone in this literate group recalls the story or context?

Thanks-

Ctenos

SteveMR200

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Dec 23, 2009, 3:00:00 PM12/23/09
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:55:55 GMT, libreria wrote in message:
<vUdYm.64101$ze1....@news-server.bigpond.net.au>:

>Trust is the natural consequence of promises fulfilled....trust results
>from having one's expectations met, of having no unrealized expectations
>(what we refer to as disappointments).
>~Frank Navran, Ethics Resource Center (1996)

To take on the imperfections of the world means
of course that your heart will be saddened, your
self-confidence impaired, your trust disappointed.
You will know despair. But isn't maturity the
ability to surmount despair? Isn't that what
growing up is all about--learning to outlast
despair?
--William Sloane Coffin, Jr. (1924-2006)
_Credo_ [2004], "Life In General"

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Steve

BlackWidow

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Dec 23, 2009, 9:40:47 PM12/23/09
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SteveMR200 wrote:
> You will know despair. But isn't maturity the
> ability to surmount despair? Isn't that what
> growing up is all about--learning to outlast
> despair?
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I feel much better now that I've given up hope.
~ Ashleigh Brilliant 1933-


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SteveMR200

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Dec 24, 2009, 8:35:02 AM12/24/09
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On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:40:47 GMT, BlackWidow wrote in message:
<PwAYm.64401$ze1...@news-server.bigpond.net.au>:

>On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0800, SteveMR200 wrote in message:
><alq4j558tn0hkm85i...@4ax.com>:


>
>> You will know despair. But isn't maturity the
>> ability to surmount despair? Isn't that what
>> growing up is all about--learning to outlast
>> despair?

>> --William Sloane Coffin, Jr. (1924-2006)
>> _Credo_ [2004], "Life In General"

>______________________________________
>
>I feel much better now that I've given up hope.
>~ Ashleigh Brilliant 1933-

There was peace in their hearts. They were filled
with the fearlessness of those who have lost
everything, the fearlessness which is not
easy to come by but which endures.
--Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)
_The First Circle_ [1964]

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Steve

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