“Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well-worn path and that will make all the difference.”

— Steve Jobs

2000s, Address at Stanford University (2005)

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American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc. 1955–2011

Yahia Lababidi (1973)

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“When you are connected to your destiny, nothing and nothing can stop you.”

T. B. Joshua (1963) Nigerian Christian leader

On how to stay focused - "The Secret Of My Peace In The Storm - TB Joshua" http://www.nigerianmonitor.com/the-secret-of-my-peace-in-the-storm-t-b-joshua/ Nigerian Monitor (October 27 2014)
Variant: “When you are connected to your destiny, nothing and nothing can stop you.”

“Resorting to connecting the dots this morning because it was a long night & he needs to do something really simple to get started again.”

Brian Andreas (1956) American artist

Source: Traveling Light: Stories & Drawings for a Quiet Mind

“My lines all curve. I tend to connect the wrong dots.”

David Levithan Boy Meets Boy

Source: Boy Meets Boy

“From now on I’ll connect the dots my own way.”

Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist

“People, I am actually fairly smart. Why has this not occurred to anyone? The information is all out there, if you go looking for it, and the classified stuff just comes from analyzing the unclassified stuff and connecting the dots…”

Tom Clancy (1947–2013) American author

"Clancy Speaks Again, Briefly" (12 February 2000)
2000s

“When you're ready to make the change and you don't feel that you have the strength, know that you are connected with the same strength that moves the world; you just have to stop turning your back on it and connect with it.”

Steve Maraboli (1975)

Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 83

“You have to build an industry. You have to be very nimble, and you have to be connected to your customers, and that can't be done with just one company.”

Mike Lazaridis (1961) Canadian businessman

Bloomberg: "The Co-Inventor of BlackBerry Is Building Canada’s Quantum Brain Trust" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-09/the-co-inventor-of-blackberry-is-building-canada-s-quantum-brain-trust (09 February 2018)

“In the "heat of battle" whether military or corporate- kindness, like calmness, reassures followers and holds their confidence. Kindness connects you with other human beings in a bond of mutual respect. If you care for your followers and show them kindness, they will reciprocate and care for you. They will not let you down or let you fail. They will accomplish whatever you have put in front of them.”

Colin Powell (1937) Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general

Source: It Worked For Me: In Life and Leadership (2012), p. 23

“Your own creations are your own children; you gave life to them, so you’ll always have, if not more passion to them, more connections to them.”

Brian K. Vaughan (1976) American screenwriter, comic book creator

TALKING "Y" WITH BKV: THE BRIAN K. VAUGHN INTERVIEW conducted by Nolan Reese May 21, 2003

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