"Our reason for telling stories is not simply to repeat the past, but to bring the past into the present for the sake of the future."- Carl Dudley
"Since the mission of an institution is the primary force that holds it together, the degree of success in achieving that mission must be a central concern...The mission of an institution is its ultimate reason for existence."- Cyril Houle
"Like oarsmen, we generally move forward while looking backward, but not until we truly see the past - truly understand it - can we truly move forward and upward."- Warren Bennis
"It's always messy and a little chaotic for a while when you're changing things. History doesn't look like history when you're living through it; it only looks tidy later."- John W. Gardner