Eraldo Banovac Quotes

Curiosity is crucial for innovation. We are all born curious, but only a small number of people remain curious for a lifetime.

Thoughts crowded in the mind often end up as ideas.

The main challenges for a reviewer in peer reviewing:
- Knowing the field to which a certain manuscript belongs very well.
- Having experience in reviewing manuscripts.
- Having abilities to make reviewer's remarks clear.
- Having enough time to evaluate the manuscript in depth.
- Obeying the editorial deadline for doing a review.
- Having a strong interest in scholarly journals.
- Being fluent in English.

Do not look for company at all costs, and especially do not allow loneliness to lead you to fickle love or false friendship.

Evaluating people is quite difficult. In order to properly evaluate a man, we should have a chance to observe his behavior when he has nothing, and when he has everything.

The strictest judges are ignorant people.

If your endeavors result in success of the company in a continuity of at
least a few years, you are a successful manager. If other companies follow
your business approach, you are certainly an important manager with
leader characteristics.

Designing well-written tests still remains a challenging task. Some complex questions may lose clarity causing difficulties in providing meaningful answers. Basically, questions should be designed in such a way that each well-prepared student can easily give a correct answer.

Some people have a handful of ideas, but not enough time to realize them.

Implementation of a knowledge based economy is a significant precondition for environmental and social sustainability.

Creativity is an amazing human characteristic, which is more connected with curiosity than with knowledge.

A wise man doesn't start what he doesn't know to do.

Being blinded in love and friendship is a common mistake.

In real life, the truth is a rarity, while lies are common place.

Be patient in life, knowing that there is a real possibility that the desired outcome could happen without your direct involvement.

If you wear a mask for too long, it becomes a part of your character.

It is impossible to avoid failures in life. Don't be afraid of them. Consider rather how to learn from your own failures.

Successful people know how to share their own dreams with other people.

Impressive technological development makes us capable of measuring almost everything, but measurement error problems still remain.

People with a scientific mindset are analytical, open-minded, flexible and have the capacity to answer questions. They are basically focused on what they do not know, and only exceptionally on what they do know.

Interestingly, people often boast that they are hard workers not understanding that hardworking means spending a lot of time and energy on work.

A lie distorts the image of reality. It is a delusion of the human mind which can disrupt an individual's sense of what is morally right or wrong.

Don't judge people too strongly.

Those who help promptly help the most.

A happy man doesn't reconsider life.

Managers who insist that employees produce heaps of papers should know that such an approach may result in sloppy implementation.

A great professor considers his student's success as a reflection of his own. He will not remain indifferent in the case of continuous poor exam results, but will do as much as possible to overcome such a situation.

By studying human history, we can realize how much of human stupidity has fallen on fertile ground. Is gravity guilty for such an occurrence too?

Genuine and lasting friendship is possible, but it is not easy to achieve. If all of us could establish a long lasting friendship, many mature people would still have old friends from their school days.

Beware of presumptuous people who believe they know a lot. They may commit as much damage as ignorant people.

I've had several work addiction cycles in my life. Those were situations when important tasks were assigned to me. I took into account that people should remember me based on what I did rather than based on what I failed to do.

The meaning of man's existence is not to dominate over others, but to better humanity.

Knowledge is a beautiful thing that can fill us with happiness. Let's just think about our students who answered brilliantly to questions on various exams.

There are more ways to choose a profession. One can choose it by
intention, by strong parental influence or even by accident.

Learning continuously is the best way to build one's intellectual capacity.

Knowledge illuminates any problem.

A profession that completely matches your talent, aspirations and skills is the best profession you can choose.

A scientific mindset accepts the truth as a credo.

Knowledge as such can never be worthless.

The key to successful social behaviour: be approachable and understand the needs of others.

People should respect those who have the courage to go alone through life.

You shouldn't ask a question until you are sure you want to hear the answer.

Asking why is the root of a scientific mindset.

A pragmatic person sees the dark and the light side of life, while an
idealist sees a life filled with colors.

Superficial people consider themselves capable of doing everything. The question, however, is who is willing to hire them?

Trying to make everyone happy is equally illusionary as drilling holes in the water.

If one is not prepared to fail, there is no way to achieve success in
business and life.

There are roads where people go, and where they should arrive is their mission.

The wishes of an honest man do not stretch beyond what he undoubtedly deserves.

An idea occurs in the mind, where it is confined and useless. An idea lives when it leaves the mind.

Considering the general context of the flow of time, it is very disappointing that human life lasts such a short time.

A person with great knowledge is truly wealthy.

What does the future look like? I don't know how to answer this question, but for the bettering of man's future, I would like for a civilization of knowledge to exist on our planet in the not too distant future.

Nothing is as misleading as time – just think about it and you've already
gotten old.

It is equally important to learn from experience and from books.

There are moments in life when we must say 'No' even to friends. Regardless of hard feelings in such moments, we would suffer too much to follow them along the wrong way.

Living honestly is a prerequisite for a clear conscience.

Observing is the basis of wisdom.

Problems often become worse if incompetent people try to solve them.

A deep consideration of the essence of knowledge should reveal how knowledge corresponds to the truth.

Oftentimes, those who stop researching lose the ability to conduct deep analyses.

Those who have no knowledge are often willing to occupy influential positions with the aim of acquiring every possible benefit.

Do not criticize others unless you are willing to accept criticism.

Always think about the needs of others because being a part of a group is
an essential characteristic of human nature.

Implementation of knowledge generates new values.

True friendship is not burdened by anything.

There is no greater achievement than being a grandfather who tells fairy tales to grandchildren.

Do your best, but bear in mind that sometimes even your best efforts
don't give the desired results.

Reevaluate your abilities each time when you have been offered to review
an article. And say no thanks if the topic doesn't belong to the field of your expertise.

Idealizing life is surely quite unrealistic, however, it is much better than living in constant despair.

Unfortunately, people who always tell the truth don't have many friends.

The dynamic nature of knowledge is reflected in human progress and technological achievements.

If one has an aspiration to become a well-cited researcher, s/he must
constantly strive to give the best efforts in a long-term period.

Teach your little ones about the rules of decent behaviour. When they grow up, it will be too late to learn.

Every day thousands of ideas are born, but few are ever successfully implemented.

Reading might be the root of ideas and inventions, even in the case of leisure reading.

If you are born to lead, be a leader!

It is much more challenging to accept those who know a lot than those who know little.

No man is born to change the world, but just to add a piece of humanity to it.

A flood of words is by no means a proof of wisdom.

A fairy-tale life exists only in fairy tales.

Do not tend to hire only people who see what you see. Such a tendency may lead to a decline in operating profit, and even bankruptcy.

Empathize with others. You may easily get into a situation where you need the understanding of others.

An unsolved problem bothers one's mind, just as a small stone in the shoe,until an idea for solving the problem comes to mind.

Being indifferent is an effective weapon against bossing.

Acquiring new knowledge has been crucial for survival over the millennia.

To speak eagerly is one thing, to act persistently is another matter entirely.

Whatever you plan, plan realistically.

Interestingly, very few people have a clear idea on how to improve the quality of life.

The next presumption is always valid: one's knowledge corresponds to
one's intellectual capacity.

Ask your friends for help if you need it. Asking for help can be costly if you don't have friends.

A child's best friend is often the one telling bedtime stories.

In general, sharing and using things decreases their value. However, knowledge increases by implementation and especially by sharing among people.

There is no better way to improve yourself than an exchange of ideas
with peers.

Intellectual curiosity and the human brain are the root of science.

The universal mission of all educators is to let the torch of knowledge illuminate the world.

Wherever you work, work hard and educate yourself continuously. You must never forget social welfare, ethics and honesty. However, there is no guarantee for your career progression. Therefore, don't expect that only the best people will be promoted.

If you strive towards significant achievements, count on great difficulties
on the way to realization.

Opinion is a product of the human mind – but it is not knowledge.

One can impress me with pure honesty or with a brilliant mind.