If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. ~ John Quincy Adams
Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter. ~ African Proverb
The spirit of the speaker will determine the spirit of the audience. ~ Roger Ailes
If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. ~ Woody Allen
The source of my difficulties has always been the same: an inability to accept what to others seems natural, and an irresistible tendency to voice opinions no one wants to hear . . . ~ Isabel Allende
Enjoy your life, son, ‘cause nobody gets out with a dime and nobody gets out alive. ~ John Amos Sr.
I’ve learned that people will forget what you have said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~ Maya Angelou
To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are, and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there. ~ Kofi Annan
Four things come not back — the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. ~ Arabian Proverb
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. ~ Aristotle
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place. ~ Philip Armour
Seek first to understand; then to be understood. ~ St. Francis of Assisi
It’s a great relief not to be perfect. Making mistakes is part of the human experience. Admitting to them allows you to learn from them and grow. Others will respect you more for your openness and transparency. ~ Diana Aviv
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ~ Francis Bacon
You don’t get to choose how you are going to die or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. ~ Joan Baez
Great leaders ask questions that lead the individual to solve the problem or create the opportunity…..hence learning takes place. ~ David Ball
Life always gives us the teacher we need at every moment. ~ Carlo Joko Beck
Biography is about chaps, but Geography is about maps. ~ Edmund Bentley
Making predictions is a very hard thing to do, especially when it’s about the future. ~ Yogi Berra
Dreams come a size too big so we may grow into them. ~ Josie Bisset
Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled. ~ William Blake
What is conceived well is expressed clearly. ~ Nicolas Boileau
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Before you tell me how much you love your God, show me in how much you love all His children. In the end I’m less interested in how you pray or what you say then in how you choose to live and how much love you choose to give. ~ Cory A. Booker
We don’t think ourselves into a new way of acting, we act ourselves into a new way of thinking. ~ Larry Bossidy
Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. ~ Louis D. Brandeis
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for? ~ Robert Browning
Enough is a feast. ~ Buddhist Proverb
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. ~ Warren Buffett
I am a grinder and my favorite quote comes from Ben Franklin, “Little strokes fell great oaks” ~ Jeb Bush
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood. ~ Daniel H. Burnham
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. ~ Joseph Campbell
“There’s no use in trying,” she said:” “One can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I did it for a half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” ~ Lewis Carroll
You can conquer almost any fear if you will make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind. ~ Dale Carnegie
It is more important to be loving than right. ~ Ray Chambers
Focus has nothing to do with limitation … And everything to do with expansion. ~ Judy Chicago
Not all paths are straight and not all meanings are apparent. Enjoy your journey. ~ Farai Chideya
When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~ Chinese Proverb
You have infinite potential. Don’t compromise yourself by defining yourself. ~ Deepak Chopra
I think that’s the way it will work for us all. Don’t worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people. This is my final recommendation: Think about the metric by which your life will be judged, and make a resolution to live every day so that in the end, your life will be judged a success. ~ Clayton Christensen
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls. ~ Winston Churchill
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. ~ Arthur C. Clarke
Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don’t, then you are wasting your time on Earth. ~ Roberto Clemente
If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be antiracist. If being a sexist ain’t genetic, then dad gum, people can learn about gender equality. ~ Johnetta Cole
It is attributed to Dr. Chester Karrass among many others and I have found it is one of the truest things in business. ‘You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.’ ~ Shakim Compere
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. ~ Confucius
Fix the problem, not the blame. ~ Sean Connery in the movie “Rising Sun” by Philip Kaufman
As citizens of the world it is imperative that we get off the back decks of our lives on to the front porch and into the community. Let’s join hands to sustain a climate and culture in which every child can develop into a healthy, safe, educated, connected, employable, interdependent contributing citizen of the world! ~ Ann Cramer
Only after the last tree has been cut down;
Only after the last fish has been caught;
Only after the last river has been poisoned;
Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten.
~ Cree Indian Prophecy
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. ~ Marie Curie
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. ~ Dante
Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. ~ Leonardo DaVinci
Let us cry for the spilt milk, by all means, if by doing so we learn how to avoid spilling any more. Much wisdom is learnt through tears, but none by forgetting our lessons. ~ Maria Amparo Ruiz De Burton
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
If you don’t know what you want to achieve in your presentation, your audience never will. ~ Harvey Diamond
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. ~ Charles Dickens
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent. ~ Dionysius of Halicarnassus
The fool wonders. The wise man asks. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. ~ Frederick Douglass
Giving people fish sometimes is needed. Teaching them to fish is better. However, there is nothing more powerful than transforming the fishing industry. ~ Bill Drayton
Wherever you find something extraordinary, you’ll find the fingerprints of a great teacher. ~ Arne Duncan
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. ~ Wayne Dyer
Now at last we can begin. ~ Crystal Eatman
The generous and bold have the best lives. ~ Poetic Edda
Service is the rent we each pay for living. It is not something to do in your spare time. It is the very purpose of life. ~ Marian Wright Edelman
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. ~ Thomas Edison
Classrooms are dream catchers because tomorrow’s dreams are realized or lost through today’s education. ~ Betty Edwards
You are a child of the Universe, no less than the trees and the stars you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should. ~ Max Ehrmann
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you anywhere. ~ Albert Einstein
Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Grasp the subject, the words will follow. ~ Cato The Elder
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. All the great speakers were bad speakers at first. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. ~ English Proverb
You have two ears and one mouth, use them proportionately. ~ Epictetus
When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
Do it right, do it once and do it now. Ask yourself this question: Who trusts me? And why? You can do something about the answer. I am still looking for the “they” after 28 years in the Navy…take ownership. ~ Rear Admiral Craig Faller
Furthermore, democracy is, in practice, merely a tamed civil war. ~ Financial Times
The strongest guard is placed at the gateway to nothing. Maybe because the condition of emptiness is too shameful to be divulged. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story – about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power. ~ Fernando Flores
If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own. ~ Henry Ford
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. ~ Benjamin Franklin
What! No star, and you are going out to sea?
Marching, and you have no music?
Traveling, and you have no book?
What! No love, and you are going out to live?
~ French Proverb
You cannot teach people anything – you can only help them discover it in themselves. ~ Galilei
It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there’ll be any fruit. But that doesn’t mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Meaning is not something you stumble across, like the answer to a riddle or the prize in a treasure hunt. Meaning is something you build into your life. ~ John Gardner
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. ~ Bill Gates
Inspect what you expect – it helps you catch people doing things right to applaud them. And often ask yourself, towards what end? it causes me to do or say things and more importantly, to not do or say things. ~ Lucia DiNapoli Gibbons
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. ~ Kahlil Gibran
It’s not worth hating because half of those you hate don’t know and the other half don’t care so the only one you hurt is yourself. ~ Michael Gilfillan
Babies are just plain smarter than we are, at least if being smart means being able to learn something new. They think, draw conclusions, make predictions, look for explanations and even do experiments. In fact, scientists are successful precisely because they emulate what children do naturally. ~ Alison Gopnik
There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your audience. ~ Alexander Gregg
The only thing that matters in life is health, family and friends—all the rest is theater! ~ Samuel A. Hardage
Good relationship builders are proactive at decreasing the anxiety and allaying the concerns of others. ~ Rule #5 “Rethinking Trust” Harvard Business Review
Life is more likely supposed to be a search for people, not for things. ~ Christy Haubegger
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. ~ Fr. Ted Hesburg
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when? ~ Rabbi Hillel
There comes a point where we have admired the problem long enough. Stop admiring the problem. Do something. ~ Mellody Hobson
In times of change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. ~ Eric Hoffer
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. ~ Homer
If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don’t particularly like. ~ Soichiro Honda
All it takes is all you got! ~ Judy Hoogterp
You can either look for reasons to succeed, or find excuses to fail. What are you searching for? ~ Desmond Howard
No man would listen to you talk if he didn’t know it was his turn next. ~ E.W. Howe
Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me. ~ Arianna Huffington
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right. ~ Aldous Huxley
In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: People, Products and Profits. Unless you’ve got a good team, you can’t do much with the other two. ~ Lee Iacocca
Respect the past in the full measure of its deserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present, nor seek in it the ideals of the future. ~ Jose Ingenieros
In order to have friends you must first be one. ~ Jerry Inzerillo
Dance as if no one’s watching, sing as if no one’s listening, and live everyday as if it were your last. ~ Irish Proverb
At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~ Italian Proverb
Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way. ~ Joichi Ito
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. ~ Jesse Jackson
My great grandparents would sign all correspondence to their children with this mid twentieth century Alabama Gulf Coastal saying. And stick a ten cent piece in the corner so that they would always have money to find their way home. ‘Remember and be careful every day.’ ~ Kern Jackson
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement. Fall seven times, get up eight. ~ Japanese Proverb
The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. ~ George Jessel
Think 100 times before you take a decision. But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man. ~ Muhammed Ali Jinnah
Here is to love, the only fire against which there is no insurance. ~ Dottie Johnson
Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use. ~ Wendell Johnson
The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. ~ Carl Jung
Celebrate the child-like mind. Play every day. Embrace lifelong learning. Do something new. Physical exercise is repetitive; mental exercise is eclectic. ~ Steve Jurvetson
To be damned by the devil is to be truly blessed. ~ Quai Chang Kane
I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do something I can do. ~ Helen Keller
The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man and woman alike, timid and fearful in the face of new ideas and bold projects. Rather the future belongs to those who can blend vision, reason, and courage in a personal commitment of ideals and enterprises of American society. ~ Bobby Kennedy
A vision only works with a limit of time. ~ John F. Kennedy
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
When get stuck trying to figure out a gag, one of us would usually start singing this silly drone-like ditty we’d heard: “I’m thinkin’ too much…I’m thinkin’ too much…” It’s a helpful phrase to remind yourself sometimes that you can overthink thinkin.’ ~ Rick Kirkman
The world needs your inexperience. There’s something about the fresh perspective, the naiveté, the limitless energy that comes along with inexperience that enables you to solve problems that many more experienced people have given up on. One reason not to wait to address the world’s biggest problems is that they need your attention before you accept the status quo, before you are plagued by the knowledge of what is “impossible. ~ Wendy Kopp
The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven’t thought of yet. ~ Ann Landers
The outrage of hunger amidst plenty will never be solved by “experts” somewhere. It will only be solved when people like you and me decide to act. ~ Francis Moore Lappe’
He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers and ceases when he has no more to say is in possession of some of the best requisites of man. ~ Johann Casper Lavater
We are all stronger than we think we are and are more fragile than we ever imagined. ~ Michelle Kydd Lee
To love another person is to see the face of God. ~ from Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
If you can’t lead them, beat them. ~ Kai Liebert
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. ~ Abraham Lincoln
Famed interviewer from Inside The Actors Studio, James Lipton, was himself interviewed by the Commerce Magazine, The business of New Jersey.
Q. What sound or noise do you love?
A. Silence, deep, velvety silence. It is the most underestimated sound on earth, and because of the way we live, we very seldom experience it.
I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend: the city of the men of Numenor; and I would have her loved for her memory, her ancientry, her beauty, and her present wisdom. Not feared, save as men may fear the dignity of a man, old and wise. ~ Faramir, The Lord of the Rings
Everybody has talent; it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is. ~ George Lucas
It’s not what you say, it’s what people hear. ~ Frank Luntz
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best Proverb of all is that which says: “Leave no stone unturned.” ~ Edward Bulwer Lytton
It’s the little things citizens do. That’s what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. ~ Wangari Maathai
I am not am optimist. I am a prisoner of hope. …And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. ~ Nelson Mandela
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. ~ Maori Proverb
Michael Moore: If you were to talk directly to the kids of Columbine, what would you say to them?
Marilyn Manson: I wouldn’t say a single word to them. I would listen to what they have to say.
You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety. ~ Abraham Maslow
Charisma is being more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are in making them feel good about you. ~ John C. Maxwell
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. ~ Golda Meir
The ultimate responsibility of a leader is to set a standard of effort and demand all live up to that standard. ~ Urban Meyer
There are three things Yahweh asks of you; to act justly, love tenderly and to walk humbly with your God. ~ Micah
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. ~ James Michener
The tree of life is kept alive not by tears, but the knowledge that freedom is real and everlasting. ~ Henry Miller
Life is to be lived, not at the level of your head, but at the level of your soul. ~ Gabriella Morris
Olympic championship competition is so serious and intense that it affects your entire metabolism. You feel like it’s the end of life at that moment and there is no future. I felt as though I was being marched to my own execution! ~ Edwin C. Moses
Lord, help me to want to be what you want me to be. ~ Most Rev. John J. Myers
In a business like advertising, whose principal asset goes up and down the elevator, talent is not the only thing, it’s everything. ~ Miles S Nadal
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. ~ Dorothy Nevill
To live is to change. To be perfect is to have changed often. ~ Cardinal Newman
If I have seen further, than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants. ~ Sir Isaac Newton
You are responsible for your own careers, plural. You need to be curious, to look for opportunities that interest you, and not be afraid to take risks. ~ Beth Nickels
To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we are. ~ Anais Nin
I believe that fortitude is key. More than anything, be consistent. Go at it. Go at it. Go at it. ~ Antonia Novello
Be the person you admire. ~ Ron Olson
How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were? ~ Satchel Paige
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. ~ Theodore Parker
Find out who you are and do it on purpose. ~ Dolly Parton
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. ~ George Patton
The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity. ~ Luigi Tiziano Peccenini
There are two kinds of people: those who have been humbled and those who are about to be. ~ Ethan Penner
We judge ourselves by our intentions. Others judge us by our actions. ~ Ian Percy
Speak when you are angry—and you will make the best speech you’ll ever regret. ~ Laurence J. Peter
Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. ~ Pablo Picasso
The harder you work, the luckier you get. ~ Gary Player
Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment. ~ Sidney Poitier
One of the great wisdoms among start-ups is ‘knowing what you don’t know is much more valuable than what you know.’ ~ Kim Polese
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world. ~ Noah Porter
There’s nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can’t clearly articulate why we’re doing what we’re doing. ~ James Kouzes and Barry Posner
Perseverance and practice will always outlast talent. ~ Nick Price
My favorite quote, by William H. Johnsen, captures ten of the most powerful words in the English language, each only two letters. “If it is to be, it is up to me!” ~ Bob Provost
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. ~ Anna Quindlen
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow. ~ Mary Anne Radmacher
Early movers may convince themselves they are geniuses, even though they are only the leaders of a herd that is rapidly headed toward a cliff. ~ Raghuram G. Rajan
Whatever the heart loves, the head must think about; what the head thinks about the mouth must speak of; whatever the mouth speaks of the hand must do. ~ Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon
Always be shorter than anybody dared to hope. ~ Lord Reading
Everything you need to be successful in business or life, you learned in kindergarten: listen, learn and be nice to others. Oh, and raise your hand if you have to go potty…that one’s important too. ~ Joseph A.M. Ricci
True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only. ~ La Rochefoucauld
It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as a lamb. ~ Roman Proverb
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Be sincere; be brief; be seated. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
It’s not how strongly you feel about your topic, it’s how strongly they feel about your topic after you speak. ~ Tim Salladay
Water that does not move is always shallow. ~ Sami Proverb
There is nothing human beings do that they can’t get better at if they practice. ~ Michael Sanchez
Dare to be great. ~ Jon Sandelman
He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life’s pleasures is like a blacksmith’s bellows — he breathes but does not live. ~ Sanskrit Proverb
Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening. ~ Dorothy Sarnoff
My favorite quote was said to me by a guy I used to know in the street in New York: He said ‘Don’t Let Nobody Stop You. Not Nobody. Not Never.’ ~ Richard Schiff
If I get visions, I’ll visit a doctor. ~ Helmut Schmidt
I have yet to find the man who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism. ~ Charles Schwab
Life is a series of comebacks. ~ Tom Scott
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. ~ Seneca
Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars. ~ Serbian Proverb
Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened. ~ Dr. Seuss
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man. ~ George Bernard Shaw
The primary role of voluntary associations in American life is to continually shape and reshape the vision of a more just social order, to propose programs which might lead to the manifestation of that vision, to argue for them with other contenders in the public arena, and to press for adoption and implementation. For voluntary associations to do less than that is to abdicate their civic responsibility. ~ Paul Sherry
According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy. ~ Jerry Seinfeld
Managers manage people. Leaders manage the system. ~ Peter Senghe
There is amazing influence and moving power gained from people who are inspiring — that moment when someone moves you and your attention is completely absorbed. ~ Wendy Shepherd
People say you should write a book before you die- but the pages and stories are already written by those you’ve touched. ~ William Shue
For a long time it had seemed that life was about to begin – real life. But there were always some obstacles in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. ~ Alfred D Souza
Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another. ~ Sophocles
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~ Spanish Proverb
It’s the little things….just be nice… because nice matters. ~ Sarah Steele
Getting the players is easy. Getting them to play together is the hard part. ~ Casey Stengel
Ultimate excellence lies
Not in winning
Every battle
But in defeating the enemy
Without ever fighting.
from Master Sun’s The Art of War
“Transparency drives commitment” ~ Ullrich Suessbrich
There is nothing I can say in my own words that could improve on the silence which this pained world so sorely needs. I am an editor, not a creator; a repeater, not an originator; a congregant, not a preacher. ~ Jeffrey Swartz
Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours.
~ Swedish Proverb
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. ~ Publilius Syrus
One who saves but one life, it is as if they have saved the universe. ~ The Talmud
Knowing requires intelligence; doing requires courage. ~ Todor Tashev
Someday after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. ~ Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls. ~ Mother Teresa
A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence; which costs us nothing. ~ John Tillotson
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Successful people make decisions quickly and change them slowly, whereas average people make decisions slowly, if at all, and change them quickly. ~ Brian Tracy
A leader is at its best if people don’t even realize he is there. ~ Lao Tse
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patienc, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. ~ Harriet Tubman
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. ~ Martin Farquhar Tupper
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. ~ Mark Twain
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves. ~ Lao Tzu
“The intention is not to see through people, but to see people through”
Dream big dreams, then put on your overalls! ~ Fred Van Amburgh
Do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. ~ (take on quote by) Voltaire
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Without inspiration, the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks. ~ Johann Gottfried Von Herder
For today’s gain I won’t sell the future. ~ Werner von Siemens
If you want to destroy a people, take away their language and their culture will soon disappear. ~ Sabine Ulibarri
The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found. ~ Miguel de Unamuno
The capital T, Truth, is about life before death. It is about simple awareness – awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, that we have to keep reminding ourselves, over and over: ‘This is water, this is water.’ ~ David Foster Wallace
The success of your presentation will be judged not by the knowledge you send but by what the listener receives. ~ Lilly Walters
As long as you have nothing to shoot for, you will always have plenty of ammunition. ~ John Ward
In all things that are purely social, we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress. ~ Booker T. Washington
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence. ~ George Washington
The fastest road to success is to double the failure rate. ~ Tom Watson
I’ve learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success. ~ Jack Welch
Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can. ~ John Wesley
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I haven’t tried before. ~ Mae West
It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it. ~ Oscar Wilde
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day. ~ Thornton Wilder
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. ~ Marianne Williamson
Distance lends enchantment. ~ Paul Wilmot
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise. ~ Woodrow Wilson
Peace of mind is worth a million dollars – and if you have a million dollars then it’s priceless. ~ Andrea Wishom
If Socrates was right, ‘follow the question where it leads’ then choose well the questions you want to pursue. ~ Harris Wofford
The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. …The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. ~ John Wooden
It is never too late to matter. ~ Elaine Wynn
No choice is a choice too. ~ Yiddish Proberb
You can get everything you want if you just help enough other people get what they want. ~ Zig Ziglar
If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you sing. ~ Zimbabwe saying
DO IT ANY WAY
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind,
people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful,
you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight.
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the best you’ve got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis
it is between you and God;
it was never between you and them anyway.
~ Mother Teresa
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