Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
– Salvador Dali
Tag Archives: Achievement
Difficulties….
Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.
– Nelson Mandela
The most…
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.
– Amelia Earhart
The greatest danger…
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
-Michelangelo
It is only when…
It is only when people begin to shake loose from their preconceptions, from the ideas that have dominated them, that we begin to receive a sense of opening, a sense of vision…That is the sort of time we live in now. We…live in an epoch in which the solid ground of our preconceived ideas shakes daily under our uncertain feet.
– Barbara Ward
Leaders….
Leaders make things possible. Exceptional leaders make them inevitable.
– Lance Morrow
Any intelligent man…
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
– E.F. Schumacher
Leadership….
Leadership is not a starring role. True leadership describes the unified action of leaders and followers working together to jointly achieve mutual goals. It is collaborative.
– Gilbert Fairholm
I have…
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
– Leonardo da Vinci
When…
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
– Henry Ford
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