… begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter
– Martin Luther King
Tag Archives: Integrity
Courage…
…. is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen
– Winston Churchill
If we….
…. cannot envision the world we would like to live in, we cannot work towards its creation. If we cannot place ourselves in it in our imagination, we will not believe it is possible
– Chellis Glendinning
The content…
…. of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny … it is the light that guides your way
– Heraclitus
The true…
… mark of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action — an unconventional business strategy, a unique product-development roadmap, a controversial marketing campaign — even as the rest of the world wonders why you’re not marching in step with the status quo. In other words, real leaders are happy to zig while others zag. They understand that in an era of hyper-competition and non-stop disruption, the only way to stand out from the crowd is to stand for something special
– Bill Taylor
Without leadership….
… command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance
– Eric Shinseki
Whoever is…
careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with the important matters
– Albert Einstein
There are…
….. risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction
– John F. Kennedy
There is…
only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to do or say what you believe to be right. That is the only way to deserve and to win the confidence of our great people in these days of trouble
– Winston Churchill
Too bad…
…that most people stop rowing when they get to the rudder
– Alfred Polgar
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