… man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions
– Confucius
Tag Archives: Values
The good will…
… of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.
– Benjamin Franklin
Effort…
… and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
– John F. Kennedy
A new leader…
… has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and visionless… someone’s got to make a wake up call
– Warren Bennis
Consensus:
…. The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?’
– Margaret Thatcher
People are…
… always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.
– George Bernard Shaw
The reason…
…many leaders cannot distinguish the wood from the trees is that they have spent their lives planting forests.
– Paradigms of Leadership
Pursuing your potential…
… yields far greater rewards than pursuing goals
– Anon
When power leads….
… man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his experience. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. For art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstones of our judgement. The artist. . . faithful to his personal vision of reality, becomes the last champion of the individual mind and sensibility against an intrusive society and an offensive state
– John F. Kennedy
Nothing…
… is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide
– Napoleon Bonaparte
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