\nGive us grace, O God, to do the deed which we well know cries to be done.\nLet us not hesitate because of ease, or the words of men’s mouths, or our\nown lives. Mighty causes are calling us … But they call with voices that\nmean work and sacrifice and death. Mercifully grant us, O God, the spirit\nof Esther, that we say, “I will go unto the King, and if I perish, I perish.”\nAmen.<\/p>\n\n
W. E. B. DuBois\na founder of the NAACP<\/p>\n
\nThe truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The\nhard part is doing it.<\/p>\n\n
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf<\/p>\n
\nBe more concerned with your character than with your reputation, because\nyour character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what\nothers think you are.<\/p>\n\n
John Wooden\nformer UCLA basketball coach<\/p>\n
\nThe secret of success is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the\nfive guys who haven’t made up their minds.<\/p>\n\n
Casey Stengel\nlegendary baseball manager (1891-1975)<\/p>\n
\nIt’s not what they say about you; it’s what they whisper.<\/p>\n\n
Errol Flynn<\/p>\n
\nDiplomacy is the art of saying, “Nice doggie!” while you are looking for\na rock to throw.<\/p>\n\n
Unknown<\/p>\n
\nOne of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do\nand always a clever thing to say.<\/p>\n\n
Historian Will Durant<\/p>\n
\nShow me a good loser, and I’ll show you a man who’s playing golf with his\nboss.<\/p>\n\n
Kirk Kirkpatrick<\/p>\n
\nThere is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in\nme that wants to wallow in the mud.<\/p>\n\n
Carl Sandburg<\/p>\n
\nMan is certainly stark mad. He cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making\ngods by the dozen.<\/p>\n\n
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)<\/p>\n
\nLeadership is accepting people where they are, then taking them somewhere.<\/p>\n\n
C. W. Perry<\/p>\n
\nConsensus is a poor substitute for leadership.<\/p>\n\n
Charlotte Beers, ceo of Ogilvy & Mather\nworldwide ad agency<\/p>\n
\nThe first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.<\/p>\n\n
Max Depree in Leadership Is an Art<\/p>\n
\nThe nation had the lion’s heart. I had the luck to give the roar.<\/p>\n\n
Winston Churchill<\/p>\n
\nA successful marriage is one that can go from crisis to crisis with a growth\nin commitment.<\/p>\n\n
Phil Passon<\/p>\n
\nLove is an agreement on the part of two people to overestimate each other.<\/p>\n\n
E. M. Cioran<\/p>\n
\nThe real test of my loving is not that I feel loving, but the other person\nfeels loved by me.<\/p>\n\n
Morton T. Kelsey\nin Companions on the Inner Way<\/p>\n
\nThe difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.<\/p>\n\n
Albert Einstein<\/p>\n
\nNever mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living and the other\nhelps you make a life.<\/p>\n\n
Sandra Carey<\/p>\n
\nThink like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.<\/p>\n\n
W. B. Yeats<\/p>\n