November 2007

David Gergen

A leader’s role is to raise people’s aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there. David Gergen

Sydney Smith Quotations

-Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. -Live always in the best company when you read. -You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave. -Whatever [...]

Robert Bly

-The most powerful enemies of men’s openness are the corporate men. Three or four years ago there were hundreds of posters in New York one spring saying, “You don’t need to beat a drum or hug a tree to be a man.” At the bottom: “Dewar’s Whiskey.” The corporate world dares to say to young [...]

Desmond Tutu

One day we will wake up and find out we are family. Desmond Tutu

Alan Kay

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Alan Kay

Leo D. Minnigh

Let your thoughts meander towards a sea of ideas. Leo D. Minnigh

John le Carre Quotations

-Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen. -A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world. John le Carre

Minna Thomas Antrim Quotations

Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him. Minna Thomas Antrim

Phillips Brooks Quotations

-A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. -Very strange is this quality of our human nature which decrees that unless we feel a future before us we do not live completely in the present. -Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to [...]

John L. Mason Quotations

As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time. John L. Mason

Albert Ellis Quotations

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You don’t blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the President. You realize that you control your own destiny. Albert Ellis

William Walton

It’s just as difficult to overcome success as it is to overcome failure. Sir William Walton

John C. Maxwell Quotations

As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behavior. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to become. Take action on your behavior. Too many people want to feel, then take action. This never works. John C. Maxwell

William Feather Quotations

-The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor. -One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person. -Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age. -A man must not deny [...]

Jan Patocka

The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has invented for himself, but how well he plays the role that destiny assigned to him. Jan Patocka

Aesop Quotations

-We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. -It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. -The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. -Put your shoulder to the wheel. Aesop