The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.
--- Tony Blair
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men.
No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
--- Elbert Hubbard
A splendid storehouse of integrity and freedom has been bequeathed to us by our forefathers.
In this day
of confusion, of peril to liberty, our high duty is to see that this storehouse is not robbed of it's contents.
--- Herbert Hoover
The soul contains the event that shall befall it, for the event is only the actualization of its thoughts,
and what we pray to ourselves for is always granted.
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson
If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear,
I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened.
The more intelligent they are,
the more they are frightened.
--- George S. Patton
Leaders--and you can take anyone from Roosevelt to Churchill to Reagan--inspire people
with clear visions
of how things can be done better. Some managers, on the other hand,
muddle things with pointless
complexity and detail. They equate [managing] with sophistication,
with sounding smarter than anyone else.
They inspire no one.
--- Jack Welch
Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things.
A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
--- Ben Jonson
Perhaps wisdon is to be found in people who have suffered greatly but have surmounted it.
--- Louis Jolyon West
Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control,
diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle never know.
--- Charles Kingsley
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement,
in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten
in the mad chase of evanescent profits.
--- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Intelligence is the effort to do the best you can at your particular job; the quality that gives dignity to that job,
whether it happens to be scrubbing a floor or running a corporation.
--- J. C. Penney
I don't believe there's a contradiction between contemplation and action.
Action should be founded on contemplation, and those of us who act don't put enough time,
don't give enough emphasis to contemplation.
--- Robert S. McNamara
It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.
--- Harvey S. Firestone
This flag, which we honor and under which we serve, is the emblem of our unity, our power,
our thought and purpose as a nation. It has no other character than that which we give it
from generation to generation. The choices are ours.
--- Woodrow Wilson
Any committee is only as good as the most knowlegeable, determined, and vigorous person on it.
There must be somebody who provides the flame.
--- Lady Bird Johnson