Quotables
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"The first responsilbilty of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say..." by Max De Pree
"Leaders don't inflict pain; they bear pain." by Max De Pree
"A future leader-has consistent and dependable integrity; cherishes heterogeneity and diversity; searches out competence; is..." by Max De Pree
"Different communities require various leaders: pilgrims look for guides; institutions require administrators; those in crisis..." by James D. Whitehead and Evelyn Eaton Whitehead
"Leadership is doing the right thing. Managing is doing the thing right." by Ed Moy
"The highest calling of a human being is unselfish love - to love without being..." by Jimmy Carter
"Much of today's development of pastors will produce full heads and empty hearts. I see..." by Fred Smith
"The man who corrects his course and goes back to the right turn is the..."
"Our greatest testimony does not necessarily come from our speeches, our thoughts, or our ministries;..." by Jeff Comment
"Mother Teresa defines her vow of poverty as "complete freedom from possessions... We are first..." by Mother Teresa
"Mohandas Gandhi was born to an illiterate woman in 1869. Gandhi means 'grocer.' Mahatma means..." by Mohandas Gandhi
"If you feel comfortable in a group, you might ask yourself if one of these..." by Pete Hammond
"Will the leader please stand up? Not the president, but the role model. Not the..." by Bill Pollard
"Socrates said that a person should first understand oneself as a means of making a..." by Bill Pollard
"Before asking somebody to do something, you have to help them be something." by Bill Pollard
"Why do we spend so much energy distinguishing ourselves from other types of believers while..." by Pete Hammond
"Hierarchy is organizationally sustaining when accountability and responsibility for the organization's actions are at stake...." by Alan Briskin
"Savanarola...was a great social deliverer intent on saving his generation from the hedonistic coma of..." by G.K. Chesterton
"You are teaching men to hope, because you do not leave them one intelligent instant..." by G.K. Chesterton
"To lead and govern is not a privilege to be sought for but a responsibility..." by Charlie May Simon
"'Take away theology and give us some nice religion' has been a popular slogan for..." by Dorothy Sayers
"It disturbed her that so much more was done to assist the victims of social..." by Dorothy Day
"(In the Civil Rights Montgomery bus integration) Dorothy was elated. At last America was taking..." by Jim Forest
"Stanley Vishnewski (Catholic Worker staff) said, 'You have to be a martyr to put up..." by Stanley Vishnewski
"As Dom Helder Camera (Latin American Catholic priest) said, 'When you give food to the..." by Dom Helder Camera
"Over-functioning clergy are caught in a dysfunctional pattern that has a terrible parallel outcome -..." by Pete Hammond
"Describing Roman Catholic prophet and workplace pioneer, Robert Coles said, "Dorothy Day...enjoyed...as they tried to..." by Robert Coles
"...in a situation where millions of people are threatened in their very existence, we have..." by Mary Glazener
"Here and there people flee from public altercation into the sanctuary of private virtuousness. But..." by Eberhard Bethge, Bonheoffer
"In an organizationally driven environment, what is dominates while what needs to be suffers." by Pete Hammond
"'High office is like a pyramid' says French philosopher d'Albert. 'Only two kinds of animals..." by Diane Booher
"At the beginning of his career Moses had no experience, a criminal past (he'd murdered..." by Diane Booher
""There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of curiosity; that is curiosity. There..." by Bernard of Clairvaux
"Being president is a bit like running a cemetery: Everybody is under you but nobody..." by Bill Clinton
"When it comes to delivering bad news, style counts. So does speed. Like dead fish,..." by Robert Bies
"Israel's exile to Babylon and Nebuchadnezzar's rule saved the Hebrew people from idolatry - they..." by Dennis Kinlaw
"You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one...." by Harry Truman
"The Bible says much about leadership. For example, it involves more than giving the people..." by Craig Barnes
"Christian leadership is neither weak and passive, nor arrogant and manipulative. It is neither power..." by Louis Grams
"Some characteristics of servant leadership identified by [Robert] Greenleaf are: 1. An unusual openness to inspiration.... 2...." by Graham Tucker
"A tyrant's first victim is his own freedom." by John Leax
"[At least] Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people..." by T. S. Eliot
"Imagine that you are a midwife; you are assisting at someone else's birth. Do good..." by John Herder
"The first and last task of the leader is to keep hope alive." by John Gardner
"People may fail many times, but they become failures when they begin to blame someone..." by Anonymous
"What matters? That I have been loved and have learned to love others. All the..."
"Since the physical, emotional and psychological dangers of early intercourse increase as one goes down..." by Patrick F. Bassett
"Frogs croak day and night, yet people loath them. But when the cock crows only..." by Meng-Tzu
"A CREDO FOR MORAL LEADERS: Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In..." by John Wesley
"A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss..." by Russell H. Ewing
"Psychiatrists say that in the process of thinking, blood is drawn from the feet to..."
"There are only two kinds of teachers in the world today. There are those who..." by Margaret Mead
"One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore." by Andre Gide
"Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is."
"Don't ever be afraid to admit you were wrong. It's like saying you're wiser today..."
"A Mentor is a 'trusted advisor' as defined by the Oxford American Dictionary. In the..." by Daniel Levinson
"Character is not made in crisis, it's only displayed there." by Vince Lombardi
"He is most fatigued who knows not what to do."
"I would become a Christian if they lived it." by Mahatma Gandhi
"You've often heard: - 'Give a man a fish - and he can eat. - Teach him..."
"Without a vision, the bureaucracy grows." by Pete Hammond
"If Christian methods and structures are too alien, people remain unreached, but if they are..." by Os Guinness
"When the best leader's work is done, the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'" by Ken Blanchard
"To train up a child in the way he should go, travel the way yourself..." by Josh Billings
"Someone has said "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him..."
"Ben Franklin was given to adages such as: "Let thy vices die before thee" "To be humble..." by Ben Franklin
"If you are the light of the world, you can expect to draw flies." by Tony Campolo
"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves." by Abraham Lincoln
"The difference between a friend and an acquaintance is that a friend helps; an acquaintance..." by "Calgary Bob" Edwards
"The shortest-lived Management fad award in BEST OF BUSINESS Editor's Choice: One Minute Managing -..." by Don Posterski
"Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since..." by Thomas A Kempis
"Managers can be measured by how effectively they harness value drives. In deed, the term..." by Micael Maccoby
"...Biblical faith really should and often does make a difference in my decision making process...it..." by William. H. Hudnut III
"Everyone who has been baptized may claim that he already has been consecrated a priest,..." by Martin Luther
"Any enterprise begins to die when it’s run for the benefit of insiders rather than..." by Peter Drucker
"(In Sweden) ...labor leaders were chosen from among the educated men whose concern was for..." by Charlie May Simon
"Management is a sacred trust in which the well-being of other people is put in..." by James A. Autry
"It’s not enough to just have a mission statement; your mission statement must fit who..." by Jeff Comment
"It is the job of a leader to make it easy for people to do..."
"It is not just what we are doing, but what we are becoming in the..." by Bill Pollard
"A pastor was surprised that I would consider going into politics, and strongly advised me..." by Jimmy Carter
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