Fun, Leaders, Boredom

To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?
~ Katharine Graham, American publisher

Managers are people who do things right, while leaders are people who
do the right thing.
~ Warren Bennis

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.
~ George Burns

Thinking, New Leader, Adventure

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely
rearranging their prejudices.
~ William James

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

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An
inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
~ G.K. Chesterton

Leader or Manager, Excuses, Travel, Mothers

Leaders manage change. Managers control process.
~ Unknown

It's better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
~ George Washington

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
~ St. Augustine, philosopher and theologian

When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere
formality. It doesn't matter if you say yes or no. You're going to
get it anyway.
~ Erma Bombeck, American humorist (1927-1996)

One-Liner, Resentment, Enterprise

I've been in love with the same woman for 41 years. If my wife finds
out, she'll kill me.
~ Henny Youngman (1906-1998)
U.S. (English born) comedian - known as The King of the One-Liner;
stand-up routine included seldom-used violin.

Resentment is like taking poison and hoping the other person dies.
~ St. Augustine

Every successful enterprise requires three men - a dreamer, a
businessman, and a son of a bitch.
~ Peter McArthur