Leaders, Cleanliness

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the
language of the visionary and the idealist.
~ Eric Hoffer

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted,
the leader must be doubly vigilant.
~ Colin Powell

Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.
~ P. J. O'Rourke

Lending, Patriotism, Only One You

If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
~ Unknown

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.
~ Mark Twain

There is only one you... Don't you dare change just because you're outnumbered!
~ Charles Swindoll

Play, Patriotic grace, Kindness...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
~ Plato, Greek philosopher

What we need most right now, at this moment, is a kind of patriotic grace - a grace that takes the long view, apprehends the moment we're in, comes up with ways of dealing with it, and eschews the politically cheap and manipulative. That admits affection and respect. That encourages them. That acknowledges that the small things that divide us are not worthy of the moment; that agrees that the things that can be done to ease the stresses we feel as a nation should be encouraged, while those that encourage our cohesion as a nation should be supported.
~ Peggy Noonan (Patriotic Grace: What It Is and Why We Need It Now)

If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
~ Jerry Seinfeld

Attention, Living, Happiness

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
~ Isaac Newton

We are always getting ready to live, but never living.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom.
~ Arthur Schopenhauer

Coaching, and Bureaucracy

Probably my best quality as a coach is that I ask a lot of challenging questions and let the person come up with the answer.
~ Phil Dixon

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
~ Dr. Laurence J. Peter

Doing your best, School effort, Key to failure

It is no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
~ Winston Churchill

School is a drill for the battle of life. If you fail in the drill you will fail in the battle.
~ Karl G. Maeser

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
~ Bill Cosby

Choice, Gratitude, Intellect

You have freedom of choice, but not freedom from choice.
~ Wendell Jones

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
~ Aesop

If we find a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Patriotism, Consequences, Directing

They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings. Steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.
~ Bob Dylan

Happiness is not a reward — it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment — it is a result.
~ Robert Green Ingersoll

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
~ George S. Patton

Disagreements, Altitude, Patriotism

We need not all agree, but if we disagree, let us not be disagreeable in our disagreements.
~ Martin R. DeHaan

It's your attitude not your aptitude that creates your altitude.
~ Nithyajeejo

Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.
~ George Bernard Shaw

Lessening, Leadership, Courts

Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always make you less than you are.
~ Malcolm Forbes

Leadership is action, not position.
~ Donald H. McGannon

A court is a place where what was confused before becomes more unsettled than ever.
~ Henry Waldorf Francis

Leadership, Greed, Still Waters

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.
~ Hubert H. Humphrey

For greed, all nature is too little.
~ Seneca, Roman statesman and author

Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
~ Malayan Proverb

Books, Injustice, Friends

It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good
books which are your very own.
~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
~ H.L. Mencken

If you're looking for friends when you need them…it's too late.
~ Mark Twain

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

Clarity, Discipline, Possibilities

Never mistake a clear view for a short distance.
~ Paul Saffo

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
~ P. J. O'Rourke

You can do anything -- but not everything.
~ David Allen, productivity consultant

Honor, Success, Conscience

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the
reward for what he gave.
~ John Calvin Coolidge

My formula for success? Rise early, work late, strike oil.
~ J. Paul Getty (1892-1976) U.S. entrepreneur - oil billionaire and art collector; took over father's oil company in 1930 and became a billionaire by 1968

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.
~ "Mahatma" Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Change, no Respect, End of the Rope

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.
~ Jane Goodall

I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.
~ Rodney Dangerfield

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Dignity of Life, Determination, Beautiful Solutions

What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.
~ Kofi Annan (1938-) Ghanaian diplomat - seventh secretary-general of
the United Nations (1997-2006); awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2001

If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don't, you will find an excuse.
~ Anonymous

When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
~ R. Buckminster Fuller