“When you win, remember next time you could lose. When you lose, remember next time you can win.”
—Simon Sinek.
Albert Schweitzer: Compassion
“Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.”
—-Albert Schweitzer.
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W H Murray: Boldness
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back … Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely comments oneself, then providence moves, too.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way. I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets: Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it!”
― W.H. Murray.
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LL Cool J: Good message
“You don’t need to be the good guy to get a good message out.”
—LL Cool J.
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Simon Sinek: Employees before customers
“The employees must love the company before the customers ever will.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Jean Cabut: Only weapons
“Sometimes laughter hurts, but humor and mockery are our only weapons.”
—-Cabu (pen name of Jean Cabut).
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Thomas Alva Edison: Trial after trial
“None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes.”
— Thomas Edison.
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Geoffrey Canada: A community can lose hope
“People don’t believe or understand that a community can lose hope. You can have a whole community where hopelessness is the norm, where folks don’t have faith that things will get better because history and circumstances have proven over 30, 40, or 50 years that things don’t get better.”
—Geoffrey Canada.
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Edmund Burke: Only a little
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.”
—Edmund Burke.
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Samuel Wilkes: Statistical thinking
“Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary a qualification for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.”
—– Samuel Wilkes.
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Kirstie Alley: Spiritual side of life
“When push comes to shove, it ain’t the science that’s going to lift you up – it’s the belief, the spiritual side of life, that’s going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are.”
—Kirstie Alley.
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Simon Sinek: Value of learning
“The value of learning is greater when we share what we learn.”
—Simon Sinek.
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William James: Six people present
“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.”
—William James.
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Alexander Hamilton: Clamors mistaken for patriotism
“There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.”
—Alexander Hamilton.
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John Acton: History
“History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.”
—John Acton.
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Ovid: Adde parvum parvo magus acervus erit
“Add a little to a little and there will be a great heap.”
—Ovid.
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Simone de Beauvoir: Husbands
“To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.”
—Simone de Beauvoir.
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Simone de Beauvoir: Society
“Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.”
—Simone de Beauvoir.
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Simon Sinek: Rules
“We don’t just trust people to obey the rules, we also trust that they know when to break them.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Baltasar Gracian: Dignity of office
“Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.”
—-Baltasar Gracian.
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Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf Von Moltke: First contact
“No plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force.”
—Field Marshal Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke.
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Elvis Presley: Two highly trained certified public accountants
“I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.”
—Elvis Presley.
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Charlie Munger: Deserve what you want
“The best way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.”
—Charlie Munger.
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Simon Sinek: Building trust
“Building trust requires nothing more than telling the truth.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Zora Neale Hurston: Years
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
—Zora Neale Hurston.
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Garry Kasparov: Modern propaganda
“The point of modern propaganda isn’t only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
~ Garry Kasparov
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Nicolas Cage: Snakes
“Snakes are sometimes perceived as evil, but they are also perceived as medicine. If you look at an ambulance, there’s the two snakes on the side of the ambulance. The caduceus, or the staff of Hermes, there’s the two snakes going up it, which means that the venom can also be healing.”
—Nicolas Cage.
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Simon Sinek: Don’t pretend you can
“You can’t do it alone. So don’t pretend you can.”
—Simon Sinek.
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Kahlil Gibran: Are you a politician?
“Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country?”
—–Kahlil Gibran.
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Nikhil G Daddikar: Accountability
‘If you say a team member is “responsible” for a task, it means the outcome for that task is solely reliant on that person.
However, in the event they fail to complete it, they are “accountable” for the outcome.
Accountability, therefore, is about ownership of outcomes.
These definitions apply across the hierarchy. e.g. If you’re a person with authority and you must make the right decisions, including hiring and delegating, you’re also an “accountable” person.’
—Nikhil G. Daddikar.
