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It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force read more
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
A man I knew who lived upon a smile,
And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair,
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A man I knew who lived upon a smile,
And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair,
While rankest venom foam'd through every vein.
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. read more
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.
Right reason is stronger than force.
Right reason is stronger than force.
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and read more
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach.
A leader may symbolize and express what is best in people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hitler, but read more
A leader may symbolize and express what is best in people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hitler, but he cannot successfully express what is only in his heart and not in theirs.
In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that any one read more
In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that any one else could possibly reject the law of the final supremacy of brute force.
